Nothing New to Report

Nothing much has changed since my last post. I'm still writing, and the projects are still hush hush until I figure out what I want to do with them. I'm still going back to school in June. While it's indeed an exciting (and scary) time, right now I'm pretty mellow about it.

Mother's Day was lackluster, to say the least. My grandmother's death around that time last year has cast a thick, dark shadow over the holiday, and I'm sure it will remain for a long time. Thank God for writing and friends!

Watching this video makes me "homesick" for Greece. Specifically, the way it is during Greek Easter Week (which happens roughly a month either before or after "normal" Catholic Easter). On Easter Sunday at midnight, fireworks are lit at the churches nationwide to celebrate the Ascension of Christ. The video features one of the biggest celebrations on the island of Chios:

My Big Fat Greek Firework Battle


Now I've never been to Chios (AKA the birthplace of mastic, one of the main ingredients of chewing gum that only grows on that island in the entire world *gasp*), but the FEEL of the celebration just tears at my guts and reminds me that Greece was more my home than Detroit ever was (and ever will be).