Becky Ellisor

After falling on the concrete and busting open my head and getting a big bump and hurting my lower back, I have recuperated and feel great.

It came in a different form this time. But it came.

How many more women are there in politics since Amelia Earhart crashed?

Not many more. Women still teach their girls to become housewives and send them off to college to catch a man: girls learn this is the most important and fulfilling accomplishment in life. Yes, I know part of this is evolution at work and no not everyone teaches their girls this but way too many still do. Not that I don’t think raising kids and living with a man is a bad thing, it is just not the only thing a woman can do with her life. Self and Social improvement is the way of humans.

Today’s world calls for all of us to aspire to improve ourselves and the world around us. Teach your daughters to think for themselves and maybe just maybe when hubby is killed or leaves or is sick she can take care of herself and children. Too many women are unprepared when they lose their husband. Every woman owes her girls this.

Last night I went to the HCDP Precinct Chair Meeting. I was amazed that only 2 people were sworn in as new Precinct chairs with so many vacancies. Que pasa?

Am I crazy or lucky? Three days ago when I came home from the hospital, I found a very small dog in my house. I guess he got in thru the doggie door.

I believe he is a Miniature Pinscher. He is a couple of pounds underweight, I have been told. One friend thinks he is about four years old and I suspect that is probably pretty close to his real age. He has been trained very well. He doesn’t have his full stregnth yet though from the starvation.

He is an incredibly beutiful dog. I am already in love with him. I am now hoping I can’t find the owner but I am trying anyway cause someone may really miss him.

He has definitely toned down my other dog. They are great friends until the first one thinks the new one is getting more attention or has gotten a treat. Treats are for him only.

Yep, I’m crazy.

My mother in law Mary is back from the hospital and in my care again. So my life is going back to normal. So I am going to try once again to write more frequently.  I am still attempting to narrow down my obligations to just what is most important to me.

Man, don’t ever sit and think too long when you are on a deadline. Damn I missed September 4 by two minutes trying to figure out what to write. Shame on me.

This was one helluva day. Put Mary in the hospital and I am so worn out. But I can’t settle down enough to go to sleep. Maybe I will feel like talking about it tomorrow.

That’s the name of the Bay Area Writers League next anthology. I am the editor and have just extended the final fnal deadline til October 15. If you write or know someone who does, let them here about it. I have received some excellent submissions so far.

The Bay Area Writers League 2010 Anthology

“Life around Galveston Bay”

The Bay Area Writers League is now accepting submissions for the 2010 Anthology.

Standard Manuscript Guidelines required. Entries must be typed, double spaced (except poems) with one inch margins using either Times New Roman 12 point  or Arial 12 point. Do not use double spacing after periods. No ALL CAPITALS accepted. Please submit electronically to she@BeckyEllisor.com using Word 2003 or 2007 only. 

Theme:  Life around Galveston Bay…

 Works accepted:

• Poems (one page each.) If it fits on one page in the acceptable fonts we will probably consider it.
• 500 to 1000 word essays
• 2000 – 3500 word short stories.
• First 10 pages of completed books (fiction/nonfiction.)      Include no more than 20 pages for Judging.
• Photos and artwork which follow the theme. Contact Editor for submission guidelines.

Entrants whose pieces are selected will receive five cents per word and a copy of the anthology.

Entries must be received by 12:00pm October 15, 2010. (final deadline)

Call Becky Ellisor, Editor for additional information at 713-550-2274 (new phone number) or email her at she@BeckyEllisor.com

They started coming Monday and Mary has been sick every since . I can’t decide if it is because the very word sends her reeling or if she has a UTI (urinary tract infection. She is all of a sudden not lucid and can barely move. Prior to that she was happy and feisty and could walk with walker to her chair. Now she is like a total invalid and can cannot remember what she was just thinking. It is worrying me to death. A House Call Doctor showed up today and ordered a urinalysis. I had been giving her Bactrim for 4 or 5 days which should have made these things go away by now. I will be collecting a urinalysis this afternoon and rushing it back to LabCorp. Hopefully this will pinpoint the problem and she will get back to herself again soon. I will be back to my normal routine by then also.

Hey, I thought you would be famous someday but not powerful and enormous like the CNN wire staff called you.