Lili St. Crow's Blog, page 137
September 13, 2018
Zero to First
Moving on from a zero draft
September 10, 2018
Hooky in Lacey
When writers play hooky.
September 7, 2018
A Wooden Road
Just to see where it goes.
September 6, 2018
Peanut Wars
I thought it was the squirrels burying peanuts all over the backyard. I find them in the unlikeliest places, and often I can’t figure out how the bloody tree-rodents managed to drive them into packed earth without disturbing anything around. This morning, however, I was trimming my hair on the back deck and a plump, …
September 4, 2018
King and Gemini
© Lisavan | Dreamstime Stock Photos Spent most of the holiday yesterday working, of course. I didn’t mean to, I just sat down to tinker with a scene that had been giving me trouble and…the next thing I knew, it was lunchtime. After shambling out to eat, I decided I had too much momentum to …
September 3, 2018
A Concrete Win
I needed a win, so I took Saturday entirely off working and bent my back to the remaining seventeen bags of concrete. In other words, I finished the damn patio. It took most of the day and my legs are still rubbery–each bag is 80lbs dry and mixing that shit with water is thankless work–but …
August 31, 2018
August 30, 2018
Plausible or Otherwise
I finished Halberstam’s The Coldest Winter last night, and closed the book with a precise, leaking anger. My grandfather was in the Korean War, and he would never talk about it–at least, not sober, not until the last time I saw him before he died. “It was cold, and it was hell,” was all he’d …
August 28, 2018
Acid-Test Conditions
© Donfink | Dreamstime Stock Photos I thought I lost my socks under my desk, but when I surfaced to look for a flashlight, I found out I’d put them right next to my coffee mug. I suspect that’s just how today’s going to be. Sir Boxnoggin is In A Mood, Miss B is likewise …
August 27, 2018
Last Minute Run
Sir Boxnoggin has thrown himself dramatically on the floor in the hall. He knows I have my running shoes on and my hair braided, and he is determined not to be left behind. Little does he know he’s the one chosen to come with me today, which means Miss B will nip and hip-check him …
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