Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • 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…

  • Day 12 of 52 Nia dance challenge Cue the music! I’m working to memorize the hour-long Bloom routine, written by Nia choreographers Christina Mae Wolf, Kellie Chambers, and Rossella Vanti. Today I spent 50 minutes just repeating the first four songs of this routine, using the Nia on Demand video to guide me. My energy…

  • Day 11 of 52 Nia challenge I stepped into class today feeling a little cocky, living in the past 10 days of dancing, not RAW, another Nia thing. RAW stands for relaxed, alert, waiting. That’s how to be present for today’s dance. Instead, I was all about racking up another day on the dance floor,…