books books and more books

I've got a lot of books on my plate and I'm very happy. I haven't had this many books on my need-to-read list in a long time. if you're wondering what those books are, just look at my little shelf on the side bar.

some of the books on my shelf I've already read before, but haven't read in years. like the two by E. Nesbit. I really wanted to re-read those books, but the library around here doesn't carry them. =( what's worse is that i couldn't even remember what they were called. I just remembered that one of the books had a title that had something to do with a castle. but I couldn't for the life of me remember what. it turned out that the book was called the enchanted castle. now how in the world did I manage to forget that!?!?! oh well.

hopefully I can get an inter library loan or something for some of these books that I know I'm not going to find anywhere around here. or i can just ask mom to get them on ebey.

The Sound of Honey

I'm working on my Poetry. Mom says this one makes her sad...which is the point I guess. I feel proud of it and it took me most the afternoon to get it right. Enjoy!

The Sound of Honey

By Me (Kye)

The music played soft and low
Drifting through the halls
Weaving a magic spell in the air
“Come dance!” it pleaded with imploring tones
“Move across the dance floor, hold your lover close.”
The music spun, it whirled, it waited
It played the sweetest tune you’ve ever heard
It sounded like honey
It felt like a rose

The music sang long and engaging
Wandering round the house
Touching the rims of heaven
“Come sing!” it whispered
“Add to the music, lend your voice to the song.”
It smelled like rain
It glowed like laughter
The music begged, it cried and it pleaded
It sang a brand new melody

But no one danced
No one sang
No one heard the honey or felt the touch of the rose
No one smelled the rain
The music played alone

For there was no one to hear it

So I was abducted by aliens

A few of us young writers with Connie Willis

So I was abducted by aliens, got towed clear across the universe, had to convince the aliens that flies were an endangered species so they wouldn't blow up earth, got towed back to earth and ended up back at the library just a few seconds before my parents came to pick me and my sister up from this writer's workshop. fun, no?

The wind was blowing blowing blowing hard hard hard. Did I mention the wind was blowing hard? Over 40 mph! We're getting ready for a yard sale, so we had to move boxes to the back room. That meant that we had to go outside with these HUGE empty boxes. The wind about blew us and the boxes clear to Kansas! We also got our mouths and eyes full of dirt. I HATE wind! Especially when it blows all the time and turns the sky brown.

I also went to a writers workshop with guest speaker, Connie Willis. It was one of the best workshops I've gone to in a long time. Connie told us not to tell our parents what we learned. instead, we were supposed to make up this wild story. hence the I was abducted by aliens. she way joking, of course. a few of the many good tips she gave us were: When you're writing, start story when problem becomes a crisis. Arguments are great for leaking information to readers or other character. Show, don't tell. Use accidents and coincidences to get characters INTO trouble, NOT out of it. that is cheating your reader out of a good story! Also, learn from other's mistakes as well as your own. it keeps you from writing crap.

I'm a Cat. I'm a Kitty Cat. And I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance...

If I were an animal, I would be a cat. I have the personality of one. I like fish, I don't like being touched unless it's on MY terms, I am more awake at night than during the day, I have great night vision and hearing, I'm quiet unless I don't want to be, I can walk and jump off of things silently, I am good at hiding (especially when I don't want to say hello to company) I have a longish temper and I'll keep it and keep it and keep it until I can't take it anymore and I strike! Rarrr!!! I guess that would be striking without warning, something my cats do quite well. My temper flairs, viciously, but briefly. I don't stay mad for long. I also like to watch bugs...just as long as they aren't in my bedroom. I see bugs in my bedroom, I squish. simple as that. My dad is always telling me to retract my claws. And my sister calls me a "Good Kitty" and pats me on the head. I HATE that. Thank you for listening to my random little "I'm a cat" commentary. I'll shut up now.

update on fires

There has not been another fire yet. The one that happened on Sunday actually happened in an old warehouse next to a grain elevator. it was being used for storage, so no one was hurt. here's a picture of the Dollar General that burnt down last week.

I am suffering from spring allergies. ugh! my nose is probubly as red Rudolph's!

Three fires that are no co-inky-dink

There was a fire last week in the True Value warehouse. The Dollar General, which was next to it also caught fire and both buildings burnt to the ground. No one is sure how the fire started. Friday night, The Big Valley car dealership caught fire. They stopped the blaze before it burnt down the entire building. Police said that there were no signs of arson and the fires had nothing in common. Then today there was a fire. My mom said it was in one of the grain elevators over the railroad tracks over by Town and Country. I'm not going to know for sure until the paper comes out on Tuesday. (we don't get the paper on Monday) There can't be THREE fires in less than ten days that all happen to be accidents. Someone is starting these things intentionally. Why? I have no idea. I'm also wondering if something else is going to burn down. Wal*mart perhaps? I am really hoping there aren't going to be anymore fires. That's a lot of money and jobs lost.

colored pencils

I've been drawing a lot recently. why? I'm not sure. I haven't had much of anything else to do so I guess that might be the reason. I have noticed that I'm getting better at drawing. just in the last few months. I'm not sure why that is either. I like my set of colored pencils I got for Christmas. they've really done something to my work. that might be it. color instead of black and white. now if only I can get Rachel to stop using them...