Going from 58-degrees to 115

I spent the first week in July visiting my parents in California. It passed in a happy blur, full of all sorts of new experiences for Critter: his first fireworks, and a day trip to the ocean. The central California coast was too cool in the summer for him to swim--it was in the high 50s--but he did touch the ocean at Cayucos and was awed at the size of Morro Rock.

But alas, good times must come to an end. We returned to the Phoenix area on Saturday. It's supposed to be 115 here on Monday and Tuesday. I reeeeaaally need to hurry up and win the lottery so I can move to Cayucos...

Meanwhile, back in reality, there were several bits of amazing writing news last week that I can share now.

- My poem "Monsoon Sunset" was published at Every Day Poets.

- My story "Reading Time," previously published at Daily Science Fiction, was translated into Persian and published in Iran's Farheekhtegan. How cool is that?!

- I was interviewed by author Alethea Kontis.