"Live and work but do not forget to play and have fun while you do it." Eileen Caddy
A trip to California, ten days of family, fun, adventure, and distraction. No writing. But I believe that a writer is writing even when she is not sitting at a computer. The brain is always active, storing impressions, gathering new material. (Or is that just an excuse for a few days of escape from the usual desk time?)
A visit to Safari West brings back memories of earlier zoo or safari experiences, times past when my son was young and experiencing the these adventures for the first time. Watching him with his daughters I recall his reactions, especially at zoos--"Oh, the poor animals. They're locked up in cages." At least at Safari sites the cages are larger and the animals appear to have more freedom to roam.
The visit to the beach and the boardwalk awakens similar memories and responses. A little boy at the seaside, his daddy a summer lifeguard. The transformations of time. Life changes. A daddy at the seaside with his little girls. There's a story here, I'm sure. It just has to percolate for a while.
So time out for gathering material, i.e. adventures, i.e. fun.
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