how it all happened

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A Month of Poetry

• regained full use of my right hand
• written 28 poems in 28 days
• put out a chap book (now for sale at mac's backs books, cleveland heights, ohio)
• learned to knit better
• taught jon to knit
• followed a knitting pattern
• read at a poetry reading
• started an unschooling blog and maintained it okay
• overcome drug addiction
• gained back 6 of the pounds i'd lost
• maintained my style
• started starting a business
• raised my consciousness
• became a board member at the co-op
• published 8 newsletters for the co-op
• completed 11 pieces of art for an art show, which were largely praised
• had 2 poems accepted by mothering
• been published in 2 books with my six-word memoir
• was randomly asked to be a magician's assistant
• got the living room & dining room painted
• threw a kick-ass, detail-obsessed harry potter halloween party
• made some new friends
• volunteered for b.o.l.d. ohio and cleveland birth network in 2 b.o.l.d. events
• kept the money situation within reasonable bounds
• knit a bunch of stuff
• breastfed a two-year-old
• done lots of crafts with the kids
• kept the house pretty clean
• done better at saying the right things to honor my kids' emotions and autonomy
• with jon, started composting and gardening
• read some good books, largely fiction
• healed my body
• gave thoughtful gifts to people i love or admire
• managed to get the kids out of the house with some regularity
• stayed connected to old friends
• helped my friends through some especially rough times
• mailed the holiday cards the day after thanksgiving
• reduced our impact even more
• read harry potter book 7 withing 26.5 hours, despite driving 4 hours for a double funeral in the middle
• designed postcards for my new business
• figured out lots of crap about starting a business
• managed to work on the quilt a bit
• sold 2 monster totes i'd sewn
• sold postcards of a photo i made
• made the domestic goddess picture
• largely got off internet forums
• threw a kick-ass blessingway (with help from my friends)
• kept my kids alive & healthy
• attended a world music festival in canada
• got hit on by a french rocker
• wrote an article for mothering's website
• made tons of flyers for the food co-op
• filled a journal
• maintained my marriage, even making some strides in communication
• saw jupiter
• joined heavy metal science club