Wednesday already?

I have been doing a healthy amount of writing over the past week. Feels good. Creativity in general feels good. I've been doing some drawing and other sorts of creating lately just because it feels good. I like to call these things "little projects."

One of the little projects I've been engaging in is digitalizing some admittedly not-all-that-incredible drawings I did a year or two ago. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I did them two years ago. Where has that time gone?!

The drawings were simple reflections on different Psalms. I think I only did the first six, but I will slowly continue to move through them. (At this rate I will finish a few years before my 100th birthday, haha.)

I will eventually post the final products with the verses that stuck out to me the most as well as a short commentary on what the drawing means to me. But, for today, I just want to show you a before and an after picture because it is kind of fun. The before pictures are terrible, they don't look that bad in real life. The scanner did a sad job of picking up the colors. I got to brighten and straighten it up, though, and it was fun even if it is not a masterpiece.

OK, here is your teaser!

BEFORE

AFTER

Write On

It's a little late for New Year's resolutions, but what the heck. I have been so lazy as a writer lately and I am going to try to change that.

I need to write more. It's good for my brain and I like doing it, so I should do more of it, right? Right. Write.

I have a small work space set up (all that means is that I moved the junk off of my desk) and I have a lot of ideas. Add a couple of tangible goals and I should be in good shape. For now, my primary goal is to write every day. I don't necessarily mean blogging, but some stuff will undoubtedly end up on here. How about I shoot for a blog post per week? On... Wednesdays? Sure, Wednesdays. Today is Wednesday and I am blogging right now, so I guess that works for me.

OK. Here we go...

I know, Lent is over.

A week or two ago I started thinking that it might be good for me to give up my coffee drinking habit. Now, I'm not talking about the occasional amazing cup of clover-pressed coffee that I like to enjoy at the Farmer's Market. I'm talking about the boring brew I find myself needing every single morning if I am to go on with my day.

Two days ago, I cut myself off. No coffee.

I've been drinking a bit of tea because I think I am having withdrawals or something. Tea has about 20% as much caffeine as coffee, so it is kind of like nicorette gum for coffee drinkers. I am craving it so bad, but I figure once it stops being a part of my routine it won't be so bad.

I am currently in the middle of writing a 10-pager that is due tomorrow night. With no coffee on the agenda, this could be a long haul.

To finish off, a poem entitled "They Drink Tea" by Gary Snyder:

There are those who love to get dirty
and fix things.
They drink coffee at dawn,
beer after work.
And those who stay clean,
just appreciate things,
At breakfast they have milk,
and juice at night.

There are those who do both,
they drink tea.