Pauline Evanosky

Created by Pauline in Canva The only thing in this world that you can count on is yourself. Really. It doesn’t matter who is in office and what they are doing. If you have the energy, raise your voice and speak to your government representatives. If you don’t have the energy for it and feel beaten down, well, that’s what I am thinking about. Think of it this way. If you are in a dismal mood, it doesn’t matter one whit what the weather is outside, the health of your bank account, or even your own health. Dismal feelings can pull you down. Bad moods have always been able to pull us down and will continue to derail all our good intentions unless we do something about them. You can change your feelings. My first assault with bad feelings happens when I listen to the news or to social media. I am not really in a position to speak loudly. I’m too old. My health isn’t in the best shape, and I want to protect it. I’ve got a big job to do, and that is to write. Specifically, to write upli...

  Created by Pauline in Canva As a writer, there is nobody to force you to work. You can wait for your muse to strike, or you can go seeking something. Anything. It depends on what you are writing. During the month of November 2025, I have decided to write a story. A novel. It hasn’t quite solidified in my mind. Part of the fun is just seeing what happens. I know I want to aim for 50,000 words. Likely, it should be longer than that. It will be fiction, something new for me. It will draw upon the woo-woo in my life. There is a lot of that. When you have a job that you go to, you need to start and end your day at specific times. These days, when a person works from home, I don’t know how different that might be, although I have some ideas. Like you might have a quota to meet, if your supervisor, who might be in New York, checks up on you and you are not at your keyboard ready to respond quickly, well, I could see somebody getting upset. I don’t think I would like a job like that....