Category: NIA dance practice

  • Day 14 of 52 Nia dance challenge So glad to get back in a studio and dance with others. Synchronistically, instructor Val Wetmore chose “Bloom,” which I am in the process of memorizing. Loved doing it. Not getting tired of the music or the moves at all. The energy of the dance community infuses me…

  • Day 13 of Nia dance challenge Thank god for my inner hippy. It’s been a day. I’m burned out, I’m cranky. It’s dark. Summer’s pretending it won’t leave me. It’s late Sunday. There’s no Nia classes. I’ve been semi-well-behaved all day. I mean, I cleaned the mildew out of the shower for heck’s sake. (Also,…

  • For heck’s sake. What a mess. My play table. I mean, I could call it a work table but everything on it is about play: making art from dried flowers, midway through an embroidery project, editing a manuscript, sending cards to distant friends. It’s like leaving the kitchen a mess after baking bread and then…