A little Introspection

There hasn't been any news on the search for Steve Fossett today. I suppose no news is good news, but it's a little unsettling to not know anything at all.

If you visit his website, www.stevefossett.com, you'll find he truly is heroic and adventurous, setting records left and right, making history.

Visiting his webiste has helped me keep my dream of flying my own balloon around the world alive.

And I hope Steve Fossett is found alive and well. After all the things he's done, surely he is a survivor.

An then Luciano Pavarati died. I don't care much for opera, but I have seen Luciano do some interviews. He had a terrific sense of humor. I saw him once on the Johnny Carson show (remember Johnny Carson?) I can't remember the content, but the man had Johnny in stitches.

There is a quiet here in Pine Lake today. A strange sort of quiet. Sort of an anticipation of something, I'm just not quite sure what it is.

I'm about halfway through the Goblet of Fire. It keeps my mind off things. I get lost in a book when I'm reading. My imagination takes off and I can actually see the characters as they speak and move. The rest of the world just disappears.

I did some painting last night. I have painted some plates that I didn't like that someone gave me. Just have to get some plate stands for them.

And I painted a light bulb. See, light bulbs are the perfect balloon shape, at least as close as I can come to a balloon shape. I've put one coat of purple on one light bulb and several coats of blue on another. I am painting another bulb red and another green. Then I'll put designs or uplifting sayings on them (no pun intended). All I have to do after that is create gondolas and attach them at the bottoms. Of course, I have to figure out how to hang them.

I'm organizing an artists' market here in Pine Lake for next weekend and I want to sell these and other items there.

Every little bit I do goes toward the dream. Every little bit helps.

I hope Steve Fossett is alive.

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Later

Pen