Benediction

Church went well this morning, I think I needed it. I was suppose to pick up Meghan, but I forgot her phone number at the office. I called her father, but he did not get back to me, until almost ten, which was a bit too late. That is ok, hopefully I will be able to grab her next week. Richot is back from Poland, and I will have to find out how his mission went. Sunde is off to India on Tuesday, to hook up with Dyron, I am sure they are excited.

Spent most of last night retyping the Play that Karl has given Ryan and I to produce in the new year. It is called "A Masonic Trial by the Spanish Inquisition - Madrid 1757." It is a very interesting trial, with much to digest. The dialogue is sharp, intelligent, and well directed to the allegories of freemasonry. It is also funny that there seems to be some parallels between this play, and the research paper that I am writing, which is to be presented next September. I am sure my paper will be a better one for having worked with the guys in presenting this play.

As for my own writing, I have hit another bottleneck with the character of Natalie. And I really need to create a scene that bests captures her essense, and her struggle. Women are so hard to write. So foreign. I have been trying to research some other great female characters in literature, but other than those found in classical literature, like the characters in Little Women, or Pride and Prejudice. There seems to be little to go on. Todays woman seems to be without model, or form. And unfortunately my personal life, seems also, to be bringing me no closer to this riddle.

Capturing it correctly however, will have to be a must, if the current novel is to succeed. I think I might find the answer somewhere between Ayn Rands characters, from The Fountainhead, of Katie and Domnique. It has also been suggested by a few that I try to finish The Red Tent. Although my first attempt was painful at best.

What can I say, women are a far different creature. They seem to see themselves as trophies, yet they also seem to hate the sport for which they award their prize.