About

I am a novice writer looking to explore different genres and venues in creative writing and blogging.

If you’re wondering what is up with the “realworldhollow” thing, see this excerpt from my first post below:

“Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world….”

– taken from The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

 

Good old Puddleglum.

You can fight for beauty and truth, or you can resign yourself to “real life” in a pit, underground and sun-less. It’s easy enough to hide from the sun, if you’re intent on it. And life often gives us plenty of reasons to hide. But, oh, those glorious moments of rapture and revelation, when you stumble out of the cave and sunlight smacks you in the face again! And you think to yourself, how did I ever forget this? How could anyone forget this?

I write for several reasons. I do it to communicate opinions which I am not able or willing to say out loud. I write to make myself, and hopefully others, laugh or cry…or wonder. I use rhythm and rhyme as a way of bringing order into a world of chaos. But mostly, the goal is to “lick the real world hollow”: to show the dark side of life who is boss and remind the prisoners that there is a way out…to cling to truth and beauty even when life isn’t beautiful….

Apparently parenthood gives you a plethora of opinions that need voicing, or else the need for activities that do not involve your children become paramount. Whichever is the truest for me, I have resolved to start blogging more. So I am starting a new blog entitled Healthy Rants which can be found here or in the “Take a Look” section in the sidebar of this site. Both sites will likely include complaints and/or disgustingly happy celebrations of the many happenings with my children; other random and/or ridiculous observations; and strong opinions (hopefully occasionally backed up by research) on child-rearing, being female, Christianity, and whatever else is a matter of passion for me at the time. Enjoy, and thanks for visiting!