Last year in October, I got Paulus, pictured on the left, from Body Mind and Soul after their buying trip to Denver. They made the trip again this year, but I’m not sure that Bard, on the right, came from that. I picked him up last week. After looking at the differences between their tail feathers and sizes, I’ve decided Paulus is more accurately called a crow, and Bard is the raven. (I have a compulsion to repaint Bard’s eyes. ETA: I have modified the eyes since this photo and this post.) Either way, they’re corvids and fit right into my imaginary world as discussed in last year’s post. I also finally have a name for the house that could soon make its first appearance in the novel I’m working on.
More than ever, my imaginary world is a lot more pleasurable than the one we inhabit, though (a) I’m very fond of the people in the real world, and (b) I’m at a frozen point in writing. I’ve revised and inserted change pages into all the drafts of the first five books, so maybe I’m thinking Mercury needs to get out of retrograde for me to resume new writing. At least I’m THINKING, all the time!
Since I’m heeding a message from my coloring journal, I’m also trying to do more, which probably explains all the organization projects that have been happening around the Hall.
Two surprises: Not reading at all this month. Thinking of a possible novel outside the Neverending universe and wondering if I should start simultaneously working on it when winter sets in.
ETA: Added to my Numbers Photo Series, No. 10.