Today is my 100th post in 2011. Already this year has had its challenges and its joys, and I’m sure there will soon be more of each. Already, I’m feeling more engaged in my life and my thought processes just by keeping Naphtalia up to date. Here’s a little more detail about my categories and pages to help you understand how I’m organizing my intake of life:
Music: This is my truest self. Most of the music featured here is original, but as we saw in “Come On, Love” there are always going to be covers covering the bases.
Dovetails: A dove tail is a woodworking term used to describe the fitting of two pieces of wood together. One piece looks like a dove’s tail and the other piece looks like the cut out of a dove’s tail. This allows the pieces to lock into place. Dovetails is basically the idea of “two and two together.” I use this category when I have a moment of “why didn’t I think of this before?” or a really applicable quote for my present day self.
Fiction or Not: When I was in high school, we had a course called “Fiction/Non” and I always really liked that title. It made me feel like the teacher wanted to keep us guessing about which piece was fiction and which was non-fiction. I use this category when I’m writing a piece that includs fictionalized portions of myself, my friends, my imaginary characters and/or real life versions of those people. I like to group my fiction and non-fiction writing because I feel the two meld so much in real life anyway. There are many things that we imagine that end up true and many imaginations we have that may as well be true based on how firmly we act on them. Like the physical and spiritual, I often see fiction and non-fiction tugging on a very thin line.
Shots: These are mostly photos that I took myself in my various life moments and travels. I try to title them, but sometimes I don’t as exemplified in “my title #1” and “my title #2,” which really is a title itself when I think about it–I’m just keeping the story to myself because I can’t share absolutely every thought. I have to save some. If I didn’t take the picture, I always try to credit it if I know the source.
In my queue now are 15 drafts of poems, stop and start thoughts, confessions, and one short story about a girl named Mairian. I’ll be taking the next 9 days off from posting so that I can write, edit, delete, and re-create. Be watching for a new Naphtalia on April 1, 2011!
And now may the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever he may send you; may he guide you through the wilderness: protect you through the storm; may he bring you home rejoicing: at the wonders he has shown you; may he bring you home rejoicing: once again into our doors.
Love come to you, Naphtalia
Naphtalia 
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