SCOR!!!

If it crawls…

It dies!

That’s my motto for anything I see on my floor.

I knew when I moved into a jungle setting…

That critters of all types would be around…

But even after hiring a professional exterminator…

Some varmints prefer the odds of living with the Loca Gringa!

You’d think word would get out in jungleland that…

I kill scorpions with a butcher knife.

Bwah hah hah!

Like the big black one I saw this morning…

That was sashaying down my hallway… 

Did it have no respect?

And I’ll admit…

I thought about sweeping it outside…

But feared that I’d miss, and the six-inch-long

beast would run and hide somewhere in my house.

So…

Dun, dun, dunnnnnn….

I ran, got the butcher knife and…

WHACK!

Trust me, I never miss a kill.

And if you ask me…

Scorpions are either stupid or blind...

Because unlike the spiders…

Who see me coming and scurry away.

Scorpions just sit there until…

Dun, dun dunnnnnn…

WHACK!

Bwah ha ha!

So?

Are you a great hunter of beasts that enter in your house?

And what kind of beasts?

 

Always, 

Em-Musing

WRITER INTERUPTUS

If you’re a writer

There’s a condition that only writers get

Every writer! 

No matter where you live

No matter who you are

Every writer gets this condition

Including me. 

For years I’ve tried to get rid of it

But no luck

It’s called

WRITER INTERUPTUS.

I know you know what I’m talking about

You sit down to write when:

The phone rings, your pet wants to eat or needs to go out,

You have errands to do, another episode of Netlix beckons, taking a nap sounds like heaven, your stomach growls, you're staving, (there’s only so many bowls of cereal one can eat), 

your mind can’t stay focused, you need to pay some bills, your family needs you, etc., etc., etc.

So for years,

I kept getting up earlier and earlier 

Now I’m up at 4:30 a.m. 

But even then I get

WRITER INTERUPTUS

I read once that J.K. Rowlings would go to the Balmoral hotel in Edinburgh to write

I soooo get that

Because when you're at a hotel, and you have the will power 

To turn off your phone and not turn on the TV

There'll be no

WRITER INTERUPTUS

Only room service.

So?

Do you suffer from WRITER INTERUPTUS?

What interrupts you?

And what's your cure?

 

Always,

Em-Musing

TO FRIENDS

 

Lost a dear friend yesterday...

Thirty years of laughter, tears, and confidences shared...

Plus all the other ups, downs, and upside downs of life.

Time may heal all wounds...

But time doesn’t make mourning a death easier on the heart.

When I lost my sister, my soul mate, years ago...

This saying came to me

I don’t want to down the gauntlet of emotions 

to get to the other side of sorrow.

Will miss you, Maryann...my dear friend 

If there are martinis on the other side… 

Salud!

 

Always,

Em-Musing

 

 

 

SEA SAW

It’s the Monthly Blog Hop for the Insecure Writers Support Group founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh. 

The first Wednesday of every month, an optional question is announced that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience, or even a story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post.  Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is                                           #IWSG.  Let’s rock the neurotic writing world

                The awesome co-hosts for the April 2 posting of the IWSG are Jennifer Lane, L Diane Wolfe, Jenni Enzor, and  Natalie Aguirre! 

 

April 2 question:  What fantasy character would you like to fight, go on a quest with, or have a beer/glass of wine with?  Remember, the question is optional. 

 

You’re asking me to go to Fantasy Land?

Okay, I’ll play.

When I looked at DC's &  Marvel's list of superheroes...

Which, by the way, there are lots and LOTS of them.

It was fins down for...

AQUAMAN!

Ummm, but not this version from 1941.  

 

Not this one either from  1989 

Mmmm this one!

I’m guessing we’d be underwater together a lot (yes!)

So he would have to figure out a way for me to breath underwater.

Mouth to mouth would be lovely... 

But I don’t think we’d get very far.

I’d love to have him take me down... 

To the depths of the deep blue... 

And see the lost continent of Atlantis...

And other civilizations that have been lost to the sea.

I’d want to see sunken pirate ships (no bones please)...

And deep-sea creatures... 

Not seen except with vessels like the Triton.

And I wouldn’t want any conflicts...

Because what if he lost a battle?

(I know that'd be impossible) 

But if did happen...

I’d be down under water by myself...

And who knows what would happen to me?

But maybe...just maybe...

I'd develop a super power of my own and save myself...

And I'd become—AQUAWRITER... 

And write about all the glory and mysteries of the sea.

Don't laugh. It's my fantasy and, in it, it could happen.

So...

What about you? 

Which fantasy character do you choose to do something with?

And what are you doing?

Always, 

Em-Musing