Coops and Joy are almost butt to butt right now on the bed. Coops has gotten WAY more comfortable with her around. Finally. It’s such a relief. He’s way less stressed out by her, and she’s way less scared of him. I think she’s just finally grown up enough—and it’s...

One of those very, very busy workdays. They don’t happen often, thankfully, but they do come around every so often. Honestly, I’m thankful to be busy. I need my job, and it’s reassuring to know that my job needs me. I was able to get in 10 pages before the floodgates...

Joelly was a short-haired white and grey-patched cat. She had tabby stripes in those patches. I’m not sure what kind of coloring that’s called, but she was a round, very sweet cat. And patient to the extreme. I have vivid memories of delighting in trapping her by...

Merle was my first dog. A big German Shepherd, and my first best friend. The story goes that Merle was the dog of one of my mom’s friends, and some situation came along—like moving, or something like that—where they couldn’t take Merle with them, and so my mom...

I first saw Nugget and Bingo as two terrified kittens in my backyard. Little balls of black and grey fir with giant terrified eyes. They were hiding from the sun, all by themselves. I still think they were abandoned, but maybe not. Maybe their mom had simply died, and...

It’s been a couple more-hectic weeks than I anticipated, BUT…I’m already into act 2 of my book. It’s moved along, actually. It’s bed time. I’m freaking wiped. Tried to catch one of the last two kitties to get her fixed, but she didn’t go for the KFC and stayed away...

Quick one tonight. It’s bed time. It was a rough day production-wise. I was just knocked off-kilter all day. Sigh. Still finding that balance between ambition and over-kill. And being reminded that mornings are absolutely crucial. They make or break a day. So… It’s to...

So, my dog decided he didn’t need one of his toe nails today. I DON’T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. I just came into the room and there was blood everywhere. He was looking at me like…wtf just happened? Ouch. Took him to Dog Urgent Care. He got drugged and bandaged up. He...

It is bed time BUT…man, I hit twenty pages today writing-wise. Whew! Wasn’t all that hard. I think I’m finding a groove. I hope so. I definitely have some things to fix this weekend, and it’s going to take some TIME to do so. But…I don’t think they’re too major. They...

So, the win is that I just did a last writing sprint here to finish out the week with 60 written pages. Done. Did it. This little hour before bed of 9:30 to 10:30 was very, very effective. I think I wrote four pages in about 40 minutes. And GOOD pages, too. I...