Well we made it to a new year, a new decade and the scare of the turn of the century, from 1999 to 2000, seems like a distant fantasy of childhood. I have just finished reading J. M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K. The story sucked me right in and the ease of the reading allowed me to finish this book in a relatively short time, I am generally a very slow reader. I tend to start and read several books at the same time and then the one that catches my attention gets ridden like a wave until it is complete. The story line has similarities to the movie Avatar (oppressed/oppressor-colonized/colonizer), and is not necessarily a new one, but it is the telling and the "special effects" both visual and emotional that carries the work.

So, to 2010, welcome all. I have successfully written twice this week and I am taking the baby steps toward making my writing resolution for the year a success.