ballet
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Remembering the NY State Fair 2024
It makes me anxious when I haven’t posted on my blog for a while. Nothing too exciting has happened that the world should know about from my perspective, but all the same it seems like time to sit down and post again. My mood has not been great, but that’s…
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Ballet Is Sadly Canceled
I’m done with the local ballet company! I’m not a dancer, just a lifelong fan. And I’m not going to support any ballet company in my town anymore. The season passes I looked forward to buying each year (toward the end of summer is when it becomes available) I finally…
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Dance 43
It’s a quick life update with good vibes only. I have celebrated my birthday again and this year happily outlived my own mother. I was anxiously fixated for the past year on “being 42” (that same age as when my mom died). But now I feel great, and am in…
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Loving February
My daughter is coming to stay with me soon. I see her often, but she doesn’t consider my apartment her home lately (she is 24 years old) so I’m happy and excited she’ll be staying in her room here again for a while. We get along great, but in so…
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What I Did Instead of Bloguary
I only heard of Bloguary halfway through the month and never did write an entry to participate. Sorry to anyone who is disappointed by that, I have so many painful regrets myself! Maybe next year I’ll get it together. Maybe I’ll try to use the prompts throughout the year and…
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Winter Solstice 2023 and Other Holiday Happenings
The days have become short and dark, and it’s pounding down snow today, so let me remind everyone how I love this wintery time of year. Recently I got another new jacket, it was on a clearance sale rack around $20 so I couldn’t resist. My collection of outerwear for…
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Ballet is Labor
Nutcracker season is here and there’s always some kind of internal ballet drama to gossip about but this year is especially juicy and on-trend if you’re interested in leftist politics. The ballet dancers have gone on strike! Syracuse City Ballet company fired them after a walk-out but of course managed…