Fri. Aug. 9, 2024: Fabric Influences

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Waxing Moon

Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Mercury Retrograde

Rainy and a little cooler

The edges of Hurricane Debby are around today, although mostly west of us. But we are still in the path of it(though most of the state is spared), probably getting around 3 more inches of rain tonight. Not as much rain as in other places it’s meandered through, but with the ground soaked for the past few weeks, still a lot.

Yesterday was a slow day. I did a pharmacy run and picked up a few groceries. I came back and started proofreading “Tumble” for MURDER BELLS, but had a hard time concentrating.

We had a salad for lunch, using CSA ingredients, and it was yummy.

In the afternoon, I finished the script coverage, and then spent time playing with the cats. Bea is out and about quite a bit now, and even sleeps on the bed, where she can see everything that goes on. She also plays in front of everyone now, which is great. She needs playtime. But she does not want human interaction. She’s going to have to have some, and soon, because she’s due for a vet visit. But once this final round of shots is done, she can take her time.

She doesn’t like to have her picture taken, but I got a couple of shots of her through the glass. There’s a core of steel under that sweetness.

She also loves fabric and yarn (good thing she’s in the sewing room). She’s drawn to things with texture. And she’s fascinated when we fold laundry. I haul it back from the laundromat without folding it, since it’s only around the corner, and then fold it when I’m home.

I decided, since I was so sore from Tuesday, that more yoga would make me less sore, so I went to yoga in the early evening. It was good. It’s been a long time since I was in an “all levels” class. There were things I could do and things I could not. Some were from the knee I injured about a week ago, so I can’t do anything that requires kneeling. I bet it would heal a lot faster if I didn’t manage to bang it on every piece of furniture and car door in the world. I’m not usually someone who bumps into furniture, but this injured knee is hitting everything. I don’t think I ever mentioned the injured knee with everything else that’s been going on. I slipped on a hurled-up fur ball that I didn’t see in the dark, and banged the knee on multiple things as I went down. Yes, I got injured because of a fur ball. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so painful.

I did get up into a shoulder stand (more easily than I expected) and hang out there for the whole assigned time, which surprised me. It’s been about two years since I did a shoulder stand.

Home, cooked dinner using more CSA goodies, and read a little before bedtime.

Additional things are sore this morning. Sigh. But, overall, I’m glad I went.

It was good sleeping weather, and cooler this morning, although rainy. Tessa has a burst of energy. She’s been running around and playing this morning, instead of being a grumpy old lady.

During morning meditation with Bea, I came up with a series of elemental quilt designs. I doubt I’ll get to actually make them until late next year, because the designs will take some time, and then actually doing each of them will take time, but I have ideas for earth, air, water, and spirit. Still need to figure out fire. I think I’ll do them lap quilt size, so they are usable during the winter, or I can hang them up if I want. It’s been a minute since I actually made a quilt, but I’ve been thinking about quilting a lot lately, and this winter’s project is to make the quilt with the book cover fabric that I didn’t make last year. I’m keeping it simple, and know what I want the borders to be. It will be quilting the actual books in the center that will take the time. In fall, I’ll go over to the quilt shop in Williamstown and get the border and backing fabrics. It will be a good break between writing sessions, engaging different parts of the brain.

Yeah, I know, meditation is supposed to be not thinking, but that’s what came up in the quiet.

On today’s agenda: proofreading “Tumble”, getting out some LOIs, hoping more coverages come in, working on the next book for review, tackling THE WOMEN ON THE BRIDGE, doing some home and hearth stuff. Tomorrow is home and hearth, with maybe some writing in there. Sunday, I have meditation at 12:30 at the yoga studio. A bunch of people I know are doing ekphrastic poetry at the Mount at 5, so if the weather’s okay, I’ll go down there.

And then it’s next week. I have a seminar for the coverage job to attend, and I have plans with a tarot friend to go to the new Degas exhibit at the Clark at the end of next week, along with the yoga and tarot plans. And all the actual work that needs to get done next week.

20 more days of Mercury retrograde. Sigh.

Have a great weekend.