Well the holiday season is definitely over - D. has gone back to school and A. will be in college soon - though she is currently in Cyprus to play tennis. This is here first trip on her own and she is sooooo excited but its scary stuff. Speaking on Skype last night she said, "...hang on someone's at the door." after some muffled conversation she came back to the computer to talk. I asked if she had put the chain on the door before opening it - "...there isn't one she replied." Gawd! luckily it was only Skye Hopper (yup that's her name) she is an Aussie tennis player. A. meets her all over Europe and they have become friends. But groan, you have to shut it out of your mind if you are not to worry, and A. to be honest is seventeen going on twelve (sometimes). But its been a good summer for me, novel finished (fingers crossed); other book deal signed (Routledge); papers given, "Fear of Flying Falling and Laughter"; papers written, "Icarus in ellipses..." and "Intimacy and the Icarus Effect" with Prof J.W., which we will give at a conference this week - which we are planning to collect into a book of some sorts (we hope). And hey its just occurred to me - Icarus was a sky hopper - hmmm, serendipity/osmosis/coincidence? But of course not everything has gone well - for example I seem to have eaten all the pies (judging by my belly). So the Autumn signals the need to lose 6 lbs, I will be exercising and all that stuff so watch this space - but I am actually looking forward to it. I love this song and the vid from Lucinda Williams:
Well the holiday season is definitely over - D. has gone back to school and A. will be in college soon - though she is currently in Cyprus to play tennis. This is here first trip on her own and she is sooooo excited but its scary stuff. Speaking on Skype last night she said, "...hang on someone's at the door." after some muffled conversation she came back to the computer to talk. I asked if she had put the chain on the door before opening it - "...there isn't one she replied." Gawd! luckily it was only Skye Hopper (yup that's her name) she is an Aussie tennis player. A. meets her all over Europe and they have become friends. But groan, you have to shut it out of your mind if you are not to worry, and A. to be honest is seventeen going on twelve (sometimes). But its been a good summer for me, novel finished (fingers crossed); other book deal signed (Routledge); papers given, "Fear of Flying Falling and Laughter"; papers written, "Icarus in ellipses..." and "Intimacy and the Icarus Effect" with Prof J.W., which we will give at a conference this week - which we are planning to collect into a book of some sorts (we hope). And hey its just occurred to me - Icarus was a sky hopper - hmmm, serendipity/osmosis/coincidence? But of course not everything has gone well - for example I seem to have eaten all the pies (judging by my belly). So the Autumn signals the need to lose 6 lbs, I will be exercising and all that stuff so watch this space - but I am actually looking forward to it. I love this song and the vid from Lucinda Williams:
