HEY, WOW!

I just happened to see the "comments" tab, that's behind the scenes, whenever I start a post or do some design changes. There are lots of them -- comments, I mean -- most of which I didn't know existed. Thanks everyone! Can't wait to read them all. Here I thought hardly anyone posted comments on my blog, other than the porn people, and voila! there you non-porn people are. Thank the good lord.

False alarm. I see that most of the comments are SPAM. Oh well, the excitement was nice while it lasted. Thanks to those of you who actually did post, though. I see there are several legit ones, and I so appreciate your taking the time to write.

I started designing my new website tonight using www.wix.com which is super cool and free. Check it out. Today ended up being a fairly good day. I worked for about 6 hours on book/tour stuff. Looks like I'll be speaking in D.C. and Maryland again this fall at the veteran medical centers, this time on the psychiatric wards. That's the work I really love doing...visiting the veterans on the ward and telling my story to give them hope and teach effective coping skills. After I worked, I walked the dogs to a big playing field at a school and tossed the ball around. We had such fun. I realized that I can't even remember the last time I ran them. So sad for them. I'm determined to rent out part of my house next winter and lease a place somewhere warm so that we can go outside and walk long walks all year long. I ran around too, which was great until I almost fell on my ass. I made a great recovery though and avoided the fall.

VISUAL JOURNAL UPDATE
Tonight I did a lot of visual journaling. I really liked RIPPING the pages out of my three-ring binder that houses all the cancer crap from 2008-2009. I cut it up and rip it up and use it on the pages as part of my expression. I'm thinking of starting a group for women who want to do this with their cancer notebooks. It's very cathartic. Man, I went through a lot. So many frigging biopsies. So many needles, fears, doctors, appointments, phone calls, drugs, so much rallying. So much to track and remember. I'm really looking forward to creating more with this cancer memorabilia; ultimately I want to have an art show with all of it (including my three-ring binder). Once I fill up the Strathmore artist's journal I'm using, I'm going to buy another one and keep filling them up. All of these will eventually be part of the show. I like tactile, interactive art.

Goodnight, one and all, and hey! thanks for all those comments. I truly appreciate it.

Love
Sue