reeling and wheeling

Have you ever done the Virginia Reel? You know, the one where you link opposite arms with the person facing you and twirl around, let go of that person and link arms withanother and repeat, the whole group of dancers moving around in a big circle?

I often think of this old square dance when I've had a day of one urgency after another, the kind of day where you go go go, twirling and reeling from one thing to another until finally the dance is over and everyone goes home and you have time to catch your breath and try to piece together a sense of what all just transpired.

That's the kind of month and a half it's been: getting the July-August issue out, working through computer failings (Mercury in retrograde!) and the flu, trying to get the new Mothering web site ready to launch, moving the office, all of which crescendoed to completion on June 1. After which I took off for a week and a half to go to the Mississippi Delta with my sister for a nonstop wild ride of a visit to our old stomping grounds.

Head still spinning, I'm now breathing deep and taking a moment to reflect before the music starts back up. . .

Photo from my visit last October to the Columbus County (NC) Fair.