Fri. May 23, 2025: There’s a Nap in Sight. . .
image courtesy of Shanon via pixabay.comFriday, May 23, 2025
Waning Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Gray and chilly
We’re at Friday. We’re going into the long holiday weekend. I am so ready!
I did not get my dream of the painters not working yesterday. They were here on the covered back balconies. They’re painting the trim first, which seems a little ass-backwards. And it’s white, which means it’ll look good for a week and then get dingy.
Meditation with the group in Concord was good. Charlotte was delighted.
After breakfast, I settled into the work. All I wanted to do was sleep, but I’ll get additional sleep over the weekend. I mean, first, I had to do the daily rounds of elected officials (which I don’t talk about here every day because it’s become like brushing my teeth), but then I got down into the work. I turned around the last two small coverages. I’ll have earned enough to do a couple of loads of laundry from this client, that’s all.
Most of the day was built around the ghostwriting project. Writing, researching, rearranging, honing. It’s difficult to do what would normally take 4-6 months of research to figure it out, and compress that process into 4-6 days.
I sat in on the #FreelanceFriends chat at noon on Bluesky, which was fun and cheered me up. I was at the point of being completely over the human race just before the meeting. I had a quick break, and then the Boiler House Poets Collective had a ZOOM meeting about some plans. It was fun to see people and reconnect in-between times. We’re going to look at photographs and decide which one we want to build our 10th Anniversary commemorative piece around in the next couple of weeks.
I looked through a bunch of my photos and realized how few photos I have of North Adams, other than around this building and around the studio and museum space when I’m in residence. I have a lot of the Spruces and the grounds at the Clark, but few of North Adams itself. The ones I have aren’t really the kind to inspire a collaborative poetic piece. There’s not something I can throw into this mix.
It does make me want to wander around more with my camera on nice days and take some real photographs, apart from the collaborative project.
Got some questions from the gallery curator for August, which I will turn around today.
After the meeting, another quick break to clear my head, then back to work. There were times I felt like I’d never get it done.
I cooked dinner, and then went back to work. I finished the draft around 10 PM. I still have to massage it, make cuts, tighten, put in day and time references. But I will get it out the door today, on deadline.
And then take a nap! I also have 1-1/2 scripts to finish reading and commenting on for Tuesday’s literary committee meeting.
Once I submit the ghostwriting assignment, I have to do the library-grocery store run, getting in what we want to enjoy for the holiday weekend. I’m sure the store will be a zoo.
Tomorrow, I will work on the radio play for a bit in the morning and catch up on some housework. In the afternoon, a friend is leading a workshop, and I will attend both to support him and because the topic is interesting. In the evening, I’m invited to an exhibit opening at Eclipse Mill, where at least one friend is part of a group show, and I might be acquainted with some other people involved. Sunday will be about the radio play and piecing the fabric compass. Monday will be about more piecing, and finishing a book for review.
Because next Tuesday, I am out the door just after 7 to make an 8 AM call at jury duty! I’m taking some notes for the next ghostwriting assignment with me, to work on in the holding room, because 6K on that will be due soon. Once I know whether or not I’m seated for a case, I can see if the usual deadline structure will work, or if I have to push it back a little.
Next week, in general, is very busy both in the days and the nights, but again, it’s a good kind of busy. I intend to enjoy the various elements as much as possible.
Have a good weekend!
