Fri. Feb. 9, 2024: At the Page
image courtesy of Karolina Grabowska via pixabay.comFriday, February 9, 2024
New Moon
Partly cloudy and warmer
Definitely ready for the new moon!
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 110: Tracking the Demon of Gaul
Lianna has more faith in the boys’ natural abilities to track the demon than Gaston does.
Tomorrow’s serial episode is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 60: The Story Behind the Story
The true, and much darker, story behind the tapestry comes to light.
There are so many things I keep forgetting to mention.
One is that Bluesky is now open to anyone; no more codes needed. Let’s hope it doesn’t destroy the platform. There’s a bit of newcomer chaos right now, and the block button is my friend. And for some reason, I’ve been getting an influx of new followers on Mastodon. Which is interesting, considering I was close to giving up on that platform.
Meditation was good. Worked on the newsletter for March. Adding bits and pieces over the quarter makes putting together the actual newsletter easier. We’ll see if the within platform switch actually worked. I might send it out a week or so early in March, just to see.
Drafted two episodes of LIGHTHOUSE LADY. I’m getting back to the outline now, so maybe today’s work will be smoother sailing. Revised, edited, polished, uploaded, and scheduled two episodes of LEGERDEMAIN. Turned around a small coverage. Read contest entries. Signed up for a CSA for a local farm just up the street over the border into Adams. I know the farmers, I know their produce, and it’s something to look forward to from June to October. Every Tuesday, I’ll pop up the street and pick up my little box of vegetables and herbs.
I did not get the 10-hour temp gig; they went with someone younger and more corporate. Which is fine. But there hasn’t been much script coverage this past week, which means I’m below where I need to be for this pay period. But I’m getting out proposals and LOIs, so I’m in the process of course correction.
The mail-in ballots for the presidential primary arrived. We will fill them out this weekend, and I will drop them off at City Hall sometime next week. The seeds from Botanical Interests arrived. I sorted them, and now I have to add them to the sorted seed packets, pick up some more potting soil, and start seeding pretty much every time there’s a planting day. If a decent percentage come up, we will have a flowery and colorful summer.
On today’s agenda: two episodes of THE LIGHTHOUSE LADY, a grocery run, a library run, creating and scheduling the videos for next week’s serial episodes, a couple of score sheets, and more contest reading. If I have the time and energy, I’d like to get some work done on CAST IRON MURDER, finish up some proposals, and work on outlines for a couple of novellas. Yesterday, I started playing with a flash fiction idea; I might work with that a little, or I might wait and work on it over the weekend, when I can dedicate a block of unpressured time to it. I know the character, the catalyst, the theme, but I’m not sure about the structure yet.
I’m going to do the stuffed eggplant tomorrow. It’s supposed to be a mild but rainy day, and the recipe is a bit time intensive, so I figured tomorrow night was a good choice for it.
Tomorrow, mostly household chores. Drafting LEGERDEMAIN episodes. Maybe working on CAST IRON MURDER. Some contest reading. Sunday, I’ll draft some more LEGERDEMAIN and work on poetry in the morning/early afternoon. Later in the day, I’m going to see the recording of David Tennant in the National Theatre’s production of GOOD over at the Clark.
Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up next week!
