Just A Quick Hello

Sorry for the missing updates! The situation is that I don't have internet at home at the moment and it can be a challenge to sneak online during breaks at work. If any of you who read this are waiting or a reply to an e-mail or a Facebook message, apologies, and now you know the reason. I should be back online between the 15th and the 20th of September, just in time for the Equinox.

I can't write much today but wanted to let everyone know! And of course I have news too, but some of them I'm keeping to myself for now. In fact, I have a rather big secret but as with my holiday before summer, I'm going to keep quiet about it until, well, until it's all sorted out. In the meantime, here's a brief recounting of what I've been up to.

Last weekend, my little town hosted the Festival of World Cultures, and I loved having all the music and life at my doorstep. While other people had to fight over car parking space, I strolled out of my house and didn't even have to leave the square I live on, because one of the many stages was set up in the little park right in the middle of it! Even while I was at home, I could hear the music but it never got annoying because the bands that played were for the most part amazing and the whole thing stopped around ten every night.

There were plenty of events that cost an entrance fee but also a lot that were free. Maeve, Brian, and Claire were up from Cork and the four of us went to see a lovely Ethiopian band on Saturday evening. The band played on a stage just by the sea promenade that I usually take my walks at, and to our left was the sea. At six thirty, the sun was still shining, and it was so unbelievably beautiful out there, I couldn't believe it! I danced to the music amongst happy people of all ages, quite a few of them male and with long hair, just the way I like it, haha! I had a great time.

Afterwards, we went on the Ferris Wheel that had been set up a little further down by the sea, and then on a "traditional" carousel which wasn't so traditional at all because it went about three times as fast as it would have in Victorian times. We had the time of our lives, as you can see:

It was a great evening and we decided to go again the next day. Sunday was the last day of the festival but it was as busy as Saturday had been. We went to the same stage we'd been at the evening before and were incredibly lucky to catch the performance of Dulsori, a Korean drumming band whose name means literally "heartbeat of the land". Does that sound like me? You bet it does! For years and years, I've been looking for good, sensual, exciting drumming that I could dance to during my rituals. And I found it in a South Korean combo, what was the likelihood of that? They are absolutely, breathtakingly amazing, just do a YouTube search on Dulsori and you'll know what I mean. The picture of this entry is of them of course, you can't see much but they were basically drumming with their entire bodies and with a precision that was almost frightening, it was as if they read each other's minds. If you are a musician, you'll understand what I mean when you listen to a sample!

The weekend was a welcome break from all the planning and organising of the aforementioned secret that I have. This week, I'm also working like a horse, I come home late every evening and it's a bit tiring but I enjoy it and so it's all good. Just now, I came home to the most amazing moon in a clear sky. It was quite breathtaking and for once I wasn't just looking towards winter with dread, I saw the mystery of dark evenings and the comfort of tea and candlelight in the months to come.

And now I'm off again, sorry again for the long breaks between entries right now, and for this fly-by update. It'll all get more regular once I have a broadband connection again!

Comments

[Taz]

Nekid men dancing with long hair, you did say nekid didn't you?

[Sibylle]

Taz: In my dreams, definitely! :-D

Hugs!!

[Taz]

Tis a good dream, I ain't gonna wake up!

[Sibylle]

...unless of course the reality you wake up to beats the dream ;-)

More hugs!!