January 16, 2008
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Phailing Phonation
A couple weeks ago a wonderful-woman-friend (who I’d met when living in Florida, but had been
only in very sporadic touch with since) called and we spoke for several hours. It was delightful to hear both her familiar voice and her familiar vocal
mannerisms, and I found myself once again filled with such an intense feeling of affection and appreciation for her. I am feeling so full of love lately, it feels really wonderful and just spills out.
We decided to try to stay in closer
touch. I called her back again last night and we talked for another 90
minutes. During both conversations she had marveled at the fact that I
so frequently go several days without seeing or even talking to with
another human, which is difficult
for her to comprehend as she lives and works in a much more urban environment.
Along those lines, we were totally amused by the fact
that I became quite hoarse somewhere between about 60 – 90 minutes
during both phone conversations! It was especially bad that first time since we had so much more to catch up on and I was really croaking by the end. I know that in general when muscles go unused they atrophy, but I just never thought about the fact that my vocal abilities might begin to atrophy after living so silently! So, it seems my laryngeal muscles will need some conditioning after their extended time of rest!
