It's the wee hours of Wednesday morning, 9/21/2022, the last full day of "Summer" here in Brewster. Washington! With cooler weather, it sure feels like Autumn is in the air! Yay! I love the fall season!
I edited a post from 2008 regarding an "earthquake" (tremor) of which I had felt an "after-shock" in West Chicago, Illinois...and when I saved the post and hit "publish," well, it came up on today's date! Guess that goes to show me that I can't "change history!" What was written back then, well, that was then. I should just let it rest where it was.
Back to the present: For the past 7 years, my daughter and another author friend came up with a fun project to do each September called the "Silmarillion Awards."
(I thought they chose September perhaps because it might have been J.R.R. Tolkien's birth month, but I discovered he was born January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. However, he did die September 2, 1973, in Bournemouth, United Kingdom.)
Over the month, they open up a web site for folks to nominate favorite fantasy-fiction characters for various categories, and then over the last 2 weeks of September, the winners are announced and "Silmarils" are awarded.
I'm sure this will continue on in the years to come, so check it out and join in on the fun! www.silmarilawards.com
I find it hard to believe that I have not written anything here on this little blog of mine since 11/25/2021! And I don't think I ever mentioned at all in 2020 TTTWRU (the thing that will remain unspoken). I heard that our country's president announced that it was "over." Ah! Good to know! OK, don't get me started on THAT!
It appears that some folks "view" my blog, but there are no comments. I am a bit technologically-challenged, so it could be I need to turn on something to allow comments...I don't know. Maybe I can figure that out.
Something I have noticed: Time seems to be flying by faster and faster! I often think of the words of a song from the "cantata" called "Go Tell Your World"...or something like that...called "Only One Life" by Lanny Wolfe...
"The days pass so swiftly, the months come and go
The years melt away like a new fallen snow
Spring turns to summer, and summer to fall
Autumn brings winter, and death comes to call"
That's why it's important to "redeem the time," for it's slipping quickly away!
