I&#39;m back again.  Haven&#39;t gotten much done, either.  All this talk about writing made me go through my files and dig out my novel...just barely begun.  I write but mainly poety ( started when I was six and my 64th birthday is around the corner ).  I write quite a bit at a site...www.helium.com - which has been great for me.  It&#39;s very interesting as it provides topics so I&#39;ve written poems on things I would never have chosen and people from all over the world rate your contributions.  You can also provide your own topics.  Check it out and you can put my name, Carmen Henesy, in the seach area and see some of my efforts...I think I&#39;ve done about 200 things, mostly poems but some other writings.<br /><br />Here&#39;s one of my poems...purely fiction as I&#39;ve never had a blind date yet or used a dating service ( perhaps I should )...<br /><br />Blind Date<br /><br />For years, I haven&#39;t had a date, <br />Nor has it felt dismaying, <br />My friends are always nagging, <br />&quot;Time&#39;s running out,&quot; they&#39;re saying.<br /><br />I think my life is very full, <br />I travel, read, and write, <br />And never feel I&#39;m lonely, <br />When I go to bed at night.<br /><br />But just to humor all my friends, <br />I joined a dating service, <br />And several times a week, I got, <br />All gussied up and nervous&#33;<br /><br />I met all sorts of different men, <br />None got a second date, <br />I&#39;m sure they felt the same as me, <br />I was not their perfect mate&#33;<br /><br />I&#39;m back to my old habits, <br />And I&#39;m happier by far, <br />I know blind dates are not for me&#33; <br />I found them too bizarre&#33;<br /><br />Carmen Henesy<br />