At long last

A new entry. I can do it. I can arrange words on a page. I can use my body to do work and become stronger. I can make something I've never made before. 

Heard on KHFM back in November - Leilehua Lanzilotti, Forever forward in search of the beautiful. Brian Horton, tenor sax; Leilehua Lanzilotti, viola. That's an amazing use of those two instruments. Sometimes the prevalence of what I think of as weepy or squeaky violins in classical music puts me off. But the lower range of strings are so beautiful. This piece spends time in the ominous realm but it resolves with gentleness.  

I made a list in college or shortly thereafter of things that were good without significant side effects. It was part of becoming an adult and seeing the cost of it all. Only two things qualified for the list: potatoes and baking soda. Maybe I'll add: thrift stores, electric kettles. Can't remember something I thought of to add while recuperating from norovirus around Dec 13. 

Stomach flu kicked my ass and I didn't drink coffee for about 10 days after. It felt like winter was laying me low, even before the solstice arrived. Nod's currently all congested. The Danish was ill for two full weeks and is just now getting better. Right after xmas K tested pos for covid at urgent care and then had fever for a couple days. But after the fever left she never tested positive again. Our theory is that she had covid in Chicago before coming to NM and then maybe got flu here. One xmas dinner guest had fever and felt crappy for a few days after. No one else tested pos for covid. Shrug. 

We are invited to the heartland but I don't think we'll go in January. Dark and cold and so many germs to possibly bring. I'm going to discuss with MM today and make a plan for the future. Immediate gratification is not outweighing my other concerns for now. I think socially it'll be better for all four of us to get together when Nod can not resent winter the whole time. And D2 has the drama of the blood thing and feuding docs.     

My intentions are - To breathe deeply. Make art and spend time with people. More plants. Work back up to jogging.