Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 09:55:41 EST From: "pointy hat..." Subject: [WRITERS] EXERCISE: So What was 1997 to You? (was: Re: FILL:One of *those* nights....) On Wed, 31 Dec 1997 01:04:24 PST, Judy Ray wrote: :) What has 1997 meant? I'm going to be giving that some more thought :) before I write about it, but I hope that some of the rest of you might :) share your thoughts about it. :) In the meantime, I'd like to leave you with this other proverb :) from the Chinese that came my way this morning from A Word A Day... :) :) If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. :) -Chinese Proverb Good challenge for this time of year. What has 1997 meant to you? Individually, as a member of your several communities, as a member of a country, and as a citizen of the world, what was significant to you about this year? (or maybe what has this year signified to you?) make a list or wildwriteitallasfastasyoucan... then clean it up. Pick out the main points, trim off the fat and other irrelevancies. Impose some order on the surging waves, teach the marching morons which direction to go, put a pattern over the wildwords and bridle that power! and, if you want to, send it in here. you may, of course, prefer to keep it private (or perhaps share it with an editor?) write! tink