by Ira | Jun 21, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Today was one of those days. Hijacked. Lost. For the most part, anyway. The building consumed both Liz and me today. It was just one of those things, there wasn’t really anything we could do about it. Without going into detail, work had to be done, supervised,...
by Ira | Jun 20, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
This *BOOK* I be readin, y’all. It’s sooo gooood. There is nothing better than a well-crafted story. The way it sucks us into its twists and turns, and gets us to care about the people caught up in it all. This particular book had a lot of its heavy...
by Ira | Jun 19, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
So, I basically spent all day sending a short story off to my VIP Readers list. It was a lot of work! But, I’m glad I did it. It’s something I’m going to start doing at least once a month. And it’s all for my “organic” list, which...
by Ira | Jun 18, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
I’m having a lot of mixed feelings tonight. Not “mixed” as in going back and forth on one single issue, I mean that my mind is stretched across a lot of topics and feelings. Not sure why, but it is. First, I think of what’s happening right now...
by Ira | Jun 17, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, Jon Heinichen. I love you, dad! You taught me everything I need to know about being compassionate, humorous, moral, and creative. Among everything else! 🙂 We went on a nice little hike today out by the gorge with Scott and Amir....
by Ira | Jun 16, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Omg. The photo for tonight is PERFECT. We went to Powell’s book store today, which is apparently the largest book store in the country (?), and it’s so cool. I’ve written about it before. Three floors of an entire city block, books, new, old,...