Category Archives: Naming Days

(Why am I naming days?) 4/27/15, Day 14,236 (Mercena Day 256): The Fruits of Peace It was a day of rest and recovery. After work, Heather and I sat on the terrace and watched a bruised sun send golden pink ships sailing over our heads. We talked of our days: Mercena’s trip to tiny tumblers classContinue reading “The Fruits of Peace”

(Why am I naming days?) 4/26/15, Day 14,235* (Mercena Day 255): Salvage Strike; or, “Thank you, baby!” I have been a long time away from this naming of days. Mostly, I’ve been a breakneck kind of busy, and behind on so many projects I felt I should always be doing rather than remembering what I’ve done.Continue reading “Salvage Strike; or, “Thank you, baby!””

(Why am I naming days?) 1/12/15, Day 14,532 (Mercena Day 150): Dinner with Jane and Escape from the Snake of Snakes These were, thankfully, events separated by the always tenuous wall of life and fiction. In life, I had a wonderful catch-up dinner with my friend Jane (yummy South Indian food at Pongal), and inContinue reading “Dinner with Jane, Escape from Snake of Snakes”

(Why am I naming days?) 1/11/15, Day 14,531 (Mercena Day 149): Mercena in the Flux Sunday Circle There is nothing quite like the joy of seeing your 5-month old daughter light up with happiness as she sits in a circle of 20+ theatre-people reading plays. Mercena is a social baby, there is no two waysContinue reading “Mercena in the Flux Sunday Circle”