Drops of Inspira

 

  Hello! I'm going to take a brief hiatus for the holidays starting next week, so this will be the last post of the year. I'll be back in 2024 with new content, but for now, here is a poem to wrap up the year: That's all for now. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you all in 2024. Julia Garcia / Arysta Henry

  Hello! First off, you're going to notice something a little different. The graphic at the top is something I made with Canva that is supposed to be like the newspaper in my WIP (Work-in- Progress) Drops of Inspira.  In my WIP, The Underground  is a newspaper for members of The Underground, a group of members of the resistance against the governor of Inspira who have had to go into hiding or risk imprisonment... or worse. So, I thought I would name my little "life updates" in my blog after that with the goal of sometime in the not-too-distant future starting a newsletter with the same name. So, without further ado, let's get to the updates. Aha! You haven't seen this graphic in a while, have you?  So... Life.  This past year has been an absolute whirlwind.  I've gone from a year at a toxic job to the job I left two years ago. It's been a change for the better in many respects. My memory is strengthening (I lost months of memory from the stress at my last

 Hello and Happy December! A little-known fact about me: I will wish everyone I meet a happy first of the month for every month. Why? Because I love celebrating the little things. The first frost. The first of every month. The first fire of the season in our wood-burning stove. The first daffodils. The blue-eyed grasses. New paints. First drafts. The list goes on. I figure the little things should be celebrated as much as the big things. Which is why, I think, that I love traditions, particularly those my family celebrates December with. Here are a few: We always get a live tree. We used to go as a family to get it, but these days, we just gather as many of us as we can and go down the mountain to get one. We string popcorn for the tree while watching It's a Wonderful Life. The first movie of the season is usually  Elf. I always wrap gifts in shiny blue wrapping paper. I do this because as a little girl, I heard Pretty Paper sung by Randy Travis and there was a stanza that said, &q