Bringing it all up to date

I've been home a couple of days now. Tomorrow I head off to Montreal for a conference so wanted to bring about some closure to the summer trip part of my blog.

I think, for a while at least, I will keep updating just so all of you have a central place where you can keep track of my comings and goings. The conference I am going to is called "In and Out of the Sound Studio", and it's going to be a dynamic gathering of women who work in sound studio environments. Including some wonderful friends from different parts of the country I have not seen in a while.

To give you a better idea of where I am, here is a message I put out on my VF Friends email list. Some of you would have gotten it already via email, others not.

Hi everybody -- I know it's been a while since you've heard from me.
It's been six weeks of major changes, growth and wonderful things
mixed in with some tears and all those conflicting emotions that
changes bring.

I've just returned from the beautiful Nova Scotia village of Bear
River. You can see what it looks like by going to either a) my blog
at http://magneticspirits.blogspot.com or
http://www.bearriver.ca (a beautifully done website)

As some of you know, I have been in the process of splitting with my
partner of 21 years. Just being in Bear River with my wonderful
friends Simone and Timothy, waking up in the morning to a clear sky
and feeling the fresh dampness of the morning was just what I needed
to reinforce the idea that I am alive, happy, and able to deal with
whatever comes next. And feasts of lobster and scallops with many
bottles of wine helped a lot too.

I am back in Hamilton now and have decided to go back to Nova Scotia
by the end of September to live.

This list is the most efficient way to let you all know .. my
apologies that I can't call each of you and tell you personally.

In the coming month, both Barry and I will be selling all but our
most favourite things. So if there's anything we have that you need
or want, let me know. Even if you're short of cash .. we've got
excess kitchen stuff, garden tools, sheets and towels etc. that some
of you could use. So speak up.

And drop by if you're in the neighbourhood. I expect the For Sale
sign will go up in a couple of weeks but I'll be here for the next
little while. I hope I'll get the chance to see most of you before I
go. And that I get lots of visitors after I get settled in. A guest
room is a big priority in any new house I buy (I've got my eye on a
cute little white cottage with a wrap around veranda ... 170 years
old and just perfect for Ursula (my dog) and me.

In the meantime, my documentary workshop "Mining the Memory Bank"
with Steve Wadhams is still on for August 12-14. So sign up and join
us. I also hope to be doing another workshop before I take off in
September. I can do media, music or meditation .. if you have a
request about what you'd like me to do, let me know and I'll see
about setting something up.

It's all good. Doesn't always feel like it now, but it is. Thanks
to all of you who constantly remind me of this.

Love
Victoria