it's been sometime since my last update. I've decided not to feel guilty about it. Shit. I'm working two jobs and going to grad school. Anyway, I moved out of my weird apartment complex and into a place I absolutely LOVE just 5 blocks up the road in the same village. Of course I decided to move right when two huge winter storms moved through New England. Needless to say, moving was interesting and adventurous. Or something like that.
Tonight I'm still in the process of setting up my new place. All the while listening to Chris Whitley. Has anyone heard of him? I saw him twice in concert before he passed away two years ago from lung cancer or something like that. He wasn't much older than me. We'll leave it at that.
Last week I gave a reading at the Honors College here at my Univ.. It went well. I'm learning to be less and less nervous and stressed about these readings. I'm getting better when I give them and receiving excellent feedback. Makes me feel good! And I'm getting publication bites, etc. That's all I'll say.
In my new apt., I'm on a second floor. When the storms roar in, I have a front seat view. When the winds rock our village, I'm the first to feel it. Let me say...I love it! Why? Because I love feeling safe. Feeling comfortable. Perhaps even untouchable by the elements. When I fall asleep, it's by the window while swaddled in a feather comforter...safe in my own assumptions that all will be fine. Even as the freezing winds shake my building.
Well, hopefully as I settle in, I can write more on here too. But I've decided to not make any promises. On Friday, I travel to the West Coast for three weeks. Hopefully, I can find the $$ to get myself up to Portland, OR. as I have many close friends who live there. In fact, that alone would be the best present I could give myself. We'll see. First I own some money to a few close folks. If I can swing it, then we'll see. Otherwise, I'll be shuffling about SF, Ca for three weeks and reporting when I can.
In the meantime....cheers!
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