Portacle = Portable + ORACLE.
As some of you may recall, the ORACLE (along with my special writing space) is where I keep my miscellaneous writing ideas, prompts and exercises. But alas, my beautiful workspace and containers of treasure are slowly disappearing into boxes and I've had to ask the tough question: which parts of my workspace can I absolutely NOT live without for the next three weeks?
Here's my list:
For Writing
- Journal (unlined)
- Stickers
- mini Image File (a couple of postcards tucked into the journal)
- Who/What/When/Where/Why/How question cards
- Small velvet drawstring baggie containing dice, worry stone and beaded charm
- Kindle
- Amazon gift card (Christmas gift - to be used only in literary emergencies... like if I run out of things to read between now and February)
- The Iliad (Fagles translation) for some light reading or to cure insomnia, not sure which
- The Art of the Short Story (the textbook for the class I'm teaching)
- Strunk & White (duh)
- Ordinary Genius by Kim Addonizio
- Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
- Good Poems by Garrison Keillor
- Two books on craft (one poetry, one fiction)
- Graphic Novel version of Pride and Prejudice (because I can't survive without at least one version of my favorite book)
But hubby put his foot down and said I had to pack the books. Either that, or the movers wouldn't take them and I was going to have to move the books to the new place all by myself. (I hate it when he makes sense and sounds reasonable.)
Still. All these empty bookshelves make me feel so darn lonely.
Guess what I'm unpacking first when we get there! :)
3 comments:
Packing really stinks. However, the unpacking part is pretty great. IMHO. Planning the new space; putting things into their new homes is fun!
I empathize. I might be doing the same thing in the next few months. Not knowing and this limbo stink!
Every time I move first I make the bed, then I unpack the books and arrange them exactly like they were before on the bookshelves. Makes the place feel more like home. :)
Good luck with the move. And can't wait to hear about the conferences!
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