Fri. March 7, 2025: Finally, a Bit of Sun

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Friday, March 7, 2025

Waxing Moon

Venus Retrograde

Sunny and cold

Another week gone.

I got several emails yesterday from people suggesting that I not tweak the course material specifically to the students, and the preparation should stand as it is, so the course can be used elsewhere. While I respect that, it’s not what I feel is best for the situation. The bones of the material don’t change, and this course was created specifically for this particular organization. While I may teach something similar elsewhere a year or so down the road (I have to check the contract), EVERY class I teach ANYWHERE is adjusted to best serve that particular group of participants. Rote teaching isn’t my thing. Pontificating at them isn’t useful for them. Sharing my experiences, both what has worked and has not, talking through possibilities specific to their work, gives them options to apply what works best for them.

As they say in the Assets for Artists Workshops: No one knows everything, but collectively, we know a lot.

It rained all day yesterday and was kind of mucky. The winds picked up in the evening, and are expected to be high until late this afternoon. Hopefully, we won’t lose power.

I did a bunch of admin work, contacted elected officials as promised, and put together the additional handouts for the class and sent everything off.

I gave myself the afternoon off, resting, and reading for pleasure. Okay, I looked at some grant application materials and figured out a few things. By evening, I felt much better.

Microsoft sent out an email that they are discontinuing Publisher as part of Office. Of course they are. Sigh. Why ever make anything better?

A birthday gift arrived a few days early, and I’m very pleased with it, and happy to be remembered.

Dreamed about Scotland last night, which was a nice escape for a few hours. It’s been far too long since I visited.

The cats have spring fever, and it’s sunny, so people will be cheerful when they are out and about today. I have some errands to run this morning, including library and post office. I’m reading a film script for an actor friend this weekend to analyze. She doesn’t really like it, but she wonders if she should do it anyway, because of some of the names currently attached (which doesn’t mean they’ll stay long enough to get it done), and her agent says there’s room to ask for rewrites. I plan to get some writing done this weekend, although I’m not sure on which projects yet, and I’ll work on contest entries. Depending on the weather, I might go out and about it little, too, and start the big spring cleaning. Having forced air heat means things get dusty quickly, so even with the regular daily/weekly housecleaning, the spring and fall deep cleans make a big difference.

According to my calendar, today, tomorrow, and Sunday are all planting days, so maybe I’ll put in some seeds. And then I’ll have something to write about in next week’s garden post!

Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up next week.