There's something pushing me as far as I can go

[sovay]

It is my brother's birthday. The monarch butterfly which my mother discovered as an egg on a milkweed leaf last week and tenderly brought inside to be sheltered from hungry birds and fed on fresh-picked milkweed eclosed and flew free this afternoon, she hopes to join its kindred in migration; she showed me pictures of the transparent empty chrysalis, the wings like black and gold stained glass. My physical situation which had been cautiously mending has rather abruptly cratered. And Toni Morrison died. I go back and forth between feeling philosophical about the constant changing of the universe and thinking that a small amount of stability really wouldn't hurt anyone.

Comments

[redbird]

My sympathies on the physical situation being suddenly worse.

[sovay]

My sympathies on the physical situation being suddenly worse.

Thank you. It just seems unnecessary.

[moon_custafer]

Seconded.

[sovay]

Seconded.

Thank you. My attitude toward much of my body right now is "Thanks! I hate it!"

[gwynnega]

I'm sorry your physical situation isn't doing better.

I still remember the time I kept a chrysalis in a jar as a child; when it turned into a butterfly and I set it free, it actually played with me outside my house--landing on my hand, flying nearby, perching on my hand again--for about half an hour until it finally flew away.

[sovay]

I'm sorry your physical situation isn't doing better.

Thank you. I had started to feel something like myself and then wham; now I feel like me under the wheels of a train.

it actually played with me outside my house--landing on my hand, flying nearby, perching on my hand again--for about half an hour until it finally flew away.

That's wonderful!

[lauradi7dw]

You're older than my daughter, but possibly were still in the Lexington Public school system in the early to mid-1990s when Susan Gilbert, teacher at Bridge, flew in an airplane to Texas to release the butterflies that her class had hatched (?) too late for them to make it that far by flying on their own.

[sovay]

the Lexington Public school system in the early to mid-1990s when Susan Gilbert, teacher at Bridge, flew in an airplane to Texas to release the butterflies that her class had hatched (?) too late for them to make it that far by flying on their own.

I was in the system at that time and I can't remember if I heard about the butterflies then (it rings a faint bell, but I might be mixing it up with the story about the Canada geese), but I think that's excellent.

[asakiyume]

Blessings on the monarch. Of course I can't help but think of your story, too.

I brought some Toni Morrison quotes in for my students. I was delighted to have one student pipe up that she liked this one:

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it. (She was in the minority--most students preferred You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.)

[sovay]

Blessings on the monarch. Of course I can't help but think of your story, too.

Thank you! (I think of you whenever I eat burdock.)

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.

I have to admit I like that one a lot. It's become a truism.

[isis]

Blessings on the monarch. Of course I can't help but think of your story, too.

Haha, my thoughts, too - I read about the monarch and thought, hmm, I read that story - and you wrote it!

sovay, I hope the physical situation improves. (And also I may be in your general neighborhood in September.)

[sovay]

I read about the monarch and thought, hmm, I read that story - and you wrote it!

I thought of it, too, but I wasn't sure it counted if I did the writing! (I don't think the monarch was Toni Morrison.)

sovay, I hope the physical situation improves. (And also I may be in your general neighborhood in September.)

Please look me up if so! And thank you.

[asakiyume]

Hi fives, fellow Sovay-monarchs-story lover!

[cmcmck]

Stability?

Ah yes, I remember that.

Sigh :o(

[sovay]

Sigh

Sympathy.

[oracne]

It is also the birthday of the sister immediately above me!

I know Toni Morrison was 88, but it still seems too soon. Like with Ursula. Our writing mothers.

I hope you feel better soon.

[sovay]

It is also the birthday of the sister immediately above me!

Happy birthday to her!

I know Toni Morrison was 88, but it still seems too soon. Like with Ursula. Our writing mothers.

It feels very much like losing Le Guin: yes, people of her age die, but not her, not now; it's like losing earth or stars.

I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you.

[choco_frosh]

My physical situation which had been cautiously mending has rather abruptly cratered.
Shit. < hugs > And as usual, lemme know if there's anything I can do...

[negothick]

I hope that you are feeling well by the time of Necronomicon to enjoy your Poet Laureate-ship. I don't have a very demanding schedule, so I would be happy to act as your assistant, errand-runner, whatever you need during the convention. From past experience, they don't cater to the guests (let alone the Guests of Honor). Case in Point: No Green Room, and very long lines at the one Starbucks in the lobby of the recently renamed Biltmore. The Graduate, indeed. Might as well call it the Eldritch Horror House.

[sovay]

I hope that you are feeling well by the time of Necronomicon to enjoy your Poet Laureate-ship.

Thank you. I'm really worrying about that.

I don't have a very demanding schedule, so I would be happy to act as your assistant, errand-runner, whatever you need during the convention.

That's a really kind offer! I will hope it is not necessary, but if it is, I may well take you up on it. Thank you.

[negothick]

Any time. We should speak before the "festivities/ awful rituals" begin. I'm arriving early Friday, and both my panels are that day.

[sovay]

And as usual, lemme know if there's anything I can do...

Thank you. I . . . am not sure how dinner on Friday is going to work under the current circumstances. Would still like to hang out no matter what.

[choco_frosh]

Understood! Do you want to just hang out that evening, if dinner doesn't work? If not, pick a day!

ETA: what do you mean, there's nowhere in this branché and largely-literally-on-the-sea town where you can get kelp smoothies? gheesh.

[sovay]

what do you mean, there's nowhere in this branché and largely-literally-on-the-sea town where you can get kelp smoothies? gheesh.

Man, now I really want kelp.

[selkie]

We're eating Josh some time before the Close the Camps protest on the 11th, but if you need him pureed, I'll just put the barbecue sauce in the blender.
(We are eating him.)

[sovay]

(We are eating him.)

What did he do to the living or the dead or both?