I am an absolute marshmallow when it comes to matters of physical health and well-being. It's been something like 2 months since I've seen my dear friend Catherine who lives in Somerville and I have been holed up in our apartment like a hermit since late December desperately trying to hold on to any sense of "health".

Today I am making the decision to get past this pyschic road block. I am taking a non-fiction, prose writing class which starts tonite and runs for 10 weeks. No better time than the present to start processing and putting a structure to some difficult material, and what better timing than before heading back to MacDowell, the site for much good work.