Spring -- A Time for new ideas

The weather here in Florida has been lovely the past few weeks. Sunny. Breezy. Comfortable temps.

I feel very much like the February ground hog who poked his head out of his hole to see if he should come out or go burrow for six more weeks.

Well, I burrowed.

But now I'm taking walks by the lake and taking drives by the ocean and sitting on benches in parks...and I'm doing what I love to do...dreaming.

I am trying to conjure up an idea for book proposal five. So I watch people...and birds...and dogs...and traffic. I stare at lakes and waves and tree tops. And I keep hoping that I'll breathe in something new, something that will excite my readers, something fresh that will excite me enough to want to sit for hours at a keyboard.

And just like that...

For no rhyme or reason...

I've got it. The precious seed of an idea. A thought that makes me ask the inevitable what if questions. What if this happened? Who would it happen to? Would they know they're in danger? Who would they turn to for help??

This time I'm going to visit Amish country. I've already started researching the life of people I have come to highly respect.

So I'm going to sit under a tree for just a little while today...and feel the breeze on my face...and the gentle warmth of the sun...and I'm going to finish this research book called Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy which I LOVE and highly recommend to all.

And then I'm going to daydream. I am going to think about possible answers to the questions that started the ball rolling.

Whoever thought daydreams could count as working??

Thank you, Lord, for dreams.