6 months since I wrote here… good grief… impossible to catch up, really, but for my own clarity, if no one else’s, I should try…
Chris arrived June 30th, I left the next day – but only just… an hour after chris arrived, sis fell and broke her hip – she was operated on the following morning (the day of my departure) and thankfully they put in a new hip. I tried to delay my departure but it was very complicated (multiple tkts, hotel in Madrid, PCR test etc etc) and chris said “just go – I’ll manage” – so I did, and I’m so glad I did or I would never have got out of there- here… But get out I did, for 2 and 1/2 months, and it did me a power of good – god bless St.Cristopher… a month at home in NYC, hanging out at home, having dinners with friends, going out to hear music – living my life! And then Aug 1st to CA for the BIRD workshop. A certain amount of chaos, with last-minute casting changes due to the delta variant and the wildfires, but Joan and I worked our asses off and we done real good… No audience officially allowed for the 3 concert performances at the end – unofficially we had 20 folk per night, vaxxed, masked and distanced – mostly family or high-paying donors… David Ferney did a 6-camera shoot each night, and we also did a multi-track recording of each performance – the final one was live streamed, so it was well documented… Having spent 3 weeks rehearsing in masks and distanced, we tested every day of the final week and did the shows sans masks – what a relief… I’m proud of what we accomplished in a short space of time, and the response has been very gratifying. Whether it has a future remains to be seen…. Joan had a wonderful couple of months off chemo and got a lot stronger, but she’s back in the thick of things now, poor girl…
After 2 short weeks back home in Westbeth, seeing the docs, doing my annual Westbeth re-certifcation and hoping I didn’t have to pack the place up and move out, I’m now back on the finca being a farmer and care-giver – How will I manage this?
Amy came to stay for 10 days in early October – a thoroughly delightful visit. We worked hard at getting the place ready for winter but also played hard – expeditions to Ciutadella, Torre d’en Gaumes and, best of all, Hauser & Wirth on the Isla del Rey – what a thoroughly pleasant surprise that was! And after she left Chita took me to Alaior for 3 exhibits including one of Marina Abramovic works that was absolutely stunning – who knew?? The island continues to surprise…
Sis is basically in bed 23 hours a day – she gets up to make her own meals (very small, and takes them back to bed) and she walks around the pool a few times in the middle of the day, but that’s about it… the only time she’s been dressed since her fall on June 30th was last week when I took her to the hospital for an evaluation for rehab – it’s pretty depressing… and we’re headed into winter… Altho’ it’s been beautiful and I”ve been swimming daily until a couple of days ago…. Carles came yesterday, on his annual visit from Girona – what a sweetheart – also dealing with cancer, dammit…Julia got the results of her CT scan the other day and everything looks great – hallelujah, some good news at last…
