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Monday contained too many low points but yesterday really was a better, brighter day. I was grateful for a good night’s sleep and great weather and the general lowering of my stress levels. It helps that I am employed by and work with real live humans who get it. One of whom recently wrote a [...]

Wow, it’s been another week where every free moment has been gobbled up by wolves. I’ve been saving loads of tidbits for blogging purposes but haven’t had time to spit them back out at the interwebs in an orderly fashion. So now I will vomit them forth.
Many good things:

Interesting stuff - Sword Dance and [...]

Typically Halloween ends and the chaos of National Novel Writing Month begins. But I’m not going to attempt it this year. Sure, I may play along a bit at home, when I can, continuing to work on my sadly abandoned werewolf cop novel. But no way am I spewing out 2000 words a day. I [...]

Celebrity is a fascinating construct. And one I’m largely unaffected by. Sure, I respect and admire talent. And I’ll admit to a certain giddiness when faced with people whose work I enjoy - like when I met Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine at All Tomorrows Parties. Or when I’ve interacted with [...]

Things are looking up, in general. Specifically? I’ve been getting more positive feedback, across the board, about the school I’ve selected for the kiddo for grades 5-8. And I now have a line on some summer childcare options. Of which the least expensive is $150/week. Ouch. (Thankfully my state tax refund magically appeared in my [...]