{"id":49907,"date":"2019-03-02T15:59:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T21:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49907"},"modified":"2019-03-02T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T21:59:10","slug":"what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49907","title":{"rendered":"What To Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"relax\"My birthday month passed in a blur of illness and caregiving. February, my seventy-scond February, got underway two days after a difficult day, a full day. I felt exhausted around noon and had several more places to go. Like moving through jello, thick jello on the way home.<\/p>\n

The next two weeks was a symptom buffet. Somebody was spinning a large wheel and where it stopped? That was the new insult. Hit me like a freight train. My memory of those days is absent, therapeutically so, I think. Pneumonia came after that. And after pneumonia, recovery from three weeks of misery. Mostly back to normal now, just a bit of stamina to regain.<\/p>\n

However. A month, a whole month, even if it’s a short one, mostly erased. No painting. No writing. No visits to CBE. No exercise. Having to rethink life. Again. Home now, no more regular CBE obligations. Being available for Kate’s needs is top of my list. Doesn’t consume all of my time, not even close, so I’m beginning to itch, to want some fruitful self-directed activity.<\/p>\n

A new novel? That one I’ve been mentioning? More painting? Reading about art, astrology. Judaism. I need a focus, an outlet for my own work. Nothing sticks right now. Guess I’ll just mosey along like I have been, see what comes. Maybe I’ll try some free writing a la Natalie Goldberg. Painting equivalent.<\/p>\n

No big deal here, trying to get myself reoriented, start the engine. Sputtering. Too much choke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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