Day before the road trip, I wake with writing on my brain. And then I remember that I sent a big chunk of that manuscript off and have a break from it for a while. Instead today the countless last minute preparations for leaving: must see my favorite yoga instructor, put coop membership on hold, run by Bluestockings, reorganize files post-deadline frenzy, get keys made (ha), and on.
It's been such a frenzied couple of months of writing and editing that getting a chance to switch gears is exciting, a little nervous making because my writing routine is so dear to me. And like I don't normally publish what I write straight away nor non-expository stuff (is there a word that?).
Looking forward to tour of Eastern State Penitentiary and meeting with Philly folks tomorrow. Will be a good way of beginning the road trip. Yesterday, while enjoying the send-off weekend with mil friends and others, we were talking about tours of New York City, and I realized that I should really start to road trip off with Ellis Island and its sordid houses of detention, barely beneath the surface of US American commonsense about the US as a nation. That will have to wait for the return.
And so now, back to setting up meetings, packing my road trip music [thank you all, and keep sending me links to podcasts!]...
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