notes & things | 1/6/2025
Weekends are always a little slower, and this, the first weekend of January and a fresh wriggling new year, has been no different. We had some sun the past couple of days, which meant my body, if not my mind, was up earlier, but that later I needed a nap as the sun set still so early in the afternoon. Saturday nights are usually a marathon since J's out running karaoke til the wee hours, which means we get to bed right before sun-up typically, then sleep long, long into Sunday afternoon. I had some writing work to do, pushing off some press stuff til the next editing/design task day on Tuesday, but I did manage to pack up a few orders. This week is actually pretty slow in general, with a couple late night film screenings and a steady diet of writing in the afternoons through evening. I am soldiering on with both the advent-inspired series, which I am posting a few snippets of on IG this week, and the writing/thrifting memoir project which I've set as a goal to devote more time to in the new year (daily, if possible.)
I am also determined to get back to artmaking, if not daily, then much more regularly than last year, be it digital or analog. This means organizing my supplies and papery bits better than they are currently. I've been planning on re-purposing a binder stored away I used to keep print-outs of early web publications (most journals that are long gone) but that really serves no purpose since most of those poems went on to be included in chapbooks and books. The plastic sleeves, though, will be perfect for storing collage elements and much neater than the wooden wine box melee they currently reside in.
The wind outside right now is unruly and howling and snow is expected overnight, coming from the lake, which likely means large and wet flakes and sticky in a way that doesn't happen as much in the city as it does in the surrounding burbs. I've been writing about experience gifts in various cities and drinking tea and eating windmill cookies while working and listening to the WICKED soundtrack again ,which feels appropo amid all this wintryness. There was a moment on New Years eve at the end of the night when almost everyone still left in the bar belted out their rendition of "Defying Gravity" which J used to close out the night that was somehow a perfect way to start off 2025.
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