Thursday, September 15, 2011
Waning Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Uranus Retrograde
Neptune Retrograde
Jupiter Retrograde
Rainy and humid
The temperatures are supposed to fall a good 30 degrees today. We’re getting an early autumn. Cats’ fur and falling leaves are always right.
The trip over the last few days kicked my ass. It’s not like the content was complicated, but the driving was difficult. Driving through Rhode Island on Tuesday morning, the fog was so thick, it was like driving through quilt batting. And yet, some morons still don’t use their lights. WTF? Driving back yesterday was a lot of traffic.
Internet was wonky down there — I sort of got in, but the signal was weak, so it was three or four minutes in, five or six hours off. I’d warned my students, so no one felt abandoned.
It gave me some quality time to work on the Harpy book, which was good. Once I developed the antagonists, the pieces of the plot that I couldn’t figure out fell into place. Well-developed characters lead to interesting situations. I’m really starting to get excited about this book.
I did some research, pulling out mythology books and re-reading some of the myths and legends I want to feed into the book, seeing where I want to pull and where I need to change things to suit the story, but do so that’s logical.
The cats were happy to see me. They are still working things out. Iris hasn’t accepted Tessa. Violet tolerates her. Tessa wants to be friends. So there’s still work to be done.
It’s amazing how much planting a few pots of mums outside makes the house glow. Really lovely. Pretty soon, I’ll have to start taking in the pots that need to overwinter inside. We may get our first frost this weekend.
I’m spending the bulk of the day with my Dialogue Workshop students today — I have a lot of material on which to catch up. I’d hoped to mow the terraced back, but it’s supposed to rain, so that’s out. I have to run out and get some cat food — the cupboard’s looking a little bare. And I’d like to start on my big fall cleaning, so that it’s all done by the Equinox.
Lots to do! Better get going!
Devon