When my muse is stuck on a word

I have read threads about what to do when your muse has abandoned you. It happens, even to me. But what do you do when she quits in the middle of a sentence. lol Is it the word or the thought that is the problem?

My muse seems to rebel whenever I try to be more of a writer than I am. I try to find the right word or thought and present in a way that goes beyond my novice abilities, she leaves me. Ups and goes wherever it is muses go. I am left at the keyboard, staring at the monitor (my monitor is one of those rectangular ones - not the square ones and it is flat! I suppose it could work as an HD tv screen but I have not clue about that - ok I digress - back to my muse before she leaves me).

What's a girl to do? I turn to spider solitaire. I have three choices: Easy, Medium or Hard. Easy is using only one suit (many decks); Medium uses two and hard uses 4. I use the medium. I don't wish to break my brains just rattle them a little. I am pretty good at Medium. I can will 4 out of 5 times. So I suppose Medium is too easy for me now.

My youngest son (my Rawlings), I discovered on his last visit here, plays the same game; but he plays the Hard one. He is younger and has more brain cells to call upon. Mine have been burnt over time with drink and aging. Well, he sat down next to me and took over my game (when he was not stealing my wireless keyboard). He does that. I am always reminded of Tom Sawyer and the painting of the fence. He made it so much fun that the others took over for him. My son likes to take over for me except when it comes to cleaning. He used to run off to his room and lock the door. lol

Well, I find my muse comes back while I play this game. I think she likes it too. She forgives me and gives me that word or thought and I go back and finish my sentence. Of course, I have written before about what I do when I really need to clear my head. I wonder where my sailor boy is today? It has been 42 years since that sailboat ride. If I only knew anything about him then I would google him or look him up in the Social Security Death Index. Did you know they have that? My mom makes me look up all her old friends when we visit. Sadly, many of them are listed there. I digress again.

This morning I will not play solitaire because I plan to catch up on all my reading.

Till tomorrow!

gayle