The proper care and feeding of Pav #AuthorMaintenance

The summer didn’t go quite the way I planned. I thought I would write the novel follow up toThe Second Sex – I didn’t. I also thought I’d be doing more mom stuff, but these kids have camps and friends and all kinds of things. I’m becoming vestigial. I did take a lot of time to think and plan and reflect though, sometimes while floating in the pool, so it hasn’t been a waste.

I’ve also had a lot of mental health stuff come up, mostly good, some tiring, but it’s really helped me put things in p...