Fri. Sept. 8, 2023: Catching Up on What Didn’t Get Done This Week
image courtesy of Elias via pixabay.comFriday, September 8, 2023
Waning Moon
Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Mercury, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde
Sunny and Warm
Did the heat finally break? Well, we had a storm and it’s a little better, but still too warm for my taste.
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 66: What Niall Wants
Niall shows up, making it clear to Lianna what he wants.
Tomorrow’s serial episode is from DEADLY DRAMTICS:
Episode 16: When Friends Show Up to Help
Nina is surprised & overwhelmed when neighbors & friends show up to help her with her ransacked apartment.
Meditation was good yesterday, and I was happy to be back in that routine. We talked about how we create our reality through our choices, which echoes this week’s Process Muse post.
I lost, however, my prime writing time to sorting out the issues with the Devon Ellington Work site. I think they are fixed now. Only time will tell.
I did some more work on the newsletter, too. That’s going to go out early in the last week of September, because I want it out before going in-studio.
Trying to sort out if I can do a couple of things at the Clark that I’ve been invited to do. Had to turn down a couple of other invitations from a couple of theatre and art organizations, because I’m already booked. But I’m grateful to be asked to participate!
When I do the TikTok videos for tomorrow, I will start playing with something for the reading. Got some more publicity stuff out for the reading, and also updated my Creative Ground profile (since that brings in more opportunities by a mile than LinkedIn).
Worked with Arts Hub Western MA and got the listing for the BHPC reading approved. Fingers crossed that they spotlight it closer to the day!
Found the first line of the poem I’m creating for Word X Word’s Poets in Conversation series on Oct. 15 about “Work” and know the shape I want the rest of it to take. The focus is on how “women’s work” is demeaned.
Wrote a couple of Legerdemain episodes before the Nightwood session. I reworked a few details in scenes, and then wrote about 4 ½ more pages. I need to start working on it every day again, once the Llewellyn articles are out the door. This lurching of only working on it around the sessions is too disjointed.
The session itself was terrific. Everyone’s work is so exciting. I wish we had more time to spend with each other beyond the readings and critique, to share more about process and why certain elements of the work are important. That’s not possible within these parameters, but it’s something I wish was possible. They’re all such interesting people.
After, I took a short break, then edited, polished, uploaded and scheduled next week’s Legerdemain episodes.
When I was finished with that, it was time to head out to yoga (which has moved to Thursday nights for autumn). It was great. I needed it.
Picked up takeout on the way home. Too hot to cook.
A little after 9 PM, we got a tremendous thunderstorm with high winds, thunder, lightning, rain. We sat on the porch and watched for a good bit, until we headed off to bed. It cooled things down a little, but not as much as I hoped, and it’s still kind of warm and sticky this morning.
Today, I have some writing to do, and finish the Llewellyn pieces. I will give them a polish on Monday and get them out the door. I’m not going to the Clark today; I might go there instead on Sunday. I need to finish the work that got derailed because I struggled to work in the heat/humidity these past few days. I also have to do the episode videos for TikTok for next week, and the Legerdemain Catch-up video (we have another 12 episodes since the last one, imagine that). I also want to try making a video for the BHPC reading, using the flyer.
I also need to do a big grocery shop. I have to make some decisions regarding meal planning.
Tomorrow, we do a storage run to the Cape and back, which I’m dreading, but is necessary. I hope I can get to the Clark on Sunday.
Monday morning is the anniversary of 9/11. I plan to watch the Table of Silence performance, streamed live from Lincoln Center. I have other rituals for the day, but that performance sets a resonance for me that I really love.
Have a great weekend my friends, and I’ll catch you on the other side!
