Kelly Gibbons, artist and writer, about me

Sunday, January 23, 2005

I think another foot or so of snow blanketed my back yard. At a certain point, I see no point in keeping track. There's a lot of snow. That's all I need to know. At least I have a bit of a view from my window. See, there isn't that much snow if I can still see out the window!

I find local news coverage of snow storms hysterical. The majority of the broadcast is dedicated to the storm, with a different reporter on location in, oh, every available snow bank. Every snow storm gets extensive coverage, and the reporters create mass panic. Sure, we have some wicked weather here, but hours of coverage is ridiculous. Look outside, it's snowing, the roads are bad, don't drive on them. What more needs to be said? If you really need a second by second update of how much we're getting, take a ruler outside and measure. I live in mountainous region of Pennsylvania, so we get snow. This is not news. We will always get snow here. If it didn't snow where I live, now that would be news.

People are also funny when it snows. Whenever snow is predicted (even if only a dusting is called for) they run to the grocery store to buy every gallon of milk and every loaf of bread they can get their hands on. The aisle are packed with people filling carts like they are never going to see food again. Seriously people, the roads always open again. Honest.

I got my milk and bread. Bring on the snow! On second thought don't.

Novel News

I started to edit my novel. Editing is hard. Very hard. I might be in over my head. This will be a longer process than anticipated. I thought writing the book was hard. At least I did until I actually started writing. Once I set my mind to it, and realized I could do it; I found it was not that hard.

Here's a peak into my warped imagination: It will be funny when I am finished, and I tell people (you know, the people who line up to hear me talk about how I wrote the book), "the easy part was writing the first draft."

posted by Kelly @ 1/23/2005 04:26:00 PM

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