“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.

Feeling a little, no, a lot overwhelmed this week, and it’s only Monday!  Oy.  Not to mention I’m one of those people that suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder, and it’s already starting to kick in.  But, the good news is that I still have a hard drive!

Last week the word was BEAR, which has a few different meanings.  I was curious to see which way you would handle it.  LouCeel is my pick of the week, with his interesting and moving piece on “This I Cannot Bear”.

In other words…

  • Beware the morning bear.
  • What a bear won’t do for….
  • Bearing witness to self.

That wraps up last week’s challenge.  For those of you that are new, welcome!  And for those of you lurking, visiting, or serendipitously stumbling your way here, speak up, we’d love to hear what you have to say in 100 words.  (If you need a debriefing on the challenge, go here but ignore the timelines in there.)

This week the writing challenge comes from The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.  This has been out for a little while and I had heard a lot about it, but hadn’t yet read it.  I came across it while grocery shopping and decided to pick it up, and now I can’t put it down!  I don’t know what to tell you about it, except READ IT.  NOW.

Lemonade

Not really the season for it, but let it bring some cheer as we begin the descent into winter.

With love,