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Never Completely

Never Completely

Ive taken to sprinkling a little rooibos chai powder into my morning coffee. The spice helps me feel a little more awake; the only problem is theres no added caffeine. Ah well. Nothing is ever completely perfect. Were having lovely weather. Sometimes in spring well get a spate of 70F days, with pollen drifting golden ...

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One Now, The Next

One Now, The Next

I wish you a very bright, kind morning, my dears. Its sunny here, the dogs need taking out, and I woke up earwormed by an absolutely new band. Well, Imagine Dragons arent new, but being earwormed by them is. I spent my breakfast (or at least, the broth and coffee I can manage this morning, ...

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Open Soon

Open Soon

I found this scrawled on the brick wall of a local school, a plea facing the playground. I cant tell if a parent wrote it, or a kid. Everyones feeling the strain right now. Be gentle with yourself, my best beloveds. It is, after all, the prerequisite for being gentle with others too.

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Season Three Begins!

Season Three Begins!

Im excited today, my friends. Not just because I have a very good cup of coffee to start the day and not just because Im working on three paying projects (hallelujah) at once, but also because today marks the first day of HOODs Season Three! Every single one of my subscribersGumroad or Patreon, Lattes Worth ...

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Happier With Surfeit

So things are very strange right nownot to mention terrifyingbut I cant slow down work at all. Mostly, the idea that I might still be alive when all this is over means I have to plan for the eventuality, which means everyone in the house will still need me functioning and providing. On the bright ...

King Boxnoggin Abed

I was brushing my teeth and had taken the decorative pillows off the bedthey were left over from the reign of King Trundles, who needed to be propped up so he could breathe and also so he wouldnt smear schmutz on my personal pillows. I heard my daughter pass the bedroom door, then she began ...

Be Gentle, Chickadees

I woke up this morning with my heart pounding so hard I thought it would explode, my throat a pinhole, my lungs seemingly paralyzed. It was a panic attack, and it felt familiar. I used to have half a dozen or more a day before and during my second divorce; they were part of what ...

Of All Stripes

I did it. I finished the line edit revise on The Poison Prince, book two of what the publisher calls Throne of the Five Winds and I call Hostage to Empire. This book fought me every. step. of the way. Second books in trilogies are difficult. The throughlines have to be placed just so to ...

Delicate Skin

Nabokov has a passage in Lolita about the skin atop real hot chocolate, and every time the cream in my coffee cools in this particular fashion, I think of it. I also put off stirring for as long as possible, studying the thin wall as it ripples and responds to heat. It never fails to ...

Staying Calm, Carrying On

I dropped the Princess off at work this morning (of course, since she works for a large service corporation, sick leave isnt an option, GO MURICA) and decided to do the usual weekly grocery shopping. It wasnt until I actually got to the store that I realized well, Im beginning to think were doomed. At ...