So friends, my computer is still having some sort of conniption about letting me post pictures, which makes me a lackluster blogger. If you can bear with JUST my words for now, I’m going to get back to the blogging anyway.
Kenny and I are having a “get the house in order” day after being out of town for a week. Kenny was playing on a project in Athens, and I had the wonderful gift of a week out at the Portico, a wonderful farm/study center/haven that our friends Lee and Leslie Moody have. I stayed in the lower level of their house, which backs up to the woods. When I woke up, I got dressed, walked out the back door and made the ten minute walk down the trail in the woods to the church. The church, also part of the Portico, has been converted into a performance space and library. I had a big table in the library and the space to myself all week. So, I’d go in, put some coffee on, get out some greek yogurt with honey and sit down at the table. All of my notecards, all of my notes, my laptop, everything right in front of me. And no internet. So I had all day to stare at the notes, move them around, think about them, and use my imagination. Hard work. I’m not kidding. Work I love, but hard work. Hard to do for more than a few hours at a time. Then, a walk, or some visiting with Leslie, or a field trip to Clare’s farm with Rachel. At Clare’s, we played with the young’uns, ate her just-harvested beans, and walked down to the beautiful cob house she’s been building. . More soon. Somehow, the computer lets me put CLARE’s pics up, which is good, as hers are lovely!
I’m feeling refreshed, creative, healthy. It’s good to have dirt under your feet, it’s good to make stuff, it’s good to have good conversation. Yes indeed.
More soon- I’ve gotta go DO some stuff, but want to tell more bits of the week.
that place sounds lovely. wish there was a place like that around nashville for grad students to pound out their thesis’.
hope to see you soon at crema. hope you are sleeping again soon - i know what those nights are like