Imbolc Valentine Moon
Weather has warmed up over 40 degrees from the last few weeks and it’s still cold. That’s about where we live. No volcanoes erupting to interfere with our lives though.
Today or tomorrow I’ll finish reviewing the edits made by Bob Klein to Missing. Then it’s off to the agents. I’ve probably taken more time getting to this point than a novel of this type warrants, but I’ve wanted to produce as good a book as I can. The first two or three books sold can determine success over all (that is, being allowed to continue publishing) and I want to present clean, focused stories.
Also tomorrow I’m going to resume my P90X workouts. I’ve taken a week + off to allow my chest to heal and it seems mostly calmed down now. Dave Scott, the handy-man I mentioned a bit ago, has installed the new pull-up bar, the Stud Bar (Tm). It will not pull out of the ceiling studs (aka Stud Bar) and I will not drop unceremoniously onto the concrete anymore. This last makes me happy.
When Kate and I discussed my attendance at an Ira Progoff workshop, I initially wanted to go to an event in early May. It was in Asheville, N.C. and the thought of contemplative work in the Blue Ridge mountains appealed to me. But, she rightly observed, this was soon after our Colorado trip for Gabe’s birthday and at the beginning of the growing season. Other dates and places I liked were either in the middle of the growing season or at the time of the honey harvest. That’s how we chose the end of March. No planting, no bees. And I can make Denver on the way home, wishing an early birthday to granddaughter Ruth.
Another way of saying Tucson was not on the top of my list for places to go.
The polishing begins on the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha this week. Back to the beginning with careful attention to commentaries, dictionaries and other English translations. The goal: as well spoken a translation as I can muster plus commentary notes.
(st. jerome, patron saint of translators. and yet another great beard model)
It’s also week 7 of the Climate Change course. This course has proved as influential for me as a weekend Kate and I spent in Iowa City with PSR, Physicians for Social Responsibility, a conference on climate change. That one propelled me into my work with the Sierra Club. Just where I’m headed now is not yet clear to me, but I’m for sure going to increase my activity level on adaptation.
