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Dancing with Myself

July 16, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

I’ve felt a bit lost this week, like I’m dancing with myself. Maybe it’s just a normal feeling for meย after returning home from a weekend on the farm. Maybe it’s the smothering humidity that makes doing most anything outside a miserable chore. Maybe it’s just something I need to feel.

home on the farm

For those of you who think I liveย a perfectย life 24-7, I’m here to tell you it ain’t alwaysย a bed of roses. I spent the good part of Monday fighting over payment of a $125ย freelanceย article. Finally, after being treated like I wasย an idiot, I chalked the whole thing up to aย waste of time. I’ll admit for a whileย the sour experienceย made me wonder why I ever left my day job at the bank. Oh how nice those regular pay checks were that showed up every two weeks no matter how successful my week had been.

Of course it’s about the writing, not the money. I have nothing to prove, but still, no matter the industry, appreciation is appreciated, right? Plus. It’s about being honest and doing what you say.

I know I’m rambling and mine are first world problems.

Good things happened this week, too. Lots of good things, andย it’s only Thursday. Many of my readers took the time to comment on blog posts. You have no idea how that alone keeps me going some days. I had another adventure with Lucy and Annabelle (coming soon!), and I went to a release party at Nightbird Books for the new Harper Lee book, Go Set a Watchman.

Go Set a Watchman party, Nightbird Books

@ Nightbird Books with a high school friend and my sis-in-law. Photo credit Yellow Gecko Productions.

 

Although I’m barely into the book, I will say it’s jarring to be thrown fast forward into a time when Scout is 26 and Atticus is 72.

Maybe in forty years someone will find one of my manuscripts and clammer to publish it? I can hope.

Here’s to a great, productive weekend ahead!

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[tweetthis]I feel like I’m dancing with myself. Ever have one of those weeks? [/tweetthis]

Musical Pairing:

Billy Idol, Dancing with Myself

 

Filed Under: Life, Reading & Books Tagged With: Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, Nightbird Books

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Comments

  1. Gary Henderson says

    July 16, 2015 at 9:08 am

    I know that feeling quite well. There are many days when I wonder why I bother writing. And then I write anyway. ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 16, 2015 at 9:33 am

      Yes, I know you understand well, Gary. This pity party shall pass. Already has. I’ve been pulling weeds. Therapy for me:)

  2. Renee says

    July 16, 2015 at 9:10 am

    I love your writing please please don’t stop doing it for free . Oh btw the musical pairing is giving me flashbacks to the beginning of MTV days, I had not seen that video in yeeears! I think he used a few Elvis moves, anyway thanks for the flashbacks (David Bowie, Let’s Dance)

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 16, 2015 at 9:34 am

      Thanks Renee! And thanks for tweeting my post out. Those 80 songs always lift my spirits.

  3. Colene says

    July 16, 2015 at 9:18 am

    Transitions are always hard, but you seem to make the most of it, no matter where you are or who you are with. Keep writing and dancing. You are loved and appreciated.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 16, 2015 at 9:34 am

      Thanks Colene. I always feel the love from you:))

  4. Barbara Tate says

    July 16, 2015 at 9:36 am

    Do more dancing……..

  5. Marilyn Davis says

    July 16, 2015 at 11:18 am

    I think it is the weather!!! It is just so hot and it seems to make us not think straight. Sounds like a good excuse anyway. You got this – just keep on writting. Great stories.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 16, 2015 at 12:08 pm

      Probably so Marilyn. Thanks!!

  6. Natasha Lowery says

    July 16, 2015 at 11:35 am

    Wish I was there…I’d dance with you! Miss you!! Be patient and endure!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 16, 2015 at 12:08 pm

      Thanks Natasha! I bet you have wonderful weather:))

  7. Bob says

    July 16, 2015 at 10:27 pm

    Funny that you wrote this blog today after I spent so many hours catching up, laughing loudly, crying a bit, thinking a lot but thoroughly enjoying about 20 of your blogs last night. Do I like them so much because there are familiar names/places in them? Yes. But there is a universal brilliance and humor to them which makes me very glad that you are no longer a bank worker.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 17, 2015 at 7:32 am

      Awww thanks for this Bob. I read your comment which made me happy. And then the very next notification in my email was from Frank at Western Union notifying me that I’ve received a wire of $5,000 and once I send my contact info I’ll continue to receive $5,000 distributions until my “fund is completed”. See how things can turn so quickly?? ๐Ÿ™‚

      • Colene says

        July 17, 2015 at 8:30 am

        Fantastic Talya! Congratulations!

  8. Bob says

    July 19, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    Where’s The LIKE button on the blogosphere?

  9. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 19, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    So they stiffed you for $125? Dang! You don’t need them mucking up your life.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 20, 2015 at 6:30 am

      I finally got a “nominal payment for my troubles”. Ugh.


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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