Monday, We Meet Again
Aug. 9th, 2021 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseIt's Monday. I've been having a pretty decent day, perhaps DESPITE that fact?
It started out with a lovely chat withjiawen, which I had to unfortunately cut short because our internet at home gets throttled now and again and suddenly it couldn't handle both my convo and my wife's work Zoom meeting. Of course, I had to bow out because... work, but, dang it, we were right in the middle of SOLVING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.
This is why we can't have nice things.
If women could just get to finish their conversations, all the answers would be made clear. ;-)
Then, I had to quick eat a little lunch (as we say here in Minnesota) because I had a telephone interview scheduled with a journalist in Montevideo, MN. I have an upcoming workshop there with a mentee of mine who is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant. (If you're curious about the event, it is here: https://mefullerwords.com/feedback-matters-workshop/) We talked about my writing and about what I enjoy about mentoring. I will link to the article when it comes out, if people are at all curious.
You know, when people talk about doing things "for the exposure," I mostly roll my eyes. But, I am really hoping that an article in a local newspaper might actually cause one or two people to look me up and buy a few books. Sad, innit?
Otherwise, we are just back from a weekend up at our friends' cabin in Siren, Wisconsin. They have a lovely property and have worked extensively to naturalize the shoreline with native plants. We, of course, have not seen them since the pandemic so there was a lot to catch-up on. We took a number of pontoon rides around Crooked Lake and, during one of them, we got to see an eagle snagging dinner right out of the lake. Fairly majestic. The weather was rainy? But, we needed the rain so I am not complaining!
Image: Gerriann told me the name of this flower, but I have forgotten. It was in bloom all along the shore.
Of course, the other excitement in my life is that Kubo Tite just dropped a new one-shot chapter of Bleach in honor of the 20th anniversary. Here's a link both to my review of it (with SPOILERS) and a link to the pirate scanlators that have it up already: https://mangakast.wordpress.com/2021/08/08/bleach-no-breathes-from-hell-by-kubo-tite/
This has required my return to Tumblr to see what people are saying! So, you know, busy! Busy!
How's you on this fine beginning of a week??
It started out with a lovely chat with
jiawen, which I had to unfortunately cut short because our internet at home gets throttled now and again and suddenly it couldn't handle both my convo and my wife's work Zoom meeting. Of course, I had to bow out because... work, but, dang it, we were right in the middle of SOLVING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.This is why we can't have nice things.
If women could just get to finish their conversations, all the answers would be made clear. ;-)
Then, I had to quick eat a little lunch (as we say here in Minnesota) because I had a telephone interview scheduled with a journalist in Montevideo, MN. I have an upcoming workshop there with a mentee of mine who is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant. (If you're curious about the event, it is here: https://mefullerwords.com/feedback-matters-workshop/) We talked about my writing and about what I enjoy about mentoring. I will link to the article when it comes out, if people are at all curious.
You know, when people talk about doing things "for the exposure," I mostly roll my eyes. But, I am really hoping that an article in a local newspaper might actually cause one or two people to look me up and buy a few books. Sad, innit?
Otherwise, we are just back from a weekend up at our friends' cabin in Siren, Wisconsin. They have a lovely property and have worked extensively to naturalize the shoreline with native plants. We, of course, have not seen them since the pandemic so there was a lot to catch-up on. We took a number of pontoon rides around Crooked Lake and, during one of them, we got to see an eagle snagging dinner right out of the lake. Fairly majestic. The weather was rainy? But, we needed the rain so I am not complaining!
Image: Gerriann told me the name of this flower, but I have forgotten. It was in bloom all along the shore.
Of course, the other excitement in my life is that Kubo Tite just dropped a new one-shot chapter of Bleach in honor of the 20th anniversary. Here's a link both to my review of it (with SPOILERS) and a link to the pirate scanlators that have it up already: https://mangakast.wordpress.com/2021/08/08/bleach-no-breathes-from-hell-by-kubo-tite/
This has required my return to Tumblr to see what people are saying! So, you know, busy! Busy!
How's you on this fine beginning of a week??