Thinking About Quitting
This is a simplified version of a long story of this thing I’m dealing with right now. Several times in the last many years I have considered “quitting” writing. I’d still jot notes and keep a notebook...
View ArticleSmells Like Rock Swings
Did you know Paul Anka has an album out called Rock Swings with covers of songs like Smells Like Teen Spirit, Wonderwall (one of my fave songs of all time), Jump and Eye of the Tiger? Yeah, I know. Eye...
View ArticleStar Wars Confession
I’m still not in the mood to recreate my train trip post and I still haven’t posted the photos (well, I’ve posted 2 but that happened by accident and I wasn’t in the mood to fix it). This weekend I...
View ArticleIndustrious Woman
Good Freaking God, what happened to today? I was up early and super industrious. Working on all these loose ends that I’ve been procrastinating on forever. I did a bunch of online things that...
View ArticleStatistics
Orleans bridge I was going to write about this yesterday but then I got distracted and went off-topic. These are my writing statistics. I had 22 submissions. I sold one story. Two reprints. And the...
View ArticleDisappearing Mac Salad
This is Roscoe, the other next door cat and current ruler of the stoop. I can’t remember the last time I saw Toes out there. I saw Noah out there getting hissed at. I was out watering and for a second...
View ArticleKnow Your Limits
This is not the current scene. This is from a couple of years ago. This weekend we got a light dusting with some freezing rain on top. I tracked down all of my blog post idea lists. I have one in...
View ArticleRage Against the Tag
I’ve recently developed an unreasonable rage toward the giant tags that are on bathroom towels and wash cloths. Why are they so big? It’s hard to cut them off without it looking like ass — are we...
View ArticleEverything Changes, Everything Stays the Same
Here’s a shot of the irises. They only last about a week and they’re kind of a pain. I don’t know why I feel bad every time I accidentally pull some of them up. Pretty while they last. Here’s Percy —...
View ArticleClarionwest Beg-A-Thon Week #6 Wrap-Up
The workshop is finished. Everyone goes home today probably heartbroken, happy, and exhausted. I think I slept twelve hours the first two nights I got home. I’d already taken six weeks off work but...
View ArticleStatistics
Orleans bridge I was going to write about this yesterday but then I got distracted and went off-topic. These are my writing statistics. I had 22 submissions. I sold one story. Two reprints. And the...
View ArticleDisappearing Mac Salad
This is Roscoe, the other next door cat and current ruler of the stoop. I can’t remember the last time I saw Toes out there. I saw Noah out there getting hissed at. I was out watering and for a second...
View ArticleKnow Your Limits
This is not the current scene. This is from a couple of years ago. This weekend we got a light dusting with some freezing rain on top. I tracked down all of my blog post idea lists. I have one in...
View ArticleRage Against the Tag
I’ve recently developed an unreasonable rage toward the giant tags that are on bathroom towels and wash cloths. Why are they so big? It’s hard to cut them off without it looking like ass — are we...
View ArticleEverything Changes, Everything Stays the Same
Here’s a shot of the irises. They only last about a week and they’re kind of a pain. I don’t know why I feel bad every time I accidentally pull some of them up. Pretty while they last. Here’s Percy —...
View ArticleClarionwest Beg-A-Thon Week #6 Wrap-Up
The workshop is finished. Everyone goes home today probably heartbroken, happy, and exhausted. I think I slept twelve hours the first two nights I got home. I’d already taken six weeks off work but...
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