I’ve been gathering my bearings the last few months. Celebrating the holidays seemed the best way right now to do that.
It may seem I’m not working, but I AM working into working into working: I’ve been asked to contribute a story or two to an anthology on fishing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (they only want the best writers, they say). And I’ve been reading my nephew’s work (also a writer) and that’s slowly awakening my three-year hibernation. Still, mostly decorating.
I bought some new dishes. Not really traditional, but I have my mom’s Indian rugs and some Inuit art. And the colors are great. I set the table early because we have two other tables where we can eat–one in my great room/bedroom by the woodfire and one there in the kitchen. That way I can enjoy it all longer. I’m waiting for my Christmas cactus for the center that I ordered.
I have some actual glass turquoise balls coming for the tree. Excited about that.
From a distance, only the lights show up. Phones don’t take the best pictures.
And here is the mantle over the gas fireplace in the living room. And of course, the woodstove in my bedroom/great room,
I love words so I write them. I’ve been doing that since I was old enough to read. I am a published literary writer and I was an adjunct English professor at Northern Michigan University for many years. I write and live and love off the grid on 35 acres and a trout stream in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with my son, Joshua, who has Down Syndrome, and with an English Shepherd dog named Maggie, and with my husband when he can make it here which isn’t often. This blog started out being about my work, and it will continue to be. ( I’m working on a novel about premonitions and dreams.) But this blog is also about living off the grid and about my experimentation with diet—most recently the Carnivore Diet. I started on the Ketogenic diet, but have moved into Carnivore. How long, I don’t know. But I’ve become interest in the effects of diet on not just my health, but on creativity. And I’m interested in the effects of the diet on my dreams.
Ah, dreams... The day before my son was born, my mother “dreamed” or was told my son would have Down Syndrome, something she told my brother ahead of time. I’ve never known what to make of that. So I’m interested in prophetic dreams, lucid dreaming, creativity and dreams, night terrors. Who isn't interested in that? I’m interested in Freud (more Jung) and Einstein’s theories of time and how their ideas inform my dreams. I’m interested in mining a deeper relationship with a dream world not confined to daytime experiences, and how the night might inform a more fully imagined daytime “reality.” And vice-versa. Which is the dream?? I’m exploring dreams of all sorts. Come explore with me…
View all posts by lynnfay73
6 thoughts on “Carnivore Dreams -Holiday Plans”
Nice looking house! What tow do you live in, again?
Thanks, Kate. I love this time of year. My kids come this weekend this year instead of Christmas weekend, so had to get things going earlier. Though we like to do some of it Thanksgiving weekend. Happy holidays, Kate.
Happy holidays Lynn, we are away for Christmas so kind of thinking I will decorate that house rather than this one.. But your tree looks so lovely that now its difficult to wait 🎄😁
It’s even prettier in person–this phone just shows the lights up too much and not the balls and stuff! But thanks!
L.E.K. 
Nice looking house! What tow do you live in, again?
Elk Rapids, MI. Near Traverse City on Grand Traverse Bay and Elk Lake. My great grandfather ran the last steamboat in the inland waterway here.
Your house last week looks beautifully warm and festive Lynn, I still haven’t got my decorations up!
Thanks, Kate. I love this time of year. My kids come this weekend this year instead of Christmas weekend, so had to get things going earlier. Though we like to do some of it Thanksgiving weekend. Happy holidays, Kate.
Happy holidays Lynn, we are away for Christmas so kind of thinking I will decorate that house rather than this one.. But your tree looks so lovely that now its difficult to wait 🎄😁
It’s even prettier in person–this phone just shows the lights up too much and not the balls and stuff! But thanks!