As I Get Older.....

[Atheist]

... I seem to have more memories than future plans. I dislike memories - I tend to live for what is to be. Is it a sign of impending death?

[Atheist]

Thanks, Ken (and all the rest of you kind commenters).
Good luck with your novel.

[jourdain2]

I don't think it's a sign of impending death! Except that we all hurtle towards that end all the time. :)

Partly the weather, partly the time of year. I'm much the same, but have the excuse of having been fairly ill for most of December.
I know a group of writers who meet occasionally and informally, drink a lot of coffee and talk about where we are and - all sorts of things. They suggested that I really needed to type up a novel (60,000 words) I wrote many years ago (no p.c's. around in the early '80s). That was 2 months ago - I started last night!
I'm surprised at how basically good it is, but I can see the language used is old-fashioned, so I'm updating as I go. Then there's the current Homework for another writing group - and the notebook full of ideas.
Hope this is relevant - I have so many things I still want to do and I have realised that I have limited time left in which to achieve them. The size of the tasks I'm setting myself almost frightens me into immobility. I know I'm not alone in this. Good luck! :)

[Atheist]

Thanks, jourdain. It's good to have something to be working on - I coudn't live without it! 60k words is a good length, but whenever I edit myself I cut, cut, cut to get rid of verbiage. I hope you don't bring the language too much up-to-date.
Best wishes.

[brian j john]

Oh what happened to you?
Whatever happened to me?
What became of the people we used to be?
Tomorrow's almost over, today went by so fast
It's the only thing to look forward to, the past

[Verse]
There was a time when time didn't matter, only the time of day
And living was living in hope which would never pass away
Well it was a Monday morning when weekend was done
Fear was the fear of being what we had become


theme to The Likely Lads

[Atheist]

Thanks, Brian. I should listen more closely.

[brian j john]

Nostalgia's not what it used to be is it