Friday Night In A Small Town

I am not going out, or staying in. All I want to do is write.
I like to read too. I have to confess, I am reading, though
about writing. Natalie Goldberg is my new guru, thanks to
Marcy. She got me started with "Writing down the Bones"
and now, I am on to "Long Quiet Highway: Growing Up In
America". I am getting so much from her teaching. Getting
into a more zen place in life. Learning to write with every cell
in my body. Every cell, all in tune, all pointing in the right
direction--toward the same goal. This library is a good place
to write, when it's closed. Too much conflict in the place when
the librarian is here. They use the place for a forum to air their
dirty laundry and grievances against their children, family and
one another. Too much tension and stress to greet the casual
user. We are not all here to cause conflict and raise a fuss. I would
like to see a quiet place for the ones who are more inclined to listen
to their own minds. Not the minds that are on the brink of destruction
and bound for some sort of feeble attempt at solitude.
They cannot be quiet and I am not about to exacerbate the situation
by weighing in. The cause is not worth the effect. I am so tired of the
conflict in this sorry excuse for a life. I want peace and to be without the
conflict associated with people. I will put up with the ones who will put
up with me and that's it. I am to focused on solitude and loneliness.
Solitude is all I crave. I am tired and all i really want to do is write this
BOOK:

WPCannon
05 February 2010
Mount Vernon Public Library