It's been a long time
Hello friends. It has been a very long time indeed since I posted here. SO so so so much in that time. Incredible work. Divorce.Moving. New love. Moving again. Yes, I now live in Austin, TX. I have wanted to come and write, but every single time I looked at a blank journal page, I froze. What to say. So awkward. So exhausted. But, here I am, now. Feeling a bit more like a real, live person. Still up in the air, but I can see the earth now. I am living with my partner Simon. I got here in November. A couple trips and the holidays, and some settling in are the chief pursuits of the last months. Yesterday we set up the garage as a studio. We must be far along at settling me in. I have also been getting to know town, and, more so really, the wild areas of Austin. I put back on most of the 15 pounds I lost and hence people are no longer horrified at my appearance. I have found No Shame Theater here. I have watched movies and all of Downton Abbey. I spent last year in Berkeley, CA with my dear, dear college friend Christine. My hair is quite long and has big fat blond chunks in a few spots. My hands still bother me, but I am seeing a magical chiropractor who is helping me. I did a period book cover last year. I have a picture on a vinyl record coming out soon. Not too much shooting work, but some archive orders in the last year. Still sorting out the next step professionally. Thinking of taking a year's cycle here in Austin before really trying to sort out our next master plan. Life - who knew? I mean to start writing now, so I hope I will find words to share here. I have been reading the whole time I have been away. So, it has been nice to feel you all out there. xo