Shannon

I arrived safely in Portland, uneventful except for a delayed flight and the usual crazy-stupid skittering landing here. And dang, it’s cold. After settling in, Jay, Shelly Rae and I worked on the ritual Jay mentioned the other day… and yes, he did document it, so watch his space for details. I think it’s pretty […]

Yeah. And packing. Flying up to Portland tomorrow morning, preparing for Friday and the Great Chemo Adventures. I think I’m ready. In other news: ran lots of errands today, edited 2 chapters of Demonhead, had an excellent sushi dinner with the Ogre, and watered the orchids. What? You wanted more? Okay. JayCon X has set

Today I: -Arose at 5:30 -Did my few Second Series poses again (plus all of Primary and Standing Poses, of course) -Did email and internettery -Edited one chapter of Demonhead (in the same hour and a half in which I did three chapters yesterday–this chapter was much more problematic, but is now fixed) -Edited “Neither

Yesterday Jay and I played with his camera a bit. He even let me take a few photos. I’m a writer, not a photographer; even so, the study in contrasts amused me: black lace against pale skin against bright scars and blond hair. Have a look. Okay back to writing. I did edit three chapters

I stopped doing the Ashtanga second series (which I was only doing part of anyway) several years ago, when my hip and lower back were acting up so badly. That’s long since gotten better, but I got used to having the extra time in the mornings… I got spoiled. Then I quit my job in

I tried to photograph the cut finger from a few weeks ago, but the iPhone simply fails at such detail. What the photo would have conveyed is that the wound is very nearly healed, and then I was going to go on to explain that it actually still hurts, rather a lot, when pressed on

I don’t usually write about dreams, because it’s boring to read about other people’s dreams, but this one seemed particularly…striking. Jay writes about his emotional moment last night very movingly, so I needn’t repeat it. But, with that right before I fell asleep, I proceeded to dream that we now had need to take a

I have a lot to say about 2009–it was an amazing year for me, full of enormous life changes that are still very much in process–but I am not ready to make that post yet. So instead, here is the list of books I read last year, in order of when I finished them. The

Still packing, and we’re supposed to leave in 15 minutes…ha. Not going to happen. Haven’t even showered yet. It was a lovely day yesterday, though spoon-heavy for Jay: Mark and the Child and Jay and I went to the Academy of Sciences, along with (apparently) the entire rest of San Francisco and everyone who is

Knee is better today, and slightly uglier: But I did go to yoga, and that went almost perfectly well–my leg didn’t feel like holding all my weight all by itself, but there’s only one pose that calls for that, so it was okay. Oh and kneeling: not so much with the kneeling (i.e. Child’s Pose).