Today we went to LAX at 6:00 p.m., and realized that EVERY day on this LA trip, we have been to LAX at 6:00 p.m. Which is impressive, I think, given that we are doing no actual flying. We also spent some time at the beach in Santa Monica. We met our friend V., and […]

Yes, yes, we have hit the road again, traveling to southern California for family business. Because reasons (dollars), we drove. So we left Portland yesterday afternoon. We had ALL THE WEATHERS. All of them. Rain when we left Portland, then some sun, then LOTS of rain, then rainbows which were so spectacular they looked fake–which

Went to see a play in a bar tonight. Well actually four plays. Actually in the basement of the bar. Actually not really plays; staged readings. So! Much! Fun! Our own David Levine was the author of the fourth play/reading, “Tk’Tk’Tk”. It was marvelous! Well, the whole show was great, but it really ended on

The Our Lady editing has progressed to the point where I’m starting to put the manuscript back into chapters. I’d torn the original chapter structure apart and made numbered scenes (and then moved some of the scenes around, and added “a” and “b” parts, and combined other scenes, and like that); but now I think

While we were gone in Seattle (well, SeaTac), the constructionators brought back the big dumpster, and it was to be taken away at noon today. So our task this morning (and late last night) was to assemble as many things as possible to be put into the dumpster, and then to put those things into

Whirlwind weekend! Norwescon was lots of fun–lots of people saw Mark’s art in the art show and liked it, and we saw lots of fun people in the bar and liked that too. 🙂 No programming, which (speaking of liking things) is just how I like cons. I did spend significant chunks of time in

Today I wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote. And edited and wrote. But I’m still not done. But it’s better every day! Tomorrow we are off to Norwescon; I will be taking the novel with, because that’s what’s happening. We don’t have any programming, but Mark is showing in the art show–so,

The greenhouse got a roof today! And some siding. (Tomorrow it will get clear siding the rest of the way up; the wood part is only the bottom.) We are very very close… As for me: I organized the fridge, rode my bike to the credit union and then all the way downtown to Powell’s,

The framing continues…the greenhouse is really taking shape. Look! Its window is installed! Also, and it was almost surely too soon, we went ahead and got a couple of guppies for my tiny tank. No, wait, that’s blurry… Er… Okay, YOU try to take pictures of moving fish. Anyway! They are so cute. You’ll just

Most of the greenhouse framing got done today! And Mark spent all day on his knees screwing on the lower deck. I mean, screwing in screws. With a screwdriver. In the wood. Shut up. Construction is rough business, you guys. And I finished scene 29. It’s 13 pages long. Tomorrow, scene 30, which gets to