Margery Scott

What? You didn’t believe me? Would I lie to you?

I’m home, back from the RWA conference in San Francisco. I’m later than I planned, but better late than never, right?

San Francisco, in my opinion, is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there. Cooler than I like, and so busy! I like HOT and relatvely uncworded. My knowledge of the city came from TV shows like Monk and Michael Douglas in Streets of San Francisco, but I was still surprised by the narrow streets,

and the buildings perched on top of the hills

It’s almost a six-hour flight from here, and to be honest, I was looking forward to it with as much anticipation as having major surgery without an anesthetic. I’m not a good flyer, and when I got stuck in the middle seat of the last row of the plane, right next to the bathroom, between two people who didn’t speak English, it didn’t seem like a good beginning to my trip. As an added bonus, the window passenger decided to close the shade on the window so I couldn’t even look outside. I prayed it wasn’t an omen of things to come. Luckily, we arrived safely and made it to the hotel.

But it was worth every minute of that excrutiating plane ride. It was crazy busy, and the energy level and the muted roar of two thousand women coming together in the lobby, the bar, the corridors, and the elevators creates such a buzz that I always come home psyched and inspired and motivated to write. Hanging out with friends I hadn’t seen in a few years, sightseeing, workshopping and rubbing elbows with the likes of The Nora, Suzanne Brockmann, etc. made the plane ride worth it.

There wasn’t nearly enough time to see the city, but we did tour one of the most famous prisons in the country – Alcatraz!

I’ll post more about that later. Right now, I’m heading back out of town for a few days. While I’m away, I’ll try to fix whatever’s happened to my photo software. Not that I got too many pictures anyway. My camera decided San Fran was the perfect place to go haywire. I got a few shots before the conference, and then – nothing.

So, what about San Francisco? Have you been there? What were your impressions?

H-e-l-l-o-o-o

Is there an echo in here? :cough: :cough: See me waving the cobwebs away? It’s been so long since I’ve been, the dust bunnies have had babies and grandbabies.

Yes, I’ve neglected my blog lately, and I’ve been giving a lot of thought to whether I really want a blog. It takes, time, commitment, and a steady stream of topics to write about. I have time. I can commit myself (or maybe I should be committed, but that’s another post). It’s the subject matter that stalls me every time. There are a hundred things to write about or photograph every day, right? So why is this so hard? ❓

I’ve come to the conclusion (with a little help from my friends) that a blog needs a theme. Three of my friends, Suzannne, Kacey, and Tori have recently changed the focus of their blogs and given them themes, and their blogs are now more popular than ever.

I need a theme. So, what? Travel? Life after retirement? Lake living? Pool? Crafts? So many choices. But which theme is the BEST theme?

For the next few weeks, I’ll be on vacation. But I’d love to hear your opinions, so make a comment. Let me know what you’d like me to ramble on about, and please check back later.

Until next time,
Margery

From my front door, this morning. Hubby thought he’d better get out there early, since it’s still coming down.

Good thing I finished my sweater last night. Yellow makes me think of sunshine, and warm weather, and the beach, and palm trees, and all things summer. So what if I look like a little round banana? At this point, I need all the help I can get to survive winter.

I know I made a resolution to blog more, which only goes to show resolutions don’t work 🙁 But I did make one resolution I’ve already started on – simplifying and minimizing my life. This is the year to get rid of the junk I’ve accumulated in the 30+ years I’ve lived in this house. And the one room that needs it the most – my office. I’d have a photo of what it looked like before I started, but I couldn’t find my camera 🙂 So even though I haven’t been blogging, I’ve been busy.

My office is jammed – wall-to-wall shelves, an office desk, stereo, another smaller shelving unit, assorted boxes holding paper, a scanner I never had room to set up, a photo printer, and a new printer that wouldn’t connect to my old computer. All this in a 9×9 room.

I estimate there were over 1000 books in my office. This is what they look like when they aren’t stuffed into every square inch of shelves and piled on the floor behind the door.

I’ve managed to weed out about 200. I’m taking this batch to the hospital where they sell them in the gift shop. I have a stack of magazines I’ll take there too for the waiting rooms, and another batch of hardcovers to go to the library for their annual book sale. But I NEED the rest. Really.

Now back to work.

Until next time,
Margery