Fri. March 15, 2024: Spring Cleaning Prep
image courtesy of Steve Buissinne via pixabay.comFriday, March 15, 2024
Waxing Moon
Rainy and cooler
The Ides of March
I can’t believe it’s already Friday again.
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 120: Cissie’s Ploy
Cissie is smarter than Lianna and Gaston expected.
Tomorrow’s serial episode is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 70: Confrontation with the Sexy Saxon
Nina and Tom confront Winter’s married lover.
Sunday’s serial episode is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 71: Tom’s Research
Tom dug up some interesting information about Winter’s married lover.
Monday’s serial episode is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 72: Playing Hooky with Tom
Tom convinces Nina to spend the afternoon listening to jazz and then going out for Indian food. But it can’t be a date.
Yup, this weekend is when the DEADLY DRAMATICS episodes start dropping, one each day, through May 13. ANGEL HUNT will continue to drop episodes on Wednesdays and Fridays until June 14; LEGERDEMAIN will continue to drop episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The first TEN episodes are now free; the rest cost 10 tokens each, no matter what the length.
Backtracking to what I actually did yesterday: meditation was good. After the morning chores, I got out an LOI for a really interesting job. They probably want someone younger, but I figured why not throw my hat in the ring for it?
Wrote and submitted the book review, and got my next two assignments. Got the car repair appointment set for March 25. I have to leave the car there all day, which means I’ll need a cab back from the mechanic and then out to them again, since I can’t stay all day. That will be a PITA. But the car will be fixed before I have to go to Cooperstown.
Managed to get to Pittsfield to the pet store to pick up some eye ointment for Charlotte. The staff were pretty awful. It’s only the second time I’ve ever set foot in that store since we moved here, and I hope it’s the last. On the way home, stopped to pick up some cleaning supplies for the spring cleaning (including a gallon of vinegar). They didn’t have the eyehooks I need, so I’ll try the hardware store for those. I also forgot batteries, so I’ll have to get those at some point over the weekend.
Came home, treated Charlotte’s eye, got lunch done, the dishes done, then tried to concentrate on some work. Which did not happen. My mom was feeling good, though, and her numbers were terrific, so that was a plus.
Baked lemon cupcakes for the picket line. Showered and started reading C IS FOR CORPSE (the next Kinsey Millhone) out on the porch, enjoying the sunshine, until I had to get dressed and leave for Suzette Marie Martin’s open studio at Eclipse Mill. This is a series of oversized paintings on eco-grief. She layers actual text of climate science over the color washes of the painting, and then charcoal figures inspired by the myth of Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden over it. Her re-telling of the myth is rooted in human actions having consequences, and how climate change is the consequence of human action. I drove out to Amherst to see her work last summer, after we’d met at a local artists event last year, and it’s fascinating. To see more of it and hear her talk about her process, her passion, and her activism through her art, was wonderful.
One of the things her paintings provoked in me was the fury (and I use it in the Greek sense of that term) about that particular origin myth itself. When you look at the expulsion from Eden, it is the start of hierarchy justifying oppression. I mean, look at it: you have a being angry that creatures He created wanted knowledge and used the free will given to them, He lost complete control over them, and punished them and all humanity beyond them for seeking it. You have a group of human men who decide that they are the ones who understand the real meaning of this divinity, the ones who can interpret divine will to humanity, and they are the ONLY ones who do, that humans (especially women) are inherently sinful and if they suffer, it’s because they haven’t “earned” anything better. They set themselves up as having the right to oppress those who don’t “deserve” basic human dignity. Sound familiar?
I also met some wonderful other artists who live at Eclipse Mill (the building is live/work lofts just for working artists), including a painter and a painter who is also a poet. We talked about art and the strike at MASSMoCA and many things. I’ve been invited to several events there over the coming months.
Came home, went to hop onto a ZOOM call, only to find it had been cancelled. Made dinner, did the dishes, treated Charlotte’s eye. Read a little.
Dreamed about Suzette’s paintings coming to life.
Up early, getting the morning chores done. I’m down on the picket line this morning for a couple of hours, then I have errands. I have two script coverages to turn around this afternoon (and possibly evening). One is medium, one is larger, but I was requested for the latter. Since tonight is the end of the pay period, I want to get both of them done. I’m still below where I want/need to be for the pay period, but it will pay for most of the car repair.
Tomorrow, we’re doing taxes and some spring cleaning. I have a bunch of videos to create tomorrow and Sunday. In the afternoon, I’ve been invited to a tea tasting at Heart’s Pace, which is in walking distance, and I look forward to that break. Sunday, I’ll finish whatever videos I need to for the week and do some more housecleaning.
I’d like to fit in some writing in and around that, but I might give myself the weekend off from it. Monday is all about finishing up grant proposals, and the rest of next week is very busy. Next week, I also need to get back on track with the new LEGERDEMAIN episodes. I run out of episodes at the end of the month, and I don’t want it to end on that episode that doesn’t wrap anything up. I think I’ve figured out how to do something satisfying, but now I have to put butt in chair and do it.
Have a great weekend, and I’ll catch you on the other side!
