Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Bloodroot Moon<\/p>\n
Snow has begun to come down in earnest.\u00a0 I like the view out of my window here in the Bishop’s room.\u00a0 Snow falls between the two pines that frame the central pane and I can see across the service road toward what I now know is the Monastery orchard.\u00a0 This is a wonderful piece of land, wooded in parts, with two lakes and ample space for agriculture.\u00a0 The Monastery did have a large farm at one time.<\/p>\n
I’ve decided I’ll head home tomorrow afternoon.\u00a0 I’m a bit lonely here now and I want to see Kate and the dogs.\u00a0 Since I get my writing done in the morning, sometimes a bit after lunch, I can write tomorrow morning, eat lunch and head out.\u00a0 That way I can be back at my desk on Tuesday morning, ready to keep on writing.<\/p>\n
So ancientrails will hit the road around 1 pm tomorrow, driving east on Highway 12, then north on 494.<\/p>\n
Breakfast today is at 8, not 7:30.\u00a0 Feels pretty soft, writing here at 7:50 instead of dining in silence.\u00a0 The Monastery is a great place to focus on writing and I think I’ll return when it comes time to revise one of my earlier works, perhaps in January.\u00a0 Once I finish the first draft of Missing, I’ll have Kate read it and comment on it, perhaps Lydia, then I’ll set in a manuscript box on the shelf in my study.\u00a0 6 months or so later, I’ll take it out and read it like a stranger, making the first cuts and revisions.<\/p>\n
Though I’ve not practiced it, they say writing is in the re-writing and I believe it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Bloodroot Moon Snow has begun to come down in earnest.\u00a0 I like the view out of my window here in the Bishop’s room.\u00a0 Snow falls between the two pines that frame the central pane and I can see across the service road toward what I now know is the Monastery orchard.\u00a0 This is … Continue reading Heading Home Tomorrow<\/span>