Amtrak Residency

       If you're a writer and even just moderately like trains; this may adjust some of your life dreams as well. I read about this a couple weeks ago but didn't really get a chance to write about it. Since I'm finally sitting down for a few minutes; I have to share this with you.
       If you're an active writer on twitter, you may have seen the hashtag #AmtrakResidency, or at least I hope you have. If not perhaps you saw one or two articles such as:

• Amtrak to Offer Writers Residency Program from huffingtonpost.com
• Inside Amtrack's (Absolutely Awesome) Plan to Give Free Rides to Writers from TheWire.com
• Amtrak launches writers residency after authors request from latimes.com

       Okay; enough linking... for now; what am I talking about? I'm talking about taking a free to cheap trip on Amtrak for the pure and sole purpose of writing. If you're even the slightest bit like me you'll understand right now that a new writing atmosphere can be one of the greatest things/places your literary self finds. Not only does it offer peace and change; but an absolutely awesome life experience to go with some pen to paper action [or fingers to keys, whichever].
       NYC Writer Uses Twitter to Land the Best Workspace Ever when writer Jessica Gross tweeted Amtrak for residency trip for her writing; given that, Amtrak has just begun a residency for up to 24 writers to take long distance trains to work on their writing and will include accommodations of a sleeper car perfectly set for writers.
       If all of that sounds good to you, now is your chance to apply for one of these residencies

I've Loved Flowers That Have Faded

…because some dreams linger long after you wake up. 

maybe you’re my dream.

can we live in this haze forever? 

“someday love, you’re going to have to wake up.”

truer words have never been spoken.

i’m awake.

^{…and ’ve never cared much for mornings…}