Busy, Busy, Busy
But in a good way. Some of my efforts re: the new literary venture are beginning to pay off. I had a few down days there where the initial rush seemed to have slowed to a trickle, and we were getting nothing but dreadful submissions. Fortunately, I went into it expecting that some days would be more work than fun, and so rather than despair I renewed my effort to get the word out. It looks like we've reached almost a thousand new people in the past several days, and while only a fraction of them will become contributors or readers, we've seen a healthy increase in submissions and subscriptions to our mailing list as well.
S. & I opted out of Valentine's Day, which was a relief. We much prefer spontaneous displays of affection to those foisted on us by Hallmark & Co. Last year we went to the Boston Symphony, but were somewhat disappointed. It was crowded, stuffy (pun intended), and the orchestra didn't sound nearly as good as it might have at home. So far from being surrounded by and shot through with music, it felt as if the most of the notes struggled to reach our ears.
Off to mail S.'s first-ever MS contest entries--very exciting!-- and to check our post office box for goodies.
