Mellow.

[katallison]

It's an uncanny 82 degrees here on the tundra on the first of October, brilliantly sunny, but with that deep golden quality in the light that lets you know this is just a brief fling before we return to the pleasures of fall. I got up early this morning and biked over to watch the runners in the Twin Cities Marathon, streaming down the river road in their multitudes; no matter how many times I watch it, the marathon always make me tear up and sniffle, in a happy way. (I also got loved up by many wonderful dogs who were spectating along the route.) I have a pot of beans that have been slow-cooking all day with chicken broth and garlic, and have mixed into them kale and onion braised with bacon, all of which smells heavenly, and will provide lunches all week. I got to spend time with heresluck and debchan and jackiekjono and lapillus this weekend, which is always a joy. I have just started working my way through Battlestar Galactica, finally, and am enjoying it a great deal so far (am only up to "Water" at this point). My sweet, dorky, overachieving Minnesota Twins actually won the division title this afternoon, bless their hearts. I did a really good hard workout yesterday and have the blissful muscle-ache of accomplishment. My house is clean and my closets have been purged and reorganized.

In other words, my life is about as good a a human being could reasonably expect a life to be, and I am richly and peacefully happy. My general absence from fandom--LJ, writing--is the one thing really grieving me right now (well, leaving aside politics and the state of the world und so weiter, which I am, for the moment, ignoring), and that's at least partly attributable to insane wacky crazedness at work, which should resolve itself by mid-November. But I'm going to try to stick my head up a little more often, even if I have nothing of any particular consequence to say. I had a nightmare just before waking this morning, in which the entire electric power grid -- in my neighborhood, the city, the state, the US, the entire world -- was slowly and inexorably going down, down, down, and would never come back, and amongst all my terror about the kind of unpleasant sticky death this meant we were all heading toward, what upset me the most was realizing I am out of touch with all my friends, I have no way to get IN touch with them, I'll never communicate with them again. I think this was an unsubtle subconsious-y kick in the shins to keep the connections alive, keep the wires powered up, and I didn't want to let the day pass without giving you all a wave.

Comments

[arallara.livejournal.com]

Well, consider me waving back! Hello, hello! :) I'd be very pleased to hear from you via LJ more often, even if you think you've got nothing of consequence to say.

I know how easy it is to fall out of the habit, though. I tend to cycle in and out of touch myself, and that's okay. We'll all still be here when you come back.

As long as the electric grid doesn't go down! What a horrible dream! I have apocalypse type dreams of various kinds that often involve the feeling that I'm separated from all the people I care about and may never see or speak to them again. Good times! *g* I think you're spot on about the little red flag from your psyche.

And also, dear Kat? I am so glad you're feeling happy. (State of the world and the usual assorted bullshit aside, of course. *g*)

[namastenancy.livejournal.com]

It's wonderful to hear from you and to read your post - I was hoping that matters were going well (goes to ponder horoscope which shows that Kat will rule!). I hear you about the fear of the grid going down. I think that we do live in a dark time and so, it's even more important to stay in touch with those you hold so dear.

Plus, you post such great stuff! I love reading it.

[misspamela.livejournal.com]

Well, hello! It's so nice to hear from you again and to hear that things are going so well!

[j-bluestocking.livejournal.com]

I've been too busy to keep my connections going too, and the wires are fraying from lack of maintenance.

So hellooooo, helloooo! *jumps up and down, waves hat*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're doing well. *hugs*

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I am so happy to hear from you - see of you? - and also happy you're making your way through BSG. I wish I were there to marathon it with you.

Perhaps I shall use antemillennial technology and call you on the telephone one of these days....

[heresluck]

It was so good to get to hang out and talk and eat with you. I raise an heirloom tomato (and a virtual glass of excellent sherry) in your honor.

[anoel.livejournal.com]

I'm thankful you Minnesota people got some warm weather in fall for a change :) I'm too happy to share it around, its not often California and Minnesota have the same tempature (except during summer). You describe it quite beautifully. The dogs are always appreciated, that's for sure. It sounds like a great weekend and yay for Battlestar Galactica watching! I'm working through the second season right now, trying to catch up. I really do hope you stick around more in LJ and especially write more, I hope the work doesn't give you too much trouble. And your nightmare would be the same for me, that's the worse part of power outages.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Waves! Always good to see one of your posts!

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

Oh, hurrah for your wonderful life! It's always good to hear from you, and I wish I could see you more often. Wave and hug!

[vagabondage.livejournal.com]

I am very happy for you and your Twins. Congrats, and here's hoping they can win the World Series! Why, yes, some of my joy does come from the fact that the White Sox are NOT going into the post season, because I am a bitter Cubs fan. :)

It's great to hear you are happy and life is good, you certainly deserve it.

{{{{{Kat}}}}}

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I feel so happy to know that you're well, and that you hope to surface more often. I have missed you.

Also: BSG yay! My god, please come talk to me about it -- I can't wait to hear what you're making of it.

In general: {{{Kat}}}

[kittygoslingp.livejournal.com]

It's so nice to hear from you, now if only I could reach that mellow golden place you're at and raise my head above my own LJ parapet.

Glad to hear everything's going well for you.