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Blog entries by Artemisia
Ah summer in a hot climate. When you say you're in a crash and need to go rest but are told "everyone's tired. The sun just drains us all."
And you have to nod along to the person who can work full-time and still have 5 social outings every weekend... somehow despite the sun.
Perhaps everyone's scent addiction has gotten out of hand when I walk outside and see not a soul, but can smell their laundry detergent from when they walked to their cars minutes (hours?) before.
Or that I can distinguish my apartment neighbors' different laundry scents from sitting out in the...
When physical activity was an essential creative outlet, what to do when it's no longer available?
I was the slowest on sports teams as a kid (background fatigue issues from early childhood). But I always loved to swim. In my early 20s I got really into yoga, did it everyday for many years...