Monday, July 16, 2012

Perfectly Pure Silence

I am sitting at my kitchen table with my laptop fired up and a deliciously hot cup of coffee.  The dog is passed out on top of the AC vent, my cat is somewhere licking himself silly, and my son is away at sleep-over camp.  The only sound in my house is the tapping of my laptop keys as I wrote this post.  It is perfectly, purely silent.

Normally I love the noise, the flow of kids and pets streaming through my house.  In fact silence around here usually means something has gone horribly wrong.  But not today! Nope, I have waited 26 long days for this silence, and it is heavenly.  See I live here.


And I spend most of my nights doing this:



Or catching these:


Which means my friends and family (who I all adore) all come to visit and stay with me.  That turns my house into a pseudo one of these:

                                 BED & BREAKFAST
                                             You sleep and relax while
                                  I do all the work!








Which, unfortunately, means I had to make the beds, and the breakfast, and the lunch, and the dinner  . . .  Not any more.  Today, for the first time in over 3 weeks, I have no company.  A quick look at my calendar says I'm not expecting anymore until the end of August.  Translation -- my house, my coffee machine, my boat, and MY WRITING TIME are all mine!!!!  Well, for four weeks at least.

Hope you all are having a great and peaceful Summer!
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12 comments:

  1. Miranda HardyJuly 16, 2012 at 6:46 AM

    That sounds and looks heavenly! Enjoy your uninterrupted writing time.

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    1. UnknownJuly 16, 2012 at 2:05 PM

      Thanks, Miranda. Now if I can just get my muse to cooperate I will be golden.

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  2. Michael Offutt, Phantom ReaderJuly 16, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    Nice place to live. I'm so jealous.

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    1. UnknownJuly 16, 2012 at 2:05 PM

      You can come visit.... I promise I will be nice to you

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  3. Liz A.July 16, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    Ah, blissful silence. How nice. Enjoy.

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    1. UnknownJuly 16, 2012 at 2:06 PM

      I know. I love it. The only sound now is the sprinkler going in my garden.

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  4. Carrie ButlerJuly 16, 2012 at 1:19 PM

    Nice to have you back, Trisha! Enjoy that writing time. :D

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    1. UnknownJuly 16, 2012 at 2:07 PM

      Thanks, Carrie. It is good to be back in the writing groove again. Playing with our Spliced pal Cyrus as we speak.

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  5. Lindsay N. CurrieJuly 16, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    LOL how is it possible for you to have silence when I'm always calling you?

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    1. UnknownJuly 16, 2012 at 2:08 PM

      Because I ignore your calls. Just kidding of course. You don't count in my silence plan; your class are a welcome interruption.

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  6. UnknownJuly 17, 2012 at 1:37 AM

    Congrats on the peace and quiet. Your home looks fabulous. No wonder everyone wants to visit you. You must be exhausted. Yes, you definitely need "me" time. :-)

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  7. UnknownJuly 17, 2012 at 5:38 AM

    Thanks, Lexa. I ow you pages. i will have them to you shortly now that I have plenty of quiet reading time available :)

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