The book Not Quite What I was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, is a cogent little compilation based on the story that Hemingway once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in six words. His words were: For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.
(I don't really understand this actually: was he referring to his own shoes? He had kids, so it couldn't be theirs, so what gives? Anyway, I digress [my memoir in just three words right there.])
So, this is a wildly popular meme and since I'm always up for talking about myself a challenge, here we go. How I'd sum up my life varies wildly depending on how I feel at any particular moment. Maybe that's one:
Can't describe it: it keeps changing.
A few more:
PA, VT, AK, MA, CA, OR.
Getting old but feel fourteen inside.
I'm on a roll:
So much love, yet still single.
I hope I'm reborn a kitten.
And from the Dalai Lama's thoughts on the meaning of life:
Be happy: help others be happy.
Alright, all my froggers (friend/bloggers). I won't call out your names in front of the whole class, but start writing. Either here or take the ball and go home to your own blog with it. It's kind of addicting.
[Read more submissions to the next book project here.]



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