A Palimpsest of Soul and Skin

In the midst of an overly busy week (work, freelance assignments) was able to (mostly) check off three action items for my as-of-yet-unnamed-writing project: • I identified women I want to interview for my profiles and reached out to some of them.  • I also created a spreadsheet with their contact info, so I'm putting the pieces together. • I found three IG accounts to follow for photographic inspiration, as I want my project to include and be promoted through a photojournalistic perspective. I also did go to yoga on the weekend, and I made 8 hours of sleep a priority. But I'm pretty squeezed this week . . . having to really fight for any alone time or downtime. Same old story that has held me back for so long. So, this week, I really have to/want to make self-care the top priority because it's at risk of falling to the wayside. Without that foundation, everything else will suffer; history has shown that.  With that in mind, my three items this we...

Seems I've begun a new habit without consciously meaning to: 01Sept11 First of September  and there's a hint of color blushing in the leaves 02Sept11 In one squished accord Claustrophobic commuters Endure one more day. 03Sept11 Spider's silken web Placed softly on pine needles Gleams with morning's light.

Sometimes there is so much information to process, ideas to sort and creativity to harness that I spin my wheels and get nothing accomplished. At least it appears that way to me, when it comes to viewing my own life. Perhaps most things can only be seen with anything resembling objectivity when it is in retrospect. Perhaps. Since I was laid off in September I have been relatively free-flowing and enjoying a distinct lack of pressure, although financial worries can encroach upon that sense of freedom. Sometimes, too much time to think, others, too much time to let relaxation turn into inertia. But let me give myself more credit. I've more of a sense of who I am rather than who my employer would like me to be. My creativity has been gently explored through some writing and photography. I'm available to my children before and after school, and I've had the time to be a homemaker full-time. Feeling the rhythm of that, here, now, in this new-ish environment, with my fiance...