From The Pocket Muse 2, today’s writing prompt:
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
~Annie Dillard, from This Writing Life
A little background information that I know about Annie Dillard. She was married to the writer and professor, Richard Dillard. Richard Dillard taught, at the time of my attendance, Writing and Literature at Hollins College (now Hollins University). His ex-wife, Annie, was a bit of a fascination to me because I wondered what drove her to marry a man like Richard, for whom I cared little as a student. I could only surmise that perhaps during the late 60s and early 70s when they were married, Richard was perhaps a different sort of man. Annie Dillard is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
And now for the Daily Musing… Monica Wood asks, “How will you spend this day?”
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My mind wants to dance and feel the rhythm of the beat, beat, beat in my head. Dance and twirl.. movements my feet can no longer perform. These poor feet still clouded with wool socks. O Chemo! what did you do to me? You’ve stolen my jazz, taken away my snazzy razzamatazz. There is nothing more I can do.
In reality, I will sleep the majority of my day away. Hopefully awakening at some midday o’clock and force myself to remain awake. The fatigue has returned and the pains in my abdomen, hips and legs. Not as intensely as before, but it is there and it frightens me. So I will call the oncologist today and report what I am experiencing. I am not sure if this should wait until October. Please, don’t let it be cancer again!
So this day, while my mind swings to its own beat, I will worry and pray — candles lit, prayer beads in hand, legs crossed as I chant.
Amazing most wonderful mind!
Thank you, Annette 🙂
Your welcome dear! Just getting online now and I am so stuck on a fiction prompt that I am doing on Friday’s!!! Grrrrrr
Oh dear! Can I be of any help? Let me know!
Yes, you can!!! That would be great!!! Going to email you now…
Emailed you….off to rest my back a bit….xoxox
Got it and replied… hope your back feels better hun xoxox
Hi!! Been working on my laptop and have not been to gmail since yesterday. I did read ideas and like them. Will come up with something and have you take a look at it via email if you don’t mind?
Much love, Annette
I don’t mind at all hun.. send it along when you are done and I will look it over and give you suggestions if you’d like.
Thanks for that. Annie Dillard is an inspiration. Particularly like her as she gives an insight into some aspects of American life…. Thank you. 😉