Well, we memorialized my grandmother’s life today. Grandma Patty. She was born in 1927. Ninety-eight. Pretty remarkable. There was dementia there towards the end, but Grandma was sharp pretty long. The memory of her I shared today was how she recorded reading books on...

Up with family in the central valley of California to go to my grandmother’s memorial tomorrow. So many people here I’ve never met before. So many I’ve met, but maybe only once or twice. Scott and I had a really nice ride up. Lots of great discussion. Scott’s really...

Today was…an intense day. One of those days that just kind of comes in waves. Writing was hijacked…even though I can’t quite remember why. Work ended up being quite busy, and then the last bit of the day entailed helping out with a family matter. Wiped. But my bro is...

The manuscript is 18 pages old. And Joy is lying next to me like a teddy bear that fell over. She snuggled into my armpit tonight for like fifteen minutes, snoring away while Liz and I chatted about our day. I love our routine together getting ready for bed. Work was...

Hey, look at that, I’m at 12 pages today. Technically…it should be 18, but Monday was a wash. We’ll call that a “resistance day” through and through and just let it go. And I did, to the tune of 6 pages yesterday and another 6 pages today. Whew. We’re back at it....

It’s blowing out there right now. Gusty. And the rain should be here any minute. Gonna be a cold, dark day tomorrow…and I’m here for it. Helps me with the writing. Writing was better today! I’m six pages in. Should be 12, but that’s okay. I’ll find time to make it up...

We’ve got the Coops established at a new vet. Woohoo! It’s a doctor we know and love from his old vet—which shuttered a few weeks ago, much to our surprise; they didn’t even inform us—and, even better…it’s ten minutes from our house. Extra Woohoo! Bit of a swing and a...

Happy Birthday Tilde! We spent the day with the Kings. Pho, then the tail end of a Famer’s Market, then presents (so many presents!), then pie. Twas a wonderful time, and I’m so glad we all got to do it. Did my writing—still got a decent amount of outlining to do for...

King John is a mess of a play. I actually have a hard time believing that Shakespeare wrote it when they say he did, or even that he originally wrote it in the first place, just because there are so many narrative missteps and clumsiness that I can see he’s already...

Busy, busy Friday. Whew. I was up on time at 7 this morning and was able to get my outline off to my cowriter…hope he likes it. There are still a few things left to fill in. Didn’t quite finish it, but the story is all there. I honestly got much further than I was...