How are you all doing? April has been a wild ride, hasn’t it?
Things are still moving at pace here. Despite some difficult moments, I will say there’s been lots of positives to celebrate too.
We have a house finch family nesting just outside our front door. It’s been a joy to watch the tiny heads of the baby birds emerge and then take flight for the first time weeks later. Our seeds have sprouted, grown, and are now outside in hopes they produce some crops. This year I’m largely focused on the tomatoes and squash, but also trying my hand at some lettuce and trying to see if the spinach will take off. It may seem minor, but I’m reminded of this graphic:
I bring this up this month because I know there’s a lot of tension and stress going on in the world. Part of the “safe and sane” mantra is wrapped up in avoiding compassion burnout. For everyone who cares a lot about something going rotten in this world, I just want you to know that I recognize the care you’re putting into the world, you’re lovely, and take the time you need to just…not do that for a bit. It’s ok. You aren’t alone.
Something that we’ve begun doing on the streams is sharing one thing that made us happy each week. It’s surprising how much just that simple act of sharing has made a difference in everyone’s mood. I think people look forward more to the sharing than they do the games now!
Speaking of games though, we started playing Return to Monkey Island…on Hard mode! Honestly, at this point, we’re really booking through the game and haven’t gotten stuck on much. I’ll be interested to see how much longer it takes us to get through it since we’re already at Part III.
Otherwise, I do have something exciting to share. The next installment of the Vivekananda series is finally done being written! All that’s left is editing, adding images, and uploading. It’s about 9 pages long and I promise that I tried to edit down as much as possible. There was just a lot to cover that was really important. Hopefully the last section wont be so long.
Nosia continues to grow. It’s funny to me that I started this idea as a short story…but it’s really grown so far outside that limit now. I may be revisiting the structure of it and making some changes. Will let you all know once I’ve really landed on what I’m doing with this idea.
Lastly, before I get out of here, I’m slowly beginning work on a small collection of short stories I had written and shelved. In the past I mentioned putting together a chapbook, but that idea largely got tabled while I worked on Far North. Now that I have time again, I’ll be picking away at those stories and refining them for publication.
That’s it from me this month. Take care of yourselves, everyone. Stay safe and sane!
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