by Ira | Feb 16, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Am I patriotic? What does ‘patriotic’ mean to me? I am. I deeply believe in this country and the values that it stands for. The ideals. And when we fall short of those values and ideals, as we so often do, it’s why I stand up and criticize, or vote, or debate, etc. I...
by Ira | Feb 15, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Liz his home! The household rejoices. Genuinely, Joy and Cooper are sooooo happy. They were super excited when she first came home, and then immediately passed out on top of her afterwards on the couch. They miiiisssed her. I did, too. We exchanged cards for...
by Ira | Feb 14, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Snacks is meowing outside the bedroom right now. We have this sliding glass door there, and he likes to post up on the little landing right outside it and meow for Joy to come outside. It’s late right now, but I’m just shutting everything down after podcasting, and me...
by Ira | Feb 13, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Busy day! Man…it was definitely a day that could have gone sideways with all the stuff I had to do, some of it unexpected work-wise (which is great, actually, because I’ve been slow at work)…but I handled it. Got up on time and handled it. Writing was good. Legit...
by Ira | Feb 12, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
So much of writing books is figuring out how to do it when the routine is interrupted, which it always will be because there’s a whole-ass life to live outside of writing. I struggle with it. It’s not easy for me. But it’s imperative to know how to do. I did good with...
