Lords and Ladies (I'm the lady)

There are great truths found in Lord of the Rings. I'm watching the Fellowship of the Ring tonight, actually I've gotten lazy and haven't read the books in a number of years, but I like the movies well enough. I don't like the way Frodo was portrayed in the movie though- he looks like a wimp, which he absolutely wasn't. J.R. Tolkien was a brilliant writer, I'd love to have that kind of vision and talent. The way he created a whole world, the languages, so many different kinds of people and villains- just fabulous! What would it be like to write such a story I wonder?

We've been working hard on the rental; the guys have cleaned up all the mess, stripped out the carpet and old linoleum, leveled floors, cleaned up the yard and mowed it. Tomorrow we start painting the kitchen and bathroom. We're putting linoleum tile in the kitchen and carpet in the front room and bedrooms.

This week I took a class with a friend- it sounds rather 'new age', called 'Resurfacing'. I'm really ready to figure out what to do with the rest of my life, and this class really helped me to sort out the stuff that's keeping me stuck. Fear is a mighty foe- it has kept me frozen in place for some time, and I'm very tired of that. With some careful introspection and excercise, I'm ready to move forward. Writing will be a big part of that- I've realized I probably won't go back into probation, however much I miss it. But I can still think, and write. With examples like Tolkien maybe I can even put something useful and interesting together!