Comments on: Cactus as Compass

By: Hallie Sawyer

Hallie Sawyer — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:18:17 +0000

Nah, I am just teasing you about the spiders. I was being silly.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:05:17 +0000

Girl, you ARE freaked out by spiders, huh? You made me look at that photo again, and I just can’t ’see’ the spider (though I appreciate your beautiful imagination .

Agree that achieving all those goals can feel like baby-steps all over again. We’ll get there, though. And it will be an exciting journey for sure!

By: Hallie Sawyer

Hallie Sawyer — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:55:47 +0000

Hello dear. Enjoyed the post immensely. Except for that cactus (the first picture).) It looks like a tarantula emerging from some kind of wooly womb, legs first. I can barely look at the screen.

My writing goals are everything you mentioned. Get my freelance career started, finish my novel, attend a workshop, read more books, and so on and so on. It’s a little like going to Kindergarten for the first time. There are so many things I want to do and I am excited to do all of them.

Can’t wait to see what you accomplish this year. Love the post!! Happy Friday!

By: Shari Lopatin

Shari Lopatin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:33:27 +0000

Hey Melissa,

First off, thanks for retweeting my blog entry today. I came to check yours first thing after work. I really like your perspective, and you’re right, it IS very in line with my recent entry! Amazingly enough, I’ve been going through my own version of those contemplations. I’m starting to see the threads weave together to build my “brand” as a writer via my blog and all the marketing techniques I’m learning about, via social media. Then, the plan is to use that as the platform to launch myself into pure creative writing and journalism, free from any one job. How nice would that be?

Your post really made me think, and I’ve been bad at remembering to observe lately. I don’t know if I can really “see” something every day, but I’ll start off aiming to really “see” something every week, with my goal to be every day. Thank you for this post. Very insightful.

Shari
P.S. I just subscribed to your blog.

By: Melissa Crytzer Fry

Melissa Crytzer Fry — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:26:14 +0000

Ah yes… whether we’re racing in the right direction. Well put! Thanks for reading .

By: Melissa Crytzer Fry

Melissa Crytzer Fry — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:25:07 +0000

Isn’t that the truth …. how quickly the awe can dissipate and the clouded glasses go back on.

By: Rachna Chhabria

Rachna Chhabria — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:27:38 +0000

Hi Melissa…the barrel cactus reminds me of a spider’s web. Actually it can be compared with crochet threads that have been left loose. Though I did not know the name, this cactus is a favourite of mine.

Love the idea of letting the writing compass guide us.

I hope and pray both of us achieve our writing goals this year.

By: M. McGriff

M. McGriff — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:23:48 +0000

Great advice! A new year is always the perfect opportunity to reevaluate our lives, taking ourselves out of that mundane race and see what opportunities are around us or if we’re even racing in the right direction!

That cactus looks really interesting by the way!

By: Sharon Bially

Sharon Bially — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:02:01 +0000

Awe. Such a simple ingredient for peace, contentment and creativity, but not always so easy to be in touch with. While traveling over the holidays I was constantly awed by new discoveries, and it stuck with me for a few days after returning, but now the old “been-there-done-that” glasses are blocking the view. Thanks for the reminder that we can actively take them off!

By: Taqiyyah Shakirah Dawud

Taqiyyah Shakirah Dawud — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:57:32 +0000

It reminds me of a loosely knit or crocheted warm-up. Cozy but not confining. As always, I savor your photos and insights, Melissa, thank you.