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I will take it! Gorgeous summer like weather and a stroll around the neighborhood finds me in front of my dream house. The creatures were also celebrating the good fortune of warm weather with a lone turkey wandering around and a wee little moth basking in the sun. I am worried about that damn bird though. I didn't think turkeys were solitary creatures - where were his people?!?!?!? I made a promise to myself to work on my social media series for The Dames of Rhode Island while I am here and I headed to the library just around the corner for my first day of my 'artist in residence' time. 😆 I went in with a plan to just create the overview for each of the six episodes and I did it!!!! To celebrate: a delicious salmon dinner with asparagus and a glass of really good wine. After din din, a zoom rehearsal for a film I am doing later this month with a student director from Emerson. I have a supporting role in a very moving story (more to come!). I don't spend a lot of time lamenting about 'what ifs' but golly, if I coulda, I woulda gone to film school! Wrapping up this Really Good Day wearing my new, pretty pajamas, memorizing my lines, and reading a book I picked up in one of those little libray kiosks I came across on one of my walks. The title: Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer. A good day. 
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I am a temporary Bostonian for the next month and I am excited about the adventures I will have while I am here. Technically, I am in Brookline but close enough, right? I have hung out with Colby the Cat a few times and I have *finally* been accepted as one of 'his'. 🤣 It will be great fun to really lean into living here for the time being. Thrilled that tomorrow's acting class with the Boston Casting folks is only 15 minutes away instead of the 1 hour 15 minute commute I have been doing up to this point. 😀 This Sunday is Mother's Day and I have taken to celebrating it in my own way since the Darling Daughter hasn't been close by for several years now. I sure wish she was here..... Life sure is interesting, isn't it? Thank goodness the wisdom tooth drama is over and done with (!). There have been a few changes relating to my film project, The Dames of Rhode Island, but I have some amazing women lined up to help me bring that story to life. I popped into the library to scope out possible work spaces since next week I start my self-designed artist in residence program there as I work on my screenplay. 😉 Speaking of which, I found a program in Northern Italy that I am going to apply to once I have my script prepared for the series version. You never know until you know, right? As I was walking out in the sunshine today, I felt elated. There are plenty of moments to feel the burden of living and when I am experiencing a moment of lightness, I have learned that pausing to acknowledge it fills my heart with so much joy. Life is all about adventure for this broad. Sometimes it kinda sucks but sometimes, like today, I feel like the luckiest girl alive.  I've been listening to a fabulous audio book by @brucefeiler titled Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age. I highly recommend it! As a self-professed linear thinker, I often feel frustration when I do a, b, c expecting x, y, z to happen. I lament over things that go awry when I 'did all the right things the right way'. Of course, I can laugh about it now, but it sure has been a painful life lesson I will experience until I do my own final transition! 🤣 One of the biggest gifts we can give ourselves is grace when sh*t happens, because bingo boy howdy, it will hit many a fan over the course of a lifetime. The book is full of things to consider and the container of storytelling helps me absorb the nuggets of wisdom the author - and his generous contributors - share. Lifequakes, as he calls them, are a fact of life. Voluntary or involuntary events do shape us. They say discomfort indicates growth. I have learned that looking fear right in the face doesn't eliminate the scary but it helps me take yet another step. Personally, I can better navigate emotional pain than physical. I was talking with my coach about it just yesterday. I suppose having agency to learn about how to manage the 'thoughts and feelings' is more accessible than dealing with the painful (pun intended!) world of Western medicine. Today, I head in for a wisdom tooth extraction. 😩 The perpetual catastrophizing on my part about things associated with it is exhausting, but what an opportunity for a lesson in mindfulness...being present in the 'what is' instead of the 'what if' is way more enjoyable for this adventure. It ain't easy but well worth it. ❤  |
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