Post Anything!

"Post anything!" These are the last words my dear friend Lorraine said to me as I left her house Monday evening. After a fine meal with her family we headed out to the back porch for some "real conversation". It was cold sitting on the cement steps which lead to the kitchen garden's plant beds. But it was the first really clear, dry night Seattle had seen in a long time so, sit there we did. Besides, the moon, mist and stars really are a great visual combo. I told her that I had set up a Blog, but had yet to post to it. She smiled knowingly, reached out, and plucked my Circa Joan & David shoe from my foot and placed it on her own. Perfect fit. It's amazing how a real friend can do something like that without your thinking "She's more interested in my shoes then my creative soul?" As we looked at my shoe on her foot I continued my lamentation, telling her that I was dying on the inside because I wasn't writing. (Honestly, if this were a scene in a film the director would yell "cut" and walk over and clobber the screenwriter for such dreadful dialogue.) She looked over, kind of cocked her head to one side, and told me of the wonderful community she's found through her Blog (Here's The Thing, which is truly delightful). I regained possession of my shoe while she continued on about how affirming it is to know people are reading what you write, and how much it's sparked her creativity. We rose and went inside so I could collect my things to go. And that's when she said it "Post Anything!" So, here I am about to post "anything". But I realize that it's not really "anything". It's really the manifestation of one friend's encouragement of another, and that's not just "anything". That's something.