We had Christmas celebration at Mom’s yesterday, with all the gang, and all the food–delicious! Then most of us went out to see the Tintin movie, which was so much fun. Today, Mark and I are off to spend a few days with his parents…internet is more elusive up there, so, well, we’ll see about […]

We made it to Dad & Stepmom’s last night–actually, to the restaurant where we were all meeting for dinner for Dad’s birthday. I’m proud of us, Mark and me: we made a ten-plus hour drive and timed it so perfectly, we got to the restaurant five minutes early. 🙂 And there was much eating. Then

Happy Holidays everyone!

My goodness, there are muscles in my back I didn’t even know I had. Well I know it now. Swimming today was helpful, as it was yesterday. But, wow. Thank goodness for Advil. 🙂 _____________ Here’s another baby-shrimp photo, still fuzzy, but you can see they’re getting bigger! (He’s perched on the leaf in the

Recently I upped my swimming time from 40 minutes to 45. Now, that’s a good thing–increasing my workout length–right? But, the reason I did it was because, when people would ask me how long I swim, I’d say “40 minutes,” but they’d hear and remember “45 minutes,” and it sort of just seemed easier to

I went cross-country skiing with H. today. Which, technically, isn’t a new thing; but I only ever did it once before, twenty-five years ago, so it might as well have been. Things I learned today: this body is twenty-five years older. It fell down in the snow a lot. But, this brain is also twenty-five

I finished chapter 1 of Calendula today…well, I think I have. I’ll look it over tomorrow and make sure, then send it off to Mark and see what he thinks. Other than that, it was another busy day–went to the office (there’s an office! I go to it!); did some freelance work; continued working on

In watering the orchids today, I got a close look at one of the new-grown spikes: It spiked out in the usual way, but then stopped and…split, I guess, into at least four separate nubs. Are they all going to become separate spikes? That’s new, and cool. Or maybe those will just be blossoms there?

I edited the first 2,000 words on Calendula today, and then I wrote another thousand, but of course I’m not counting words. 🙂 But, I do still like how this is going. I know it’s terribly early to tell, and I’m always enthusiastic about new projects–but, hey, that’s why I write. ___________ In other news:

I started a new novel today, and wrote 2,000 words. It’s the Callie one, the witch novel, that I’ve been tinkering with. I’m happy with how it’s started: the tone, the characters, the pacing. I’m going to try a different process this time, and not be so focused on word count, despite the fact that