Wed. Aug. 23, 2023: Mercury Joins the Retrograde Lineup
image courtesy of GooKingSword via pixabay.comWednesday, August 23, 2023
Waxing Moon
Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Chiron, Mercury Retrograde
Sunny and cool
Mercury goes retrograde today, so take care with communication, travel, electronics. Try not to sign any contracts. Good time to go shopping in thrift stores, though.
There’s a Process Muse post on Draft Numbering here.
Griddle’s surgery is tomorrow. Please help if you can. Every $5 to $10 makes a huge difference. And please share any social media posts you see about it.
And, we have TWO serial episodes going live today on two different serials.
Angel Hunt
Episode 61: With the Devil in the Park Planting Doubts
Lianna meets with Lucius in Central Park. But who is planting doubt in whom?
Deadly Dramatics
Episode 11: A Long Day At The Office
Office politics make Nina glad she’s a temp.
The retrogrades and squares hit HARD yesterday, my friends. It was like trying to swim through molasses.
I answered some regular emails, and I had two long research emails to compose and get out the door, both of which took me longer than I would have liked. But I got them done and out.
Bluesky is still invitation only. Someone who did not give me an invite code because she was “bringing on the cooler people first” is now coming to me asking me for my invite codes. Sorry, boo, I’m offering them to MY people first. Why would I give them to someone who is 1/3 of my age and demeans me? Nope.
Moving into Virgo energy was about details and getting things done, and that was my morning.
It felt like I got nothing done, but I actually did quite a bit, like write and submit my review and work things out about the reading in Easthampton, and send off the flyer. Also got my next book for review.
Because everything took longer than hoped (retrogrades = slow down), it was afternoon before I focused on writing. I wrote the first 8 pages/2 scenes of the play inspired by the Munch painting “The Women on the Bridge.” The bones of it work, although there will be plenty to rewrite. But it relieved the pressure of worrying that I’d lose the play if I didn’t start getting down what was swirling in my head.
The original plan for this play was to be a seemingly frothy 10-minute piece that twists into something darker at the end, but the play itself, and its characters, have other ideas. I will trust the characters, and see where we end up.
Yoga was good. My classmate was thrilled with the information I found for her. The class itself was excellent, and helped my back a lot.
Heated up leftovers for dinner when I got home, sat on the porch with a glass of wine. Started to read a book that was dark academia, but written by a man who was very much in “blame the victim” mode against the young women who were manipulated and abused by their professor. Nope. Checked the ending to see how it resolved, but it was still in blame the victim, so that’s going back unread.
Started another book, a fantasy, about which I’m still on the fence.
I’ve ordered more Carol Goodman novels, and will order more Simone St. James. Lots of books to return today, and also to pick up.
On today’s agenda: new episodes of Legerdemain, work on FROZEN, work on the Llewellyn articles, another couple of pages on BRIDGE.
The day Mercury turns retrograde is a day to avoid the laundromat, so I will let laundry stack up until next week.
I’ll do a few rounds of social media for Griddle’s surgery, The Process Muse, and the serials. I have a quick client project to get off my desk. I’d like to get some more ANGEL HUNT episodes uploaded/scheduled today, but not sure that will happen.
I’ll just deal with one thing at a time. Have a good one!
