New Look

After several years of Life's Autumns being the green/blue template, I decided I needed a change of scene. After all, it is autumn and we're supposed to do fall cleaning, aren't we? At least, that's what my mother always told me.  This blog isn't the only thing that's getting changed/cleaned around Southwest Louisiana today. The tropical storm Lee has blown in with a fury. Fortunately, the winds and rain were only blow-your-umbrella inside out every few minutes and leave-every-inch-of-your-clothes-and-skin wet.

Sadly, I didn't make it to our Bayou Writers Club meeting. I learned via e-mail that our speaker for today did not drive in from Texas because of the weather. Smart girl. She has a new book out, a "Western romance comedy" titled Give the Lady a Ride. I bought it for my Kindle and enjoyed it.But I didn't find it to be a comedy. To me it is a touching story of loss and yearning--as Robert Olen Butler tells us must be in every piece of fiction we write. (Linda, rethink the comedy tag). :>)

Now the rain has let up. Perhaps Lee is on his way north. What a shame our friends from Texas missed his visit. Good grief, Charlie Brown, I just realized that I'm committing a writing sin talking about the weather.And then a cliche' on top of that. Does this last faux pas bother me? No. Not today. LSU beat Oregon!!! Go Tigers!