Shana Tova, at the very least!
I'm nutso-busy with eight thousand things to do. Dinners and services and new students and trying to find a place for Break-the fast next week for Yom Kippur. But in case anyone is actually peeking at my little site, I want to say Happy New year to everyone. Happy New Year!
The last few years (until around March 2003) were really hard for me, and one of these days I'll get around to archiving my old site (lonelysongs.com) so that you can read just how hard! But this year has been amazing, and calming, and productive. I've been writing, and Chris and I bought a house, and we got the animals, and I started publishing here and there, and I discovered kiddie lit, and everything and everything. And I've been trying to think about entering the new year, and it hasn't felt necessary, much. Because I just want to float along.
And then this week my sister called me, and said she had to go into the hospital for some tests. And suddenly everything felt very temporal and momentary. No big deal. Not a huge medical thing. I'm sure she's fine. But still. Right?
I resolve that this year will be more intentional. I resolve to work towards care. I resolve to be MORE productive, and to push what calm I've found OUT into the world around me. I'd like to get involved with Americans for Peace Now. I'd like to revise my kid's novel. I'd like to go to the gym. I'd like to visit my sister while she's still in Louisiana, instead of letting the year slip by.
Okay. Mushy mushy I know. But it's Rosh Hashanah, yo! So Shana Tova!!!!!!!!!! A sweet year to you all.
PS... last night Seamus Heaney was at the Foxhead, just drinkin with the regulars, and I MISSED IT!
The last few years (until around March 2003) were really hard for me, and one of these days I'll get around to archiving my old site (lonelysongs.com) so that you can read just how hard! But this year has been amazing, and calming, and productive. I've been writing, and Chris and I bought a house, and we got the animals, and I started publishing here and there, and I discovered kiddie lit, and everything and everything. And I've been trying to think about entering the new year, and it hasn't felt necessary, much. Because I just want to float along.
And then this week my sister called me, and said she had to go into the hospital for some tests. And suddenly everything felt very temporal and momentary. No big deal. Not a huge medical thing. I'm sure she's fine. But still. Right?
I resolve that this year will be more intentional. I resolve to work towards care. I resolve to be MORE productive, and to push what calm I've found OUT into the world around me. I'd like to get involved with Americans for Peace Now. I'd like to revise my kid's novel. I'd like to go to the gym. I'd like to visit my sister while she's still in Louisiana, instead of letting the year slip by.
Okay. Mushy mushy I know. But it's Rosh Hashanah, yo! So Shana Tova!!!!!!!!!! A sweet year to you all.
PS... last night Seamus Heaney was at the Foxhead, just drinkin with the regulars, and I MISSED IT!
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