Knitting Pretty

When I was writing my last entry, I wanted a good Powerpuff Girls picture. In my search for one, I found this beautiful sketch by an artist I had never before heard of, Sarah Mensinga. So, I had to take a look around her blog, and all the art on there too!

I took a look over the old entries, I found an ongoing story called Dragon Girl. Over seventeen entries, this pretty little story plays out, to a conclusion that I really liked. It sort of reminds me of Love and Be Wise, a picture story book that I have had for a long time. I love the classic children's stories, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beatrix Potter's work, and I also really appreciate the more post-modern stories that twist old tropes around. The Paperbag Princess works on this premise, as well as The Stinky Cheese Man.

It got me to thinking about my own dreams of writing. Sure I write here, but I have the tentative hope to one day write children's picture books. I have had a go at it, written my very first story, though I know it needs a lot of work. It's hard to know what will work and what won't, and I am loath to let many people read it. I mean, my fiance has read it, and a few others, but as I said, it is a long way from finished.

The idea of sitting for a while and just tapping a few lines out on my keyboard seems alright to me right now. I just had a asthma attack, so I am happy to sit down for a while. I never had asthma as a child, even with my mother smoking around me for my entire life. No, that developed in 2006 when I managed to pick up the flu six times in a row. I was coughing so hard I would cry, couldn't breath, and nearly vomit! I went to my doctor, she asked me three questions, and then told me I had asthma. It didn't really affect me all that much, except that I now had a wonderful little puffer that allowed me to breathe, but it has gotten worse of late. It just sucks - pun not intended - to not be able to breathe in deeply.

Alrighty, now I'm off to sit on the couch and watch TV for a while, a perfect activity - if you can call it that - for post-asthma-attack recuperation.