I’m getting this one in before the New Year! Hooray! Every time I put together one of these round-ups, I feel pride in my work , the inevitable regret that I couldn’t do more, and the usual discomfort with self-promotion. This is a reminder to myself that all of these are normal and expected. For […]
Well, dang. After an additional read-through — on top of the revisions, polish pass, and proofread — I uploaded the final files this morning for Sinister Snare‘s October 10 launch, only to discover that the placeholder file I’d uploaded last year had gone live on Google Books over the summer. I’m not sure how that happened, […]
I’m late on this one, but I’m still putting this out there. Like last year, I feel self-conscious about posting such a list, but this needs to be an annual habit. Maybe next time I’ll put a reminder in my ToDoist and/or my bullet journal to make sure it happens in a more timely manner. […]
So much for my plan to blog regularly about my post-surgical recovery. The truth is, after my total knee replacement surgery on July 18, it took a long while for me to feel up to writing anything. I don’t mean that to sound scary or ominous; rather, surgery is a major trauma to the body, […]
The surgery is tomorrow morning! I’ve been running through my checklists to make sure I get everything done. I’d set aside some time today to attend to what seemed like a huge amount of prep work—like preparing ready-to-go meals for the week ahead, and laundering the bed linens and towels—and then found that I […]
With major surgery coming up next week, I’m taking a stab here at documenting my experience in case it helps someone else. Anxiety and excitement share the same physical characteristics: increased heart rate, butterflies in the stomach, singular mental focus, and so on. Years ago, I was on the eve of a skydiving adventure with […]
If you subscribe to my newsletter or follow me on social media, you already know that we recently adopted a dog. Everyone, please meet Jax—aka, the Manatee of Dogs, because he is a sweet-tempered, gentle giant. Our current guess is that Jax is a Great Dane/Black lab mix—a Labradane (or a Danelab, if you want […]
