I’ve been in kind of a funk lately. While I want to attribute it to the cold February weather, I think there is a lot more to it than that.

I have always gone through phases where I can’t get enough hooping. Then it switches to poi, then juggling, then back to hooping again. I am a former dancer so anything that gets me moving usually makes me happy. But lately I don’t feel like doing any of that stuff and it’s making me sad.

I think it might be loneliness that’s bringing this on. I miss Colleen, my hooping partner in crime. That’s for sure. But I’ve also been missing the groups I’ve worked with in the past that introduced me to how fun and exciting the flow arts can be. My old juggling club had a festival a couple of weeks ago and I was stuck 600 miles away looking at pictures of how much fun everyone was having. My old fire troupe is going strong and making beautiful performance pieces. All this while I sit here in Vegas waiting for the wind to die down. Hmph!

What’s funny is I have recently started working with a group of wonderful people who I’ve really enjoyed collaborating with. They make me want to get up there and move. I guess I’ve just been nostalgic for the good old days when this was new and mysterious to me.

Well, there will always be new experiences to be had and mysterious fun to discover so maybe it is just the weather after all.

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