Change is inevitable. It is a good thing for some, others struggle with it.
To Live is to Change. To be perfect is to change often. – John Henry Newman.
I’ve often misquoted this saying and attributed it to Confucius. But the meaning is the same. Change is a good thing because remaining stationary is to miss the things life has to show you. You never know what is just around the next corner and you are bound to miss it, if you don’t make the journey.
It’s fall, the season of change. God had a great idea with the four seasons. Imagine how boring if it was eternally hot or cold. Just when you are so sick and tired of the heat in the summer, the winter winds begin to blow. But first there is a small interval of the weather in between – fall. Then when your toes and nose are frozen beyond warmth, summer arrives – but first the scents and blossoms of spring. I still find it amazing, even at my age, when fall and spring give us respite. Being fried or frozen make us grateful for the seasons of postponement.
I look forward to change. I’m easily bored and always looking for adventure. Others hold close the day-to-day work I find intolerable sometimes. I am always on the lookout for the next thing and I find it hard to understand not wanting to find out what comes afterwards. I always say I blame it on my father who was an adventurer. He had to know why, when and where and he would find out by experiencing it himself. That is not a bad thing. He experienced a lot in his time and passed that love on to more than one generation.
I am in love with fall and the relief it gives us. I walked the dog this morning and kicked the fallen leaves while smelling the hint of winter in the air. I made plans for simmering soup and writing by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate. The simple things can also be an adventure.
Enjoy the change. What are your plans for fall and winter?
The first in the Keystone Lake Series, Blooming Justice is soon to be released. Erin Sampson is a high school senior ready to start college – on a shoe-string. Hard working and determined, she knows she wants to have more of a career than her mother. She wants to be a lawyer like her aunt. And she thinks her hard work and determination are all she needs in life.
Cold weather is coming! Today is the day – the day that the cold air is coming in along with more moisture. Fall is here, and winter is on the way. With that in mind, I brought in a couple of plants, just in case the meteorologists are correct about a possible freeze. My geranium decided to try one last time to bloom before the cold air arrives. I’ll bring it in and see if I can keep it alive this winter. 
I don’t make any guarantees.
I was asked to speak at SWOSU-Sayre’s annual Literary Festival 
I’ve been working for some time on a pulp fiction novel based on three short stories I’d written in the past. If you’ve read my work, you know I don’t follow on particular genre. I probably should pick a genre and stick with it, but I love suspense and I love fantasy, so I write both (with a few children’s books sprinkled in for good measure).
For the last 6 days my husband and I have been the guests of Village Tours on their Autumn River Cruise 
There was entertainment daily with musicians and storytellers and you could always sit on a deck chair and watch the river go by. I was fascinated by the bald eagles, herons and the monarch butterfly migration we saw as we idly watched the world from the point of view of a major river. If you could secure a rocking chair in the shade, you could spend your retirement there. 
We spent three days on the Illinois and then the Mississippi Rivers going through locks along the way and seeing cities from an entirely different view than you would by car. Each night the bus would pick us up and take us to another lodge for the evening and we were stuffed with food along the way. 
Finally, in St Louis we visited the Arch – the Gateway to the West – and we took the elevator to the top to take pictures, then headed home to Oklahoma the next morning. Our bus driver and tour guide, David and Pam Harms, were fabulous professionals with an eye to detail. We may have been over fed, but not neglected. 
For the last few years, I’ve had some beautiful crepe myrtle bushes in my front flowerbed. They provided color and took up a lot of room and then I had flowers and groundcover around them. I made the mistake of planting daylilies years ago and they tried to take over. This year I even cleared a space for some kale and beets in the flowerbed. I love to experiment.
Friday I was honored by the flight simulator instructors from Vance AFB with a quilt handmade by the wife of one instructor. I had the best job in the world at Vance for 15 years. As an Office Administrator for CSI (Contract Simulator Instructors) I started that job in 1995 in the front office with 23 retired military pilots. They taught the Air Force students to fly, and I kept the office running for them. We lost that contract 15 years later and by that time we had 85 instructors and one Office Administrator. I had help and lots of things changed in that 15 years, but what was most important was that I worked with 85 of the best people in the world. 
Next week, Friday, September 7, 2018 is First Friday in Enid 5-9 pm. 
#weareowfi! was used a couple of years ago to celebrate all things having to do with Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. Those days came and went, and we are still a great group of writers supporting writers even if I haven’t seen that hashtag in some time. Breaking into the publishing world is a tough nut to crack and you need all the support you can get. And at OWFI, you get the support you need and want. 
Peggy Chambers "Views from the Hammock" site 