From This Moment On- Tracking down my shots in the light and the dark

Most of this entry was made possible by the gentle, friendly pushing and holding accountable of MeetUp's Shut Up and Write group, something I attended once last year but have now participated in one of their (free) video sessions because of the quarantine. I'd say I've made it clear here that I am a homebody and like staying in. I do however, have a polar opposite part of me that likes to travel (Heyy, moon in Sag! ♐), explore, attend events, be around festive people as well as peaceful, quiet, reflective people and be part of the outside landscape. But in a way where I'm not being bothered either. Ideally, to not bother anyone and to not be bothered. I came to that realization when I went to Brazil in the summer of 2004. I was sitting in the car and looking out the window, music playing on the radio, conversations, and just not being bothered. I sat there out looking at the window enjoying the moment and realized that this was an utterly ideal form of peac...

This year my husband and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. We stayed indoors and he made us a lovely dinner. Afterwards we danced to our wedding song, Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky" . We danced right next to our dining room table while Dad's show played in the living room/his room, probably something from Fox News, I can't remember now. I mostly tune that stuff out, especially during those moments. We didn't go out dancing like I had wanted to, but we dressed up for it just the same. **************** Nuevayorkinos hasn't posted my pics and story yet. I wrote so much (for an Instagram post) that I was almost going to give them permission to edit it as much as they wanted, but then decided against it. They can if they want to of course, but I'm curious to see if they would either post the whole thing or ask me themselves if they could. Or simply let me know they would do that or would they just go ahead and cut it themselves. ...