On the weekend, I was lost in thoughts and playing with words, in between trips to the shops, visits to sick friends, dinner with special friends and the weekend chores. It was also a time for my first political rant on my blog… for which I do not feel the need to apologise! On another topic, my first poetry book is about to be published… as some of you know it is the one that was accepted for publication by Ginninderra Press in 2009 but for some reason I did not get back to them with the final edit, so it is still in my In-box! I have now decided to self-publish as the controls are more thoughtfully managed, and hopefully it will be available before Christmas. Excitement and nervousness all in the one breath. I have been working on new poems for a second volume, without focus, and so have given myself a new dare. One new poem for my blog and  three new poems for my next volume, each week. I do have NaNoWriMo coming up in November, so might decide to use that as an excuse to have a few weeks off, but for now, my new goal is there for all to read, and so my first poem for this latest desperate dare was posted on my Poetry page on Saturday. It seems November might be quite a challenge, not only for me, but for my husband as I suspect all of my time will be sitting in my office with my trusty little pc, tapping away at the keys! He knows I love him doesn’t he… I blogged about it here a couple of weeks ago?!?!?