Thurs. Nov. 30, 2023: Trying To Get It All Done
image courtesy of cocoandwifi via pixabay.comThursday, November 30, 2023
Waning Moon
Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde
Cloudy and cold
The latest on the garden is over at Gratitude and Growth.
Today’s serial episode is from Legerdemain:
Episode 142: Tina’s Real Identity
Tina fills in some missing pieces
I forgot to mention, in yesterday’s post, how utterly overwhelming the emails were for Giving Tuesday. I was torn between annoyance that we live in a society where organizations and individuals have to beg for support and depression that I can’t do more.
Anyway, yesterday. I spent most of the morning putting together a video for “Just Jump in and Fly.” I did the TikTok version first, then had to do the wide version for the website and various channels, then another version for Instagram. Because heaven forbid one can convert sizes easily. It’s quicker to get a new template and start from scratch, providing you keep a detailed editing log.
This time, I’d taken careful notes on each cut, timing, etc., so it was fairly easy to recreate, once I had the initial video done and timed to work with the music. The easiest way to watch it is on the News page of the website, although it’s also after the buy links on the Delectable Digital Delights page. Or you can find it on my Tik Tok or Instagram page.
I was too tired to do the video for “Lockesley Hall” as well; I will probably do it tomorrow, when I do the episode videos for next week. It takes a couple of hours to really do the initial video well, and I want each video to reflect the flavor of the piece itself.
I also knew I had a lot of script coverage to get through, especially one coverage that was more unwieldy than I expected.
Goddess Provisions has gone silent. Big surprise (yes, that was sarcasm). The bookseller contacted me and will refund the price of the missing book and shipping. So at least that bit’s sorted.
Did coverages all afternoon, and didn’t get as much done as I hoped, plus new ones came in, so I will have to dig down today. Either start work in the morning, or do some more after I get back from yoga.
Went to tarot circle, which was great. There are some wonderful people there. Picked up a gift for a friend, to go into his package this weekend. I think it will amuse him.
I’m having trouble finding bayberry candles again. Wild Oats doesn’t have them this year (although they have ever so much cool stuff), and neither did Wild Soul River. I will keep looking.
Tapers are getting awfully hard to find for anything anyway.
Home, baked biscuits to go with the leftover fish stew, started reading Julia Kelly’s A TRAITOR IN WHITEHALL, which is very good. I was up far too late reading, although I didn’t finish it.
I didn’t get a residency I’d hoped for next spring; I’d sort of figured I didn’t, since the announcement came out this morning and they hadn’t been in touch. It would have been fun, but it’s a place that was never on my “must go” list unless I was being paid to go there, so it’s not as upsetting as it might otherwise have been. But still a bit disappointing. It would have overlapped with a large, paying project, and that might have become an issue, especially as that project might be larger this year than usual (I’ll know next month), but pays well.
I was sad to hear of Frances Sternhagen’s death. She was a class act, in every sense of the word. Not so sad to hear about the Genocidal Ex-Secretary of State beloved by the Establishment’s death. The Anthony Bourdain piece about why he hated the man so much is making the rounds again, and well worth a read.
Meditation this morning, then lots to get done, then a double session of yoga tonight.
Have a good one!
