• One small spurt of creativity and words

    Today turned out to be one of those days where I did extraordinarily little but hang out with the kids. I did make them clean their rooms and scoop dog poop. And I read. I finally had a creativity/writing push…

  • The end of football and a cool announcement

    The end of flag football anyhow. The kids lost both games this morning, and I have to say, given the freaking wing chill, I wasn’t as unhappy as I should have been. They both played well and had great games,…

  • Argh. And . . . Argh.

    This morning I took the kids to school at their request and then I took the dogs out to the soccer field to walk them. Usually I walk all the way around and then out to this other field where…

  • Confessions about watching bad TV

    Warning: what follows is rather disgusting, so you may want to skip this one. * * * I’m right now watching Hoarders. It is the worst and most frightening one I have ever seen before. We’re talking poop soup in…

  • The snippet and the day that was

    Today I drove a far far away in order to hang out with a friend (which was absolutely worth the whole drive) and then we got tennis rackets at 30% off, which was nice. Then we got pants for the…

  • Day to day

    Yesterday I took my iMac into Bozeman to get repaired (that’s a 2 hour drive one way). It’s under warranty and it’s still working, but I see things happening with it that aren’t quite right and I’d rather get it…

  • Welcoming Martha Wells

    Hi Everyone. I’ve been wanting to get Martha over to my blog for the longest time. I love, no, LOVE, her books. The first in her latest series is The Cloud Roads, which I devoured and meant to come and…

  • food and a call for help

    I’ve spent a bunch of time today setting up promotional events (blog tours stuff mostly) and some interviews, and my Shindig event, which is going to me doing a reading online for all of you and whoever wants to attend…

  • when books fail

    I started a book today. Reading it, that is. I didn’t get far. Maybe two chapters, and I don’t really like it. I’m going to keep reading, because I thought the premise was so interesting, but I hope things improve.…