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Jun. 21st, 2011 01:43 pmI feel as if I'm living in dog years--which makes the past three weeks seem more like five months.
June Camp went very well. We wrote, relaxed, rode, wrote, yogaed, relaxed. There was food, of course, and more food. I came down with a cold toward the end, so was a bit of a lurgy mess by the last day, but Campers were understanding and we continued to enjoy ourselves. Yoga was most interesting: all about finding your feet (TROMP, say the horses) and moving on to your destiny (Camilla flings Gabriella straight at ex-housemate) and being alert and aware and looking out for good ways to advance and change. Lessons were on much the same theme; Ephiny got groundwork, was not ready for saddle work that day, but will be shortly.
And I did a Horseblog that sort of relates to the yoga, insofar as it's about herd dynamics and space-alien arranging.
Last week was all about lurg and blarg and getting over the cold, but work was done and plans were plotted and there was writing and networking and volunteering.
And making of the crazy. Must not forget that. I signed up for the Clarion Write-a-Thon. This time it's death before dishonor, and I want to finish a novel. Can I do that? Can you whip me through to the finish line? And in a good cause, too.
I also did a Mind Meld at SF Signal, on the Russ Pledge. People are being advised not to read the comments. In fact, someone has read them for you, so you don't have to.
And that sparked off a guest post, which has had some very interesting comments, including one that may result in a new project, once I've had a chance to process the idea that's messing around in my backbrain. And there may be more posts, there or at Book View Cafe, as I work through all of this.
And then! in the midst of this! was a new story at Daily Science Fiction. Free to read and all. Also, cats.
As I said, we have been busy. I've been working on keeping the horses on a schedule--wind, heat, and the common cold have done their best, but I will prevail. Everybody at least gets groundwork if saddle work presents a difficulty (i.e., 40mph winds, 110-degree heat, etc.).
For those who have worried, we are not in any of the many fire zones, and FSM willing will not be. So far the Tucson Valley has had a few brush fires but nothing like the wildfires that are raging in the forests and the grasslands north and east and south of here. It's been a horrendous season, so dry even the cacti are barely making it, and the winds have been relentless. We're praying for the monsoon to come and bring us rain. But, we're safe here so far. We're working on staying that way.
June Camp went very well. We wrote, relaxed, rode, wrote, yogaed, relaxed. There was food, of course, and more food. I came down with a cold toward the end, so was a bit of a lurgy mess by the last day, but Campers were understanding and we continued to enjoy ourselves. Yoga was most interesting: all about finding your feet (TROMP, say the horses) and moving on to your destiny (Camilla flings Gabriella straight at ex-housemate) and being alert and aware and looking out for good ways to advance and change. Lessons were on much the same theme; Ephiny got groundwork, was not ready for saddle work that day, but will be shortly.
And I did a Horseblog that sort of relates to the yoga, insofar as it's about herd dynamics and space-alien arranging.
Last week was all about lurg and blarg and getting over the cold, but work was done and plans were plotted and there was writing and networking and volunteering.
And making of the crazy. Must not forget that. I signed up for the Clarion Write-a-Thon. This time it's death before dishonor, and I want to finish a novel. Can I do that? Can you whip me through to the finish line? And in a good cause, too.
I also did a Mind Meld at SF Signal, on the Russ Pledge. People are being advised not to read the comments. In fact, someone has read them for you, so you don't have to.
And that sparked off a guest post, which has had some very interesting comments, including one that may result in a new project, once I've had a chance to process the idea that's messing around in my backbrain. And there may be more posts, there or at Book View Cafe, as I work through all of this.
And then! in the midst of this! was a new story at Daily Science Fiction. Free to read and all. Also, cats.
As I said, we have been busy. I've been working on keeping the horses on a schedule--wind, heat, and the common cold have done their best, but I will prevail. Everybody at least gets groundwork if saddle work presents a difficulty (i.e., 40mph winds, 110-degree heat, etc.).
For those who have worried, we are not in any of the many fire zones, and FSM willing will not be. So far the Tucson Valley has had a few brush fires but nothing like the wildfires that are raging in the forests and the grasslands north and east and south of here. It's been a horrendous season, so dry even the cacti are barely making it, and the winds have been relentless. We're praying for the monsoon to come and bring us rain. But, we're safe here so far. We're working on staying that way.
