Small Business Saturday, an Interview with Riddled with Arrows, and a Little Goodish Health News Update

This year’s Christmas Tree

Beginning the Holiday Celebration

Yesterday we recovered from Thanksgiving (which was wonderful) by eating leftovers, working on poetry manuscripts (both mine and another person’s, and decorating the Christmas tree while playing new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the background. this year’s tree decor theme included hedgehogs, many birds, butterflies, and robots. (We’re an eclectic home.)

We got to see my brother and his wife for Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful visit and Glenn made a dinner so fantastic that I can’t imagine anything better at a restaurant (duck, cornbread bread pudding, mini delicata squash stuffed with cranberry apple chutney, snap peas and green beans in mustard vinaigrette.) Our traditional desserts were pumpkin cheesecakes with pear caramel on top and cranberry meringue pie. I should have taken more pictures but we were having too much fun eating and then visiting and laughing.  I went to sleep feeling, for once, and probably because I ignored the news all day, that all was right with the world.

Small Business Saturday and a Sale from Two Sylvias Press for PR for Poets!

An Interview with Riddled with Arrows

Thanks to Shannon and Riddled with Arrows for this interview. You can check it out here:

On Loving Poetry: An Interview Triptych

Thanksgiving Full Moon with Clouds

Some Goodish Holiday Weekend Health News

Yesterday I got the results of my abdominal MRI report, and while I still had “numerous” tumors/lesions on the liver that looked metastatic, the lack of growth or change in eighteen months indicated “that they were benign or at least indolent.” (Yes, I did write a poem with that quote.) It’s a relief every time you get this information, even though I shouldn’t worry every time they run that MRI, I do.

I felt really energetic after getting that report in the mail. I went through and cleaned out my office space, which had become a repository for, um, everything I didn’t know what to do with, started a table for holiday gifts for friends and family (I start thinking about holiday gifts in January of the year before, so…) I wrote a poem, I edited a manuscript I’ve been working on, and I went through a brand new project – the beginnings of my seventh poetry manuscript, revolving around witchcraft, revolt, and the theme of enchantment. Glenn and I enjoyed eating leftovers (delicata squash macaroni and cheese, duck, avocado and cranberry on corn tortillas) finding our holiday boxes in the basement, and decorating our Christmas tree. The cats immediately jumped in the boxes. It was all very festive, and I was happy to have good news to celebrate over the weekend. Now, if only we can get the liver tumors to shrink or disappear, and then the brain lesions heal, that would be great! LOL. Seriously, thanks to everyone for their good thoughts on my behalf. Started running a fever again yesterday and today, but I am going to re-apply rest and fluids until I get all the way better. I am wishing you all a happy holiday weekend – don’t wear yourself out, try to have some fun with the rituals, and go visit a local independent bookstore if you can.