{"id":7420,"date":"2022-07-15T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=7420"},"modified":"2022-07-15T22:10:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T22:10:27","slug":"crossingscon-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2022\/07\/15\/crossingscon-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"CrossingsCon 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;ll all be happening in Montr\u00e9al! I&#8217;m one of three guests\u2014alone with Megan Whalen Turner and Ursula Vernon\u2014at <a href=\"https:\/\/crossingscon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this very cozy, intimate and exclusive gathering<\/a> of cousins and associated others.<\/p>\n<p>My only (and huge) annoyance is that this time\u2014despite all my best hopes\u2014I can&#8217;t be there. Or at least not physically.<\/p>\n<p>Pesky physicality, unfortunately, is at the root of the problem\u2014one that&#8217;s been making my life more than difficult since the turn of the year. Since early in January &#8217;22 I&#8217;ve been struggling with a medical issue that repeatedly manifests as significant abdominal and pelvic pain, and has sometimes left me bedridden and\/or immobile for days at a time. (Forgive me for not getting into more detail: I have no desire to inflict TMI on everybody.)<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t yet have a diagnosis, though at least after the last month&#8217;s investigations there are fewer possible causes on the list than there were in earlier months (and let me emphasize that this presently shows no signs of being life-threatening&#8230; just <em>really<\/em> uncomfortable and disruptive to work and life in general). Diagnostic procedures have been scheduled (and along with almost everybody else in Ireland, I&#8217;m on a waiting list for them. Our health service is under exactly the kind of pressure you might expect after two-plus years of COVID, especially with a new surge presently in progress). But for the meantime, my doctor has told me in no uncertain terms that I&#8217;m not to attempt to travel more than an hour away from home, and emphatically <em>not<\/em> to attempt to fly anywhere. Essentially, I&#8217;m grounded.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately the wonders of modern technology mean this doesn&#8217;t mean I won&#8217;t <em>be<\/em> there. I&#8217;ll be on a fair bit of programming, and the CrossingsCon staff and I are working on some events and features that wouldn&#8217;t previously have been on the cards. I&#8217;ll be pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/crossingscon.org\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the published schedule<\/a> here in days to come, and adding extra detail where I can. Meanwhile, I&#8217;m really looking forward to seeing what my fabulous co-guests Megan and Ursula get up to on their program items (and looking forward just as hard to the panels and so forth I&#8217;ll be sharing with them).<\/p>\n<p>Just two weeks now! And I&#8217;m <em>really<\/em> looking forward to seeing everybody there.<\/p>\n<p>So onward!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;ll all be happening in Montr\u00e9al! 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