A little update

Wow. I am right in the middle of writing this article on the history of Canadian environmentalism and I’m captivated by it! Who knows what I’m going to say next? I sure don’t. But it’s one of the things I love about writing, once I get a basic idea in my head my subconcious does a lot of the work for me and my job really is to channel that and get it onto the page coherently. I have now got about 2000 words of a 3000 word piece, though I suspect some serious editing will be in order to keep it to length since there seems to be so much more to say.

So I’m going to be on track for my goal of finishing the article, but of course the novel has taken a backseat until that happens. I’m also right in the thick of it there, trying to figure out the final conflict/resolve that will take it to its close which is only about 15,000 words off I’m sure. That is really only fifteen more days of morning writing, or ten more days if I throw in a couple Saturday-afternoon sessions. It is going to happen, but perhaps not by February 28th.

I know these goals mean little to anyone except me, but I’m excited to keep myself to task in order to finish these various projects I’ve committed to and started. My next big committment is going to be to the garden which is calling to me in its muddy, trampled-upon state. Since the start of our studio project, all the lawn out back has been ground down to a muddy pulp! But I’m excited about that because I’ve got plans to re-seed it with a really nice true grass blend from West Coast seeds that my friend Kyla turned me on to.

The studio siding and sub-floor will be finished today and then we’re onto the interior finishing and the actual roof. I wish I had a picture to share here at work, but I don’t. Promise one by the end of the weekend so you can see what it’s going to look like. Brian and I are in the process of choosing what type of hottub and sauna will comprise the “spa” part of our backyard and wow is that ever going to be cool. By May 1st I estimate all the major work will be done, the hot tub will be in place, the grass will be regrowing and our lovely veggie boxes will be full of seeds and starts. That’s not so long away and this early sun is really making me feel spring’s potential. We were thinking for Brian’s birthday this year (and our one-year anniversary of being in the house) of having a studio/spa launch in the backyard. Probably not the free-for-all we had at our housewarming last year because our backyard has gotten more crowded since then! But definitely a good gathering in the offing to show off our hard work.

This weekend off to the island to visit my folks, next weekend Sunshine Coast cleanup and divestment of property. Wow. I thought these days would never come!