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Serious Grousing and 2666

Odd Trundles is sitting in my office, half asleep, groaning. There wasn’t enough peanut butter in his breakfast bowl, he isn’t allowed to chase Fearless!Cat, Bandit the Cavy isn’t available for sniffing, there are never enough ear-rubs. It’s tough, being Trundles. Pretty soon he’ll wander into my bedroom, still grousing, hop up on my bed, […]

Lettuce Fetish

Wandering around Portland, you can find out a lot about your fellow creatures. More, in fact, than you ever wanted to know.

Parenting Doorway

By the time this post is finished the kids will be out of school for the year. Everyone will be heaving a gigantic sigh of relief. It was a difficult year for the Little Prince, indeed, but he’s made it through. Thank goodness. It’s kind of like the good bits of release day–all this stuff […]

School Daze

Last night’s piano practice was so frustrating I almost took the sledgehammer to the damn thing. Part of the problem is my practices have fallen off lately, what with the end-of-school-year rush. Another part was my exhaustion; my eyelids were still twitching. It takes a while to bounce back after a weekend like the last. […]

Peace, Finally

I volunteered this last weekend at the Rose City Book & Paper Fair–I always like to be around books, and it was good to help out local used booksellers. It was a LOT of people, though, and I’m still twitching a bit. My introvert tendencies have solidified; it takes a massive amount of energy to […]

New Room

I painted my bedroom the exact shade of green I’ve always wanted. Now that he can climb back up on my bed for his midmorning nap, Trundles approves.

Inevitable Brainmelt

I must be ready to achieve liftoff on the third Gallow & Ragged book, because yesterday I had an intense spike of irritation having to do with the printer. It must have sensed I was distracted, and thought it could escape work by simply remaining still and quiet, even though it has plenty of toner. […]

No Capes

The Little Prince took a bad spill off his scooter yesterday and hobbled home with both knees bunged up. It’s the first time he’s ever had to limp back after a fall, which may have been why he came in and yelled “I’M BLEEDING!” I didn’t know I could still move that fast. On the […]

While Running

So many things nobody told me about running. I can’t list them all, so here’s five. 1. Bubbles. Running shakes everything loose, not just little things like plot points, problems, and ponytails. The most embarrassing, of course, is the stomach massage from the core keeping one upright as well as the bouncing and jouncing–all this […]

Nap Harder

When will I stop posting pictures of Trundles sleeping? NEVER. NEVERNEVERNEVER. You’re welcome.