Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: thoughtful
  • Music: Glee, "Start Me Up."

Happy New Year! Wheel in the sky keeps on turning...

Officially, for the current dominant culture of the country where I live, the new year begins on January 1st. I don't really remember when I started celebrating the new year on November 1st, as dictated by the Wiccan calendar; it's just the time that feels right to me. Harvest is ending. We're sliding into the long winter, time for contemplation, renewal, and preparing to face the spring. I like the idea that we can start the year with a nice, long, blanket-swaddled nap. So happy new year, from my calendar to yours.

This past year has been absolutely insane. High points have included doing the San Diego International Comic Convention with my two best girls, publishing not one, but three books, under two different names, trips to Georgia, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Washington, and other places too numerous to name, winning two Pegasus awards, and finishing two more books. It's a good thing I don't like holding still when I don't have to, I guess. Low points have included exhaustion, travel woes, illness, and throwing my back out. On the balance, I'm calling it a win.

Whether today is the beginning of your year, the beginning of your holiday season, or just another Tuesday, I wish all the best to you and yours. May your days be sweet, your fires be warm, and your skies be filled with stars.

Happy New Year.
Tags: contemplation, having a life
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reedrover

November 1 2011, 15:11:29 UTC 5 years ago

Happy New Year!
Thanks for the Journey earworm from your journal title, too.

And irrelevant to everything but a desire to share, I'm trying to figure out how to turn your "How Much Salt" into a sing-along type of song for tonight's Chantey Sing. Admittedly, I may chicken out because of the octave drop in the refrain/chorus portion. I don't want to break anyone's neck. But as of now, I'm still trying. Maybe a modified fifth?

vixyish

November 1 2011, 16:08:27 UTC 5 years ago

Honestly, I had trouble with that drop too. My best advice: go for it with all your might!

reedrover

November 1 2011, 16:45:19 UTC 5 years ago

You did? But... your performance in that song is what caused me to go out and buy Thirteen. (ref) My mind boggles.

Thanks for the encouragement!

vixyish

November 1 2011, 17:12:52 UTC 5 years ago

Hee! Yay, thank you! :) Sometimes Seanan plans things on purpose to showcase her friends. She is sneaky.

But yeah, I had to work on that one a bit. :)

seanan_mcguire

November 7 2011, 16:26:05 UTC 5 years ago

Ooooooooooooooooo.

Good luck!

reedrover

November 7 2011, 16:29:46 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks. It turned out ok without changing the octave drop. I sucked (sang too fast, dropped the third verse flat), but the group did a great job splitting up the "Tell me Mama... tell me." The guys came barrelling in on the second "TELL ME!" so it became almost a call-and-response within the chorus itself.