Disappointment

I am very disappointed in myself. Once a week the lovely Bread Loaf folks have an "open mic" for literary readings. And every single week, I am too terrified to read. Last week, a friend read one of my pieces for me. But it would be nice if I had the courage to read something myself--there have been requests. But I'm broken and even thinking about facing the group and reading makes my heart beat fast, faster, faster...and my courage flashes away.

Where can I find the courage? There is one Deep Hall reading left, and I would very much like to read something...

The British Countryside

A beautiful jaunt with some of the best Bread Loafers today through the Cotswolds (a range of hills in central England) filled my mind with poppies, snails, knotty tree roots and morning glories. We had lunch at the Plough Inn in the town of Finstock which had a thatched roof! I ate a delicious Montgomery Cheese and Pickle sandwich on the best bread I have ever eaten. The walk was 10 miles long and there were many nettles. I was fortunate enough to have worn jeans and a sweatshirt which cut down on my ouchies. We passed through the Wychwood forest--filled to the brim with ancient trees and fallow deer.

Probably one of the most interesting sights was the little church we stopped to visit. It was built in the middle ages and still retains some of its original wall paintings! Look:

There was a lead-lined basin with a lid to fill with Holy Water for baptisms inside as well. Why lead-lined, I wonder?

Tonight will be The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and thinking very hard about my paper topic for Thursday. And maybe a drink at the Pub...

Hello

This blog was created in order to share some of the thoughts and images that I have floating around in my head...There is so much beautiful, inspirational, interesting, and provocative stuff out there--I must write it down somewhere. Or it might force me to explode.
So I will be writing here, and posting pictures here, and ranting about things which excite and interest me. Much like all the other blogs. Mostly, I would like to improve my writing, thought processing and confidence through the every-day exercise of narrative.

Love and Peaches,
Willow~