ice machetes, speaking elsewhere

[asakiyume]

Sometimes I drift to sleep, or drift toward waking, with the news on in the background, and the results are always strange.

The BBC was talking about the cold, and about the sea freezing from the top down (unusual, bad), and in my dream, Tokyo Bay was freezing--

--but this was manifested by men marching to shore, two by two, brandishing machetes of ice, which they banged against the ground, loud, ringing strikes, as they came.

Athena Andreadis very generously let me speak about Pen Pal on her blog; she asked about cultures and why I wrote the story (link here). Very grateful for that opportunity--thank you, Athena!

I'm a bit under the weather right now and not keeping up with things, or feeling very much myself, so please forgive slowness to respond, both to posts and to comments. I will pick up soon, no doubt.

Comments

[wuweibaby.livejournal.com]

I hope you're feeling more yourself soon xo

Look what arrived Tuesday evening...!!!

(http://flic.kr/p/j2gR9z)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Hee, your stove looks like mine--only cleaner!

(I guess most stoves look similar?)

And yay! I hope it pleases. (And if it does, lend it to a friend--that way I can reach out to people I don't even know.)

And thanks. I'm really struggling this time around, but there are still good moments, and I'll pull out of it. This is a good moment.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

That is a very weird dream!

Feel better!!!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks--I'm drinking remedies and doing other good things.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

::HUGS:: Hope you feel better soon. Do you think the dream is part of feeling unwell?

I saw the blog post. (Saw the link to it on Twitter.) It was awesome!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I don't know--it was strangely terrifying, more than it ought to have been. So maybe?

[cafenowhere.livejournal.com]

Oh no, hon. I hope I didn't give you my lurgy! Well, we can cuddle up and be sickly together.

When I was in high school, I was on the debate team and had to keep up with current events, so I had similar dream-waking, wakeful-dreaming, with BBC world news.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

We can cuddle up and be sickly together

^_^

[sovay]

--but this was manifested by men marching to shore, two by two, brandishing machetes of ice, which they banged against the ground, loud, ringing strikes, as they came

Someday I want that to be a story.

Feel better!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

They were implacable in a way I simply can't describe--and the thumping with the machetes was like a threatening sort of Morris dancing.

(thank you)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon.

I like the vision of ice-machete wielding bringers of cold!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you; working on it!

Thanks for your email!

[athenais.livejournal.com]

The sun is coming back. Just remember! Best wishes for a return to normal and I hope you stay warm.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you; I'm feeling somewhat better now. Drinking lots of cold remedies to nip it all in the bud.

[gwynnega]

I hope you feel better soon.

tea and coffee are friends

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[djaza.livejournal.com]

I'm going to order your book from Amazon and recommend it to a friend who has a kindle.

I'm not going to tell you to feel better soon. Instead I'm going to suggest that you use this time to snuggle
in a cozy comforter, keep warm and enjoy this dark, quiet season; dream and drink hot potions.
We forget that for eons that's what we did when the season turned like it just did.
I don't think we are meant right now to keep up the pace of the rest of the year.
It's time to take time out, that's what I think!
All the best!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you on all counts djaza. I'm feeling much better today. (I have been drinking hot potions!)

I hope you enjoy the book!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

There was a time when I was in uni where my clock radio would try to wake with me up with the morning news and only succeed in giving me news flavoured dreams - which means there are some still some years where I have a very odd perception of current affairs...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

"News-flavored dreams"--that is the *perfect* way to describe them!

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

I think you'd like this:
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2011/01/heard-of-blue-flames-heres-blue-lava/

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

THAT IS INCREDIBLE!!

I'm going to have to put those in a blog post or two. Thank you so much for sharing!

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

You should.

[inspirethoughts.livejournal.com]

I hope your dreams didnt cause you to be underweather. **Hugs** Feel better soon.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you--I do feel better now.