This isn’t representative of him at work. We stopped into the shop on Thanksgiving morning after breakfast, because he wanted to install a part he’d painted for the Jeep transmission, transfer case, power takeoff unit a few days before. I think this part bolted onto the transfer case, but I’m … Continue reading →
In November, I completed a decade of participation in National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known at NaNo. In my first attempt, in 2003, I wrote my first novel, Polar Bear on the Loose. I finished the first draft while deployed to Bahrain in the summer of 2004. Here’s a brief … Continue reading →
I think I mentioned Lady has been sequestered in the cage to keep her from hunting and attacking Rossie. First. Lady does get out of the cage a couple of times a day, but I close the parlor door, and she’s limited to the parlor and kitchen area. She wants … Continue reading →
It’s been a cold, dismal, rainy, glorious week here in Central Texas. I’m sure I’m wrong to enjoy the dreariness and rain, but I do. Here’s a photo of the rain along our north foundation skirt (the house is pier and beam construction about three feet above ground level). We … Continue reading →
Daphne has a clean bill of health and has been free run of all areas of the house the other cats have access to. She’s a delightful kitten. We left her cage up for Lady. When Daphne went for her second kitten shots and her rabies shot, I took Lady … Continue reading →
The adoption gap between Apple and Microsoft seems to be narrowing. Microsoft is the clear winner on entry price alone. Or is it? Apple makes a tremendous little computer called the Mini. It’s designed for people leery of Apple’s higher cost iMacs and MacBooks — Pro or otherwise, with a … Continue reading →
Things got a little slow tonight working on NaNo, so I decided to try a little “conflict” exercise. Too often, I avoid conflict at all costs, and it weakens my fiction. Tonight, I made up two characters on the fly who were told to remain on the couch by their … Continue reading →
I skipped last month’s update, because we were mostly traveling and hadn’t gotten much done. I don’t know what the excuse is for this month. The San Antonio House: We got basic yard work completed. We trimmed the alley hedge. We trimmed the front hedges. We downed a tree by … Continue reading →
It’s a new year, there must be a lot of new projects, right? Not really. I have two writing goals for this year: Finish revisions of Polar Bear on the Loose (which includes finishing the How To Revise Your Novel class) and win National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. … Continue reading →
Sunday afternoon, while I was trying to entice Sneaky to come talk to me, this creature perched on the power pole to the house and began raising a ruckus. I thought it best Sneaky was feeling a little nervous. ‘Twas a beautiful hawk, but I figure it may have been … Continue reading →