It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and without much direction on where to start, I decided an Editor’s Notes post would probably be the best way to jump back in. I can’t believe how far into February we are already, which affects some of the answers you’ll see below.
This week, I’m
Reading
The Secret Garden. It is, of course, a re-read, but after falling in love with the Yorkshire moors last summer, I couldn’t help but pick up an old favorite. It’s as charming as I remember, but also surprisingly racist (I had forgotten all about Mary’s past in India).
My childhood version had a red-velvet cover and the top of the pages was stained green after my sister and her best friend knocked into me while I was carrying St. Patrick’s Day punch at church. It was the old First Presbyterian Church on Second Street, before the church moved and became New Horizon. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, so I picked up one of the Barnes and Noble classics versions.
I’ve read a lot of nonfiction over the past few years, and I’m trying to fall back in love with fiction. What better way, then, than going back to an old favorite.
Listening to
Movie soundtracks. They make great writing music, especially the soundtrack to Little Women. Assuming this paragraph is now about Oscar movies, I only saw Little Women and The Two Popes. I kept forgetting I had seen a second Oscar movie, because I’m not sure why The Two Popes was an Oscar movie. Anyway, I really enjoyed Little Women, even though I only read the book once when I was eight and had forgotten most of it.
Working on
Everything, it feels like.
This week was our Valentine’s feature, and soon we’ll have a big Business Review. Tomorrow I’m doing the interview for the feature for the upcoming FFA section, and I’m one interview into the Wedding Bells bridal section. Monday I got my first batch of interview request letters out to candidates for local office, and by the end of it will be interviewing up to 34 candidates for that. So, if I don’t post until April or you see me without a voice… this is why.
Excited about
Interact’s first big service project, scheduled for March 2!
The Interactors will be reading to every class at the elementary school and early childhood center for Read Across America Day, and will be donating a book for every child.
We had a meeting canceled because of the weather today, so cross your fingers that we get everything together in time.
Sick of
Snow!! Snow and ice have interfered with a lot of things I’ve needed to do this winter, and I’m tired of it. This could really just be a rant about weather in general, because between last winter’s snow, flooding, storms, heat and winter again that we haven’t had two nice days in a row in forever. My poor cat thinks that if it’s too cold to go outside, he can just try again an hour later and something will have changed. An actual springtime this year would be a much needed break.