Today I happened upon an old Peanuts cartoon which just caught my fancy. I’d like to share it with you.

Snoopy is lying in the grass and says to himself: ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have given up on my writing.’

Then he sits up and says: ‘I might have written another ‘Heart of Darkness’ or ‘Daisy Miller’ . . . . Who knows?’

Another panel: ‘Of course, there’s always the danger of trying to do to much . . . of getting involved in too many activities.’

Final cartoon panel: Now Snoopy is eating out of his dog dish. And thinks to himself: ‘It’s important that I concentrate on my eating!’

So that’s a little bit about how I feel today. I seem to have been concentrating too much on my eating. The writing has been cumbersome and difficult. Not to my satisfaction.

Except I have started reading my rough draft (2nd or 3rd one) of my new book “A Patriot in Prison” and I was gleefully (as Snoopy would say) heartened and invigorated because it now seems to actually be coming together! It sounded good!!

Perhaps soon it will be a reality. I certainly hope so! I’ve listened to Benjamin Franklin who said it this way: “Would you persuade, speak of interest not of reason.”

I definitely hope the book will be of interest. But also that you will see some reasoning!