“Fiction? I hate fiction!” That’s my new rallying cry. Sorry, you kinda had to be there. It snowed a little last night. We could still see some of it in the trees up on the mountain this afternoon: Today was…
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Rainforest Writers Village, Day Two
First, the good news: – enjoyed a lovely pancake breakfast, courtesy of Patrick.– enjoyed a lovely talk on setting by Kat.– delicious sandwiches for lunch!– enjoyed a lovely talk on reading aloud by Mary.– nice salmon dinner and conversation with…
Rainforest Writers Village, Day One
Highlights from our first day at the Rainforest Writers Village: We arrived last night so we could spend today sightseeing, and we did. Recommended by both the AAA guy who gave us our Olympic Peninsula map and Shawn(sp?), the front…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Kibitz”
This story isn’t very good. I was literally falling asleep Tuesday afternoon as I wrote the first draft. (Next week’s won’t be that great either. You’ve been warned.) Read “Kibitz” at 512 Words or Fewer
There’s Good News and There’s Bad News
DeeAnn and I had a great time on JoCo Cruise Crazy last week, and had an all-too-brief visit with my VPXII classmate Julia and her husband the following weekend (they live near Fort Lauderdale, where the cruise ship port was)….
Postcard #4
From our friend Lisa, currently living in London–and, apparently, having “[a]lcohol for breakfast.” Um, Lisa, is there anything we need to talk about?
The Hump Day Report
Woke up early-ish this morning to take Tye to the vet for another ECG (result: he responded normally to atropine, so apparently he just has a slow resting heart rate), then played hooky in the afternoon to go see Scott…
A History of My Day in Six Glasses
Coca-Cola Classic to accompany brunch at the downtown Palo Alto Creamery;a cup of coffee to go with a slice of cake at Prolific Oven;a mango mint margarita with appetizer at Cascal;an orange Italian soda to cool off at Books Inc.;Bushmills…