Where Do You Go to Find Peace from the Stress of the World?

Such busy weeks these last few have been. I've been busy wrangling contract details with a magazine, rewriting the first three chapters of my novel, saving my marriage, saving the world, dealing with drama, ticking, forgetting stuff, and being thoroughly distracted that I haven't blogged much. Twitter has taken up the full brunt of my creative output.

That's a bit sad, isn't it?

As I finish reviewing some manuscripts for a writer's conference ( WIFYR) I'm attending all next week, I thought I'd share with you a photo from my new favorite place.

Sitting on that log I happily played my pennywhistle above the roar of the river beyond that fence. What a truly peaceful moment. I hope to visit it again tomorrow. I invite you visit my flickr photo album of Wheeler Farm - a place I've been to for years but recently rediscovered in wonderful new ways.

With luck I will have a new article for you next week. It's a fiasco to top all fiascos in a way that can only be fueled by the ever lovable ADHD.

In the meantime, please let us know in the comments what your favorite places in the world are. See you next week!



Comments

Soozcat said…
Aside from home, one of my very favorite places in the world is Pioneer Book of Provo. It is crammed and jammed with books galore. It's one of those places where you know if you were caught in there during an earthquake you would die of a bookalanche, but you'd die happy.
June 08, 2009 2:01 AM
Anonymous said…
urm Douglas..

arent we ADDers supposed to keep away from things that TAKE e'en more of our time??
aka Twitter

course, never tried it out meself but the reviews LOOKED scary {wry smile}
June 09, 2009 5:43 AM
D.R. Cootey said…
Soozcat ~ Oooh, Pioneer Book, with its labyrinthine collection of bookshelves and interconnected rooms as you move deeper and deeper through its annexed buildings. Wonderful place!

kryp ~ LOL I'm actually working on a survival guide to Twitter for ADDers. It can be as bad as you fear, but there are ways to control it.
June 09, 2009 10:02 AM
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