Friday, July 21, 2023: A Day of Thought and Wellness
image courtesy of Pexels via pixabay.comFriday, July 21, 2023
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Saturn, Neptune Retrograde
Venus goes Retrograde tomorrow
Rainy and humid
Yesterday was a lot of fun, which was a nice switch after the stresses earlier this week.
Today’s serial episode is from Angel Hunt:
Episode 52: The Dragon’s Refusal
A dragon guards the final door, testy from centuries of misinformation, and refuses the final passage.
Up early, got the blogs done, got next week’s Legerdemain episodes edited, polished, uploaded, and scheduled. Did the graphics for the episodes.
Meditation was good. Instead of the usual guided meditation. Lara read us poetry. It was lovely and restful, and we could actually listen.
Tweaked “The Vicious Critic” outline with what I’d seeded in yesterday’s DEADLY DRAMATICS episodes.
Headed out to yoga at the library. I actually made it this week. The room was packed. It was a good class, enough to know I’d worked without totally kicking my ass.
I rode the elevator down with someone from class and said, “See you next week” and got a whole story of why I wouldn’t. Meanwhile, I’m thinking, “Lady, I just met you. I was making conversation.” But it goes to show how desperate people are for connection. And I can take five minutes to listen.
Dropped off and picked up books. Picked up my mother’s prescription. The pharmacist had defeated the insurance company and got it through. Got some wine.
Got the next 4 episodes of DEADLY DRAMATICS polished, uploaded, and scheduled, getting me to the end of March. A large client project came in that has to be turned around pretty fast, but it pays decently, and with so little client work right now, I took it.
I did next week’s videos for Legerdemain and ANGEL HUNT. I uploaded and scheduled them to TikTok, along with the intro video for DEADLY DRAMATICS and the episode videos for the first 4 episodes (the opening week I’m dropping 4 episodes, not 2).
By then, it was time to join the author talk with Doug Preston for my university’s book club. It was wonderful! Fascinating guy who is basically interested in everything, which is something to which I totally relate. He talked about how he comes from a family of archaeologists, which just got all kinds of ideas going.
I took a lot of notes during the talk, even though I’m not sure where I’ll use them (probably across a range of projects).
He pointed out that, back when he went on this adventure in the jungle (the book is THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD, about joining an expedition into the Honduran jungle to find a lost city) how the scientists he talked to were adamant about a pandemic coming (and there came COVID). It also turns out that the indigenous civilizations were much larger than originally thought, and European diseases wiped out 90-95% of that population, which is just horrific.
Anyway, it was a fascinating hour, and there’s a lot in the old brain to percolate.
Worked on the program for the reading. Did the social media rounds for Legerdemain. Worked on the big client project. Later on, switched to reading EVIL UNDER THE SUN, this month’s book club read for the Agatha Christie book club.
Not bad sleeping weather. Up early. The plan is to get some writing in before I leave for my meeting in Pittsfield. On my way home, I’ll do the grocery shopping for the weekend (my friend’s coming to visit). Then, four more episodes of DEADLY DRAMATICS go up, and I have to finish the big client project.
And start cleaning the house.
Tomorrow, Venus goes retrograde (great, more stress, this time having to do with looks, relationships, and self-esteem). Most of tomorrow will be about cleaning the house, although I’ll get some writing in there.
Sunday, I go up to see my friend’s show in Vermont, and she comes back down here for a couple of days. I’m looking forward to it,
Have a good weekend, and I’ll catch you on the other side.
