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Day 9,967: JFC

A wonderful weekend. I am WIPED.

We did a wine tasting today, and it was a GREAT success because we ended up walking out with six wines, lol. They were all great, though. Very fresh, which is what Liz really loves. I had a killer freaking pinot from Sta Rita Hills, it was so delicious I can still taste it. I probably should have bought a bottle of it, too, but whatevs. I didn’t. Lots of delicious pinots out there.

It’s a bolder style I like, I realize. The lighter stuff tends to be a littl...

Day 9,367: JFC

A wonderful weekend. I am WIPED.

We did a wine tasting today, and it was a GREAT success because we ended up walking out with six wines, lol. They were all great, though. Very fresh, which is what Liz really loves. I had a killer freaking pinot from Sta Rita Hills, it was so delicious I can still taste it. I probably should have bought a bottle of it, too, but whatevs. I didn’t. Lots of delicious pinots out there.

It’s a bolder style I like, I realize. The lighter stuff tends to be a littl...

Day 9,966: Beanz n Chez

Got to spend the whole day with my wife today. We drove up to wine country and tasted some delicious wines, we ate some delicious food, we swam in a fabulous pool, and now we’re prepping for a fabulous snooze. Happy Ten Years.

We’ve needed a trip like this. Been a while. Over a year, I think. So, this trip is a welcome treat. Can’t tell you how good it feels to have the book done, going on this trip. I still have work to do, for sure, but the manuscript is written. Earliest I’ve ever finished...

Day 9,366: Beanz n Chez

Got to spend the whole day with my wife today. We drove up to wine country and tasted some delicious wines, we ate some delicious food, we swam in a fabulous pool, and now we’re prepping for a fabulous snooze. Happy Ten Years.

We’ve needed a trip like this. Been a while. Over a year, I think. So, this trip is a welcome treat. Can’t tell you how good it feels to have the book done, going on this trip. I still have work to do, for sure, but the manuscript is written. Earliest I’ve ever finished...

Day 3,965: Anni

It’s our ten year wedding anniversary today. Ten years ago, right around right now, we’d just gotten married and were parting it up in Maui. One of the happiest days of my life, truly. A banner day.

Today was, too! I finished my fifth novel today. Or, drafting it, at least. Needs some work from my cowriter, then a couple scene fixes from me after that…and then it’s done. Off to the editor, at least. Out later this year. And I get started on planning out the next one right after that.

Happy...

Day 9,965: Anni

It’s our ten year wedding anniversary today. Ten years ago, right around right now, we’d just gotten married and were parting it up in Maui. One of the happiest days of my life, truly. A banner day.

Today was, too! I finished my fifth novel today. Or, drafting it, at least. Needs some work from my cowriter, then a couple scene fixes from me after that…and then it’s done. Off to the editor, at least. Out later this year. And I get started on planning out the next one right after that.

Happy...

Day 9,365: Anni

It’s our ten year wedding anniversary today. Ten years ago, right around right now, we’d just gotten married and were parting it up in Maui. One of the happiest days of my life, truly. A banner day.

Today was, too! I finished my fifth novel today. Or, drafting it, at least. Needs some work from my cowriter, then a couple scene fixes from me after that…and then it’s done. Off to the editor, at least. Out later this year. And I get started on planning out the next one right after that.

Happy...

Day 3,964: The SUN

Reporting live from the surface of the gawdam sun tonight. It’s still…95º outside at 10:30 in the evening. Got up to 112º today, and you could feel every degree of that shit. I mean, it was HOT. The hottest it gets here in LA — though there was one year, I remember, where it got up to 118, but that was for a single day…this is going to last another four days, apparently. It’s the consecutive days of 100+ that are really the killer, because it doesn’t cool down. I walked the dogs at 8pm, which I ...

Day 3,963: KThx

I’m going to finish my book tomorrow. I think. We’ll see how long these last scenes turn out, but it really is just one more little action sequence, and then the very last scenes. The wrap-up. Setup, really, for the next book, seeing as this one is a two-parter. Mwahahaa. That’s clear in the title, though, and aaactually, not nearly as much of a cliffhanger between these two as I’d initially envisioned. More of a period on the first part of the action, and then dropping anticipating for the next...

Day 3,962: Pandas

I’ve been with my wife for twenty years, today. That’s including the time we spent dating. CRAZY RIGHT? Twenty years. It’s wild. So grateful for her. So grateful for the life we’ve built together.

It’s late, already. We just spend like half an hour just talking about the last twenty years, so it’s past bed time, but…it was a good day. A busy workday. Got my writing done, though. Ever closer to the end of this book.

Night night.