Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 258

Today's Daily 5:

1. Getting my email inbox down to zero
2. spending the morning watching the food network and enjoying an empty house
3. Duff's laugh on Ace of Cakes
4. getting an impromptu invitation to spend the afternoon walking by the river with my friend M.
5. Iced passion tea lemonade

Most Read Posts April 2011

The most read posts in the month of April were:

1. Facebook Status Updates that Will Never Make It
2. How Many of Me?
3. Heal: One Word 2011 Update
4. Amidst It
5. Good Friday
6. Thursday in Rome
7. Practice Resurrection
8. One Thousand Gifts
9. The Virtue of Flexibility
10. Change of Plans

Margaret Atwood on writing

I've never read a Margaret Atwood book.  (I know, I know, what kind of Canadian am I?)  The truth is that I started one or two, and just couldn't get into them, and so I gave up.  But, the other day I came across this quote from her, on writing, and loved it, and wanted to share:

“You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there’s no free lunch. Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but essentially you’re on your own. Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine.”

- Margaret Atwood