Katy McKenna Raymond  
Personal blog of christian writer Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri

Personal blog of christian
writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri


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My husband has purchased a luxury for me: the services of two women who come once every two weeks to clean my house. I promised him that during the hours when they are here, if at no other time, I would get some serious writing done. That is why he hired them: to free me from the housework and to give me more time and energy to write. They are here today, and I sit here with my hands poised over the keys, listening to the sounds of the work I've done my whole life, smelling the scents of my previous employment. The broom is making its way down the back hall as my fingers begin to move, and I think I may find a crack in a coffee cup when I check later--I recognized a familiar sound when it clinked against the faucet. So I write. Not my novel, or a poem, or a piece of inspiration or humor. Just another line or two about looking back, and then about looking forward. Soon, I won't hear the cleaning noises anymore. Soon, it will become second nature to think of someone else doing my work. Soon, the characters in my novel will be speaking so emphatically, they'll drown out the competition. But today, I'm stuck between a past I am comfortable with and a future I still don't quite recognize. Today, nothing mystifies me more than the present tense.
Posted by Katy on 07/05/02 at 02:49 PM
Fallible Comments...
  1. Mar--Well, when I first had kids I gave up on the idea of total silence for what has turned out to be the rest of my natural life! Quiet sure does help, though. Tomorrow is Visit 3 of the cleaning ladies, so we'll see how I do. I think I could get used to it!
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  2. I can't write with people cleaning, have you been able to? I have to have total silence... otherwise I just sit there chatting. ;)
    Posted by Mar  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  3. Bethany--Oh, goody! I'm going there now. I have been bereft for want of your fine blogging.
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  4. Bridget--Someday you shall be as old as I, and then you shall enjoy the privileges of age. Oh, wait, you'll never be as old as I...
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  5. Cro--It's either move up or move out, baby! No horse riding or flower arranging for me, kind sir. But if you could perchance have my tea sent on a tray to my suite, and toss my Alphasmart on the bed while you're at it, I think I shall indulge in a bit of novel composition. Thank you.
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  6. Maids...well...then...moving up aren't we? Shall have the stable hands bring up your mare for riding before tea? or simply have the gardener bring in an array of flowers from the conservatory for you to choose the dinner bouquet?
    Posted by cro  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  7. katy - i have a blog again. hejido.blogspot.com
    Posted by bethany  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
  8. Right on, sister! :)
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    Posted by Bridget  on  12/31/69  at  06:00 PM
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