POST INAGURATION

Are you enjoying the politics of the times? Or wish all the hoopla of a new president would settle down, allowing you to whine about what hasn't been corrected, cured, defeated, won or blasted away in the first days of the new administration?

I, as a writer, look forward, seek the words to write about the hope for change, the smile on people's faces, the good that has been, and will be, accomplished. I can find stories in all of these.

Writers are in a unique position this year. We have the chance to put history into words. Whether we write fiction, personal essays, opinion pieces, or factual articles, we have the opportunity to put it all down in black and white for generations to come. Whether or not our creations are published or not, no matter how much or how little monetary value we receive, or if we merely write our true feelings about this change in our world, we must do so. We people, who have a "way with words" as my grandfather once told me, have an obligation to leave our imprint on this time in history.

I encourage you to take the time this week to capture your thoughts on this event, your feelings of hope(or forboding), your dreams for our country's future; put those into words, paragraphs, letters, articles, books--for the young people who will follow us in these lives. We have a duty to leave behind something of ourselves, to allow others to understand how we, Citizen Americans, view these days.

Please write, friends.