Hello, 2017. Welcome.
Odd year? Don’t worry. Even numbers are for squares. You’re in good company here. And you’re prime, too. I like you more and more. Though I know it’s not possible—if you were irrational… I’d be in love. But what sort of sense would an irrational year make?
You already know—not much.
True—and the last few years have not been prime either.
Any more math puns in there?
No, I’ve reached my limit.
…
Okay—I’m done.
Work has slowed right down. Distributing local food means there is not a whole lot to distribute in the winter aside from dairy, dry goods, and squashes—I’ve learned so much about squashes! What it also means is I’m taking a vacation because my last actual vacation, aside from camping each year at the end of summer, was ten years ago. It was Cuba then—an all‐inclusive resort for a week in early March of 2006. It was fun to be somewhere warm while it was cold back home, but this time I’m going in the opposite direction.
At the end of the month I’m flying to Iceland to spend a few days in and around Reykjavík. Then I’m continuing on to Berlin for two weeks. I have no words other than how excited I am to be going to these places I have wanted to visit ever since I found out they were places.
In Berlin I’ll be staying with my sister while she completes a writing residency project with a fellow actor and playwright. I’m bringing some of my own stuff to work on as well, so it’ll be a mixed play/work vacation. But in Iceland it will be just me, just for a few days, just wandering around this amazing island where they generate power using the heat of the Earth itself. I’ll be able to walk from the North American to the Eurasian tectonic plate, and I’ll be able to see the northern lights.
So excited!