Tonya Coffey's Blog - Posts Tagged "snow"

I live in a place, each year we get snow. This year we were bombarded with more than I've seen in years.
I don't mind the snow. I like how it piles on the branches of tree limbs and makes the yard look as if it's an ocean of snow. I even like how it sounds when you walk in it; the crunch of your foot steps.
When you sit on your porch and listen to the light breeze, gently push against the branches and the crack. The snow falls to the ground in a thud.
I can't get enough of the snow and the most important part, it put me in the mood to finish my second book. After all, it is called, SNOW MOON.

I have found the holidays are not what I expected them to be.
It is hot for one thing. I live in Kentucky. It doesn't always snow on Christmas but it is usually cold and since I put Christmas lights up outside in a short-sleeved shirt it is kind of ridiculous. But I am glad that the kids can go outside and run around.
I've been so focused on trying to promote my book that I haven't finished picking up presents for the family. If I had a credit card, I would buy everything online so I don't have to go to the store. It would just be easier...
I've also been a little discouraged. I thought my family would be more supportive of the new book. But it seems as if they don't even acknowledge it's been published...(Sigh).
I know everyone has other things on their mind but couldn't they comment on the cover or the title. They don't have to read it -yet- but I do want some reviews from them by the end of January.
Am I being selfish for wanting them to focus on me for a few seconds?
I guess I need to forget about the book until after the holidays and then focus on it full-force, until the next book is ready to be released. I do know one thing for certain, I will make sure the next book comes out in the spring, so I don't have to worry about other things, just the book.

Most people who live in Kentucky don't think much when the Weather man says, snow. The ones who are scared of slick roads and who live down in the hollers usually hurry to the grocery store so they will have food for the few days their electric will be off.
In my county, we were in a magazine for the poorest county in the state of Kentucky, if the news says snow is coming, you will not be able to go to the store. I get that people need food and they won't be able to get out but why do these people have to act like the world just ended and this store is the only one in the entire world where you can get your canned beans.
I have a routine. I drive to my town once a week, on Tuesday, and pay bills, get groceries or visit the library. I don't make any other trips. I make sure I have enough food to last in case something happens and I need it. Tuesday when I went, I was pushed from the bread isle as if I was stealing it from a customer. I looked at this woman, who looked as if food should be the last thing from her mind. Her mother who was giving me the stink eye because I was actually shopping and not throwing everything in my cart that was't attached to the store itself. Then I looked at her kids. Five of them that ranged from a year old up to seven. I guess. They were dirty as heck and I frowned wondering why half of them wasn't in school, mine were in school. Then I just walked off because our county is 35% below poverty level. That's a lot of people on welfare. These people who get food-stamps and other benefits from the government, why are they the ones who act this way? They get free stuff and they come running in as if they deserve it more than someone who actually pays for it. What makes me mad or frustrated is that most of these people are in better health than some and could work.
Any way, the moral of the snow day, it brings out the crazies.
I hope no one takes offense to anything I have written. I am only venting.