Wed. Nov. 1, 2023: First Snowfall of the Season
image courtesy of Sabine Kroschel via pixabay.comWednesday, November 1, 2023
Waning Moon
Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde
Snowy and cold
Day of the Dead
Did you have a lovely Samhain/Halloween? I hope so.
Yes, it is snowing here this morning, our first snow of the season.
Over on The Process Muse today, we talk about tie-ins and spin-offs. You can read it here.
Today, we have two serial episodes going live.
The first is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 81: Brian’s Dad Causes Trouble
Brian confronts his abusive father. Then the demon appears.
The second is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 31: Alisa’s Confession
Nina’s been taking the heat for being on-scene right after Roger’s murder, but she wasn’t the first one there.
I did a full draft of the poem for the 6th, around the topic of “Artifact.” Wow, did it take a different direction than I expected. The original intent was for it to be along the more comic lines of an older Lucy Debussy-type character, like the piece I started working on in the MASSMoCA residency. But the poem had different ideas, and it’s about what we seek and what we need.
It’s short, which is what I wanted, although I will expand this draft with more sensory details and sonics. Although I have a three-minute slot, I want it to be under two minutes.
At least I have, finally, a full draft on which to work.
Played with a flash fiction piece that will need to go out in a couple of weeks, if I can make it work.
I’ve been invited back to the contest as a judge, and I hope I can retain my three categories.
I sent out a couple of LOIs, I submitted a few plays. I did a bunch of admin. I did some script coverage work. The Chewy order (cat food) I’d put in on Monday arrived.
I baked an orange hazelnut chocolate poundcake, from a Moosewood recipe. It’s a little underbaked in the middle (it was supposed to go in a bundt pan and I used a springform), but it’s still really good.
No kids came trick or treating last night. Zero. No one had their porch lights on. The street was dark, so kids skipped it. And here I was, worried we’d run out of treats.
I guess we’ll have some chocolate to eat.
Did a simple ritual and the tarot reading for the coming year. I use two decks for this one. One for the “action” for the month, one for the surrounding “energy” for the month (which then means those two decks are out of commission for other readings for the year). This year, I used the Book of Shadows set of double decks that I got a few months ago. I had trouble connecting with these decks at first. The book claims the interpretations are by Barbara Moore (which is why I bought the set, I like her work), but the decks and the companion book are such chaos I am skeptical about their actual origins. What I did, instead, was disconnect from the book and work with the decks independently, just shuffling them and setting out cards without a particular reading in mind over a period of days in preparation. That worked.
When I did the actual reading, it made sense. The overall sense of the reading was that there’s a lot of potential to build on the foundation I set this year, but I need to step up and manifest it. Which makes sense. Exciting and scary all at once.
Overslept this morning, and the cats were not amused. Woke up to snow. Yes, it is snowing. Winter shutdown/isolation has commenced.
I had all kinds of plans for today, but I might have to trim it back to mailing the rent and going to tarot circle. I’ll play it by ear. There’s a weather alert on, so it’s probably not a good idea to go galloping around, especially with the street parking bans enforced (and it’s never clear when they’re enforcing just the overnight portion and when it’s the full ban).
Back to the page today. I want to work on the poem and maybe the flash fiction. I need to draft more on Legerdemain and Lighthouse Lady. If I keep to my original plans, I have to be out of the house by 11:30 this morning; if I cancel them, I’ll just keep working until I have to leave for tarot.
Tonight we have our Day of the Dead ceremony.
Have a good one.
