The show must go on...

Weather people promised a nice day in the sixties. But if it arrived it happened sometime this afternoon when I wasn't looking. No matter. Fairly productive day at the keyboard with only one minor interruption. (Passing along body work bids for the truck.)

Also managed a quick trip to Starbucks, and a jaunt to the gym mid-afternoon. Home early to prep dinner. Play tonight. Wild Honey. Looking forward to see what KL's done with it.

Not sure what's happening in the real world, and not sure I want to know. Need to stick to my own little smidgen of the universe where, it turns out, I'm delinquent yet again in my letter writing and phone call correspondence. (Be easier if I had something to say!)

Been thinking about Texas lately. A trip to visit the kid. 

There's more to this than this, right?

Creeping up on the tail end of another week. Sunny today. Warm, too, given it's the second of November. Managed a productive morning despite the fact I didn't get a whole lot of time at the keyboard. Looking ahead to the weekend when there won't be so many interruptions.

Made it to the gym mid-afternoon for a quick workout. Then off to school to ransom young J. Kid cracks me up. Got ratted on for biting someone's leg today. Reminded me of the old Plutarch line. The one he puts in the mouth of Alcibiades in "Lives." Greek kid: Alcibiades, you bite like a girl. Alcibiades: No, I bite like a lion!

Gotta keep punching. Quit letting small things get me down. Seems like forever since I've had an acceptance slip, and longer still since I've written anything worthwhile. Know that can't be right, but that's the way it feels.

No memoir material here...

Cool morning turned into a warm afternoon. Mostly. Lotta goings on today with clients. Managed some time at the keyboard, then went off looking for estimates from body shops. (Dinged quarter panel, broken tail light on the truck.) Hit the gym afterward, grocery store too. Red letter day all around.

Halloween...

Looked out the window this morning, down at the street, and saw snow on the car tops. But the sun came out and the day warmed and things turned out better than expected. Looked after small stuff most of the day, but managed a quick trip to the gym before chasing down young J.

Many a ghost and hobgoblin out tonight. Trick or treated with the boys a while then came home and made dinner. Quiet night. Looking forward to a good night's rest.

Clouds...

One bleak-ass day for sure. Temps dropped into the thirties, a cloud the size of Texas descended over the front range, and everything fell into gloom.

Wrote a long while in the morning, then headed off for the gym and the grocery store. Not much else along the way.

Missing those summer days already. Not ready for the cold.

Had a bad dream about family last night. Woke me up, and I never got back to sleep. Got me wondering about a lot of things. A lot of things.

No one gets out alive...

Did a lot of research today. A lot of mulling. Managed a few revisions, then set out to finish the shingling of the shed. Somewhere in the midst of the work the phone rang, and with it a bit of bad news. Be glad to see the new week come. A chance at something different.

Crack me a beer, I've had it...

Just noticed. November's around the corner. Christ. 

Been a day of many doings. Put in some time at the keyboard, then finished the dinosaur project for Z's birthday. Lotta work those dinosaurs. Afternoon flew by and the best I can say about it is, it flew by under blue skies and sunshine.

Gonna regroup and see what tomorrow brings. Like to go fishing, but will probably end up doing yardwork and finishing the shingling of the shed.

Uninspired, I know.

No fist bump necessary...it's all in a day's work...

Up at 6:00 for an early coffee with G. Good to see him doing well, hearing about his projects. Sad to know he and V. plan to pick up their tent and move to LA, permanently. Doubt we'll see one another after that happens.

Put in some good work when I got home. Gonna have to stay focused to manage this longer piece, but looking forward to the challenge. Meanwhile, shorter pieces to fret over. 

Had a little bit of time at the gym. Worked it hard, and fast. After, killed time putting a second coat of paint on the dinosaur cake display for Z's fifth birthday. Also got an estimate on the damage done to the truck. 

Looking forward to a quiet evening.

Soldiering on...

Cool weather blew in today and looks to stick around for a day or so. Morning came on in a hurry and stayed hurried into the afternoon and evening. Got some good revisions in place, made a few errand runs, and spent what was left of the time looking after little things.

K back from Italy. Sounds like it was a nice trip. Looking forward to catching up on all the details next time we talk. Italy. Mmm. Like to see it again some day.

Not sure what's going on in the world beyond the usual nonsense. Guess that's a good thing. Whatever comes, looking forward to a nice tomorrow morning with my old buddy G, then putting in some serious time at the keyboard.

Lost and found...

Spent the morning working on a long stretch of narrative, only to have a longer one with the same storyline come stare me down in an older file. Not sure which is the stronger, or which to pursue. Serendipitously, while searching for background material, I came across the draft of a story I'd altogether forgotten about. And it wasn't bad. Guess I'll have my hands full here for a while.

So not all of the day was squandered. Which is nice after not having gotten much of a night's sleep. Cracked tooth, or whatever, shocked me awake around 2:30, and I never found my way back. Downed a couple of Aleve around 3:30, but the damage had already been done. Couldn't close my eyes.

Biding time...

Another (mostly) lost day. Errands, distractions, lots of little stuff. One commercial project out the door, but lost most of the afternoon to the dentist, repairing the new crown that lasted a whole whopping week. Thought I might have cracked another tooth waiting for the crown to come in. Hurts like hell but was told it doesn't look cracked--yet--and that I should ride it out. Got to the gym for a quick workout, then ran off to school to pick up J. Needless to say, I'm beat. Looking ahead to a productive day tomorrow. Gotta remember to take the truck in for a bodywork estimate if I don't do anything else.

Been drifting into this dark place, and can't put a finger on why. Well, maybe I can. Anyway, gotta pull myself out of it. Get lost in some new work. Try and find some real sleep. Need to get a letter off to D this week, too. Been a while since I wrote. 

Goodnight, Irene...

Not sure this one ever got off the ground. Woke up late, started slow, and except for a decent draft of a new Philharmonic letter, barely got it into second gear.

Cool today. Sunny, too, but a long way from shirt sleeves.

Made it to the gym late, and didn't stay long owing to some late day obligations.

Spent the early part of the evening on the phone with AT&T, trying to find out what happened to my longtime email account. Never mind the specifics. They make the head spin. Suffice it to say teiresias@att.net is no longer with us. Not for any practical intent.

Did I mention I hate technology? And a lot of other things?

Screw it. Like the man said...

"Sometimes I live in the country/sometimes I live in the town/sometimes I get a great notion/to jump in the river and drown"

Another short weekend...

Lazy day compared to most. Home late last night after dinner with old friends, up late this morning after a short night's sleep.

Got the reader draft of the new story in place. Calling it "Devotion." Think it's got some legs, but won't turn it loose on the world until it's cooled down and had another edit or two.

Read a little this afternoon, then went off to the lumber yard and hardware store. Could have gone to the gym, but had no ambition. Will start in again tomorrow after a better rest.

Pretty day. Had hoped to go fishing, but there again didn't quite manage. Trees have been holding their leaves (mostly), and the skies have been blue with a few high, scudding clouds. Supposed to snow later in the week. Hope that's just a rumor.

Visit from young J today. Good for some laughs, that's for sure. 

Make me an angel that flies from Montgom'ry...

Tech glitches messing with my life. Otherwise, no complaints.

Up a little late today, but at the keyboard early making revisions. New manuscript is reader draft ready. Time to move on to the next one.

Driving to Denver tomorrow to have dinner with an old friend. Looking forward to catching up.

Like to have rolled in the leaves today. Pretty afternoon, full of fall. Not ready to let go of it yet.

Sweet fall day...

Near comeback. Up late, but after a decent night's sleep. Spent the morning looking after small stuff, typing a few lines, and answering emails. Not much else. Took a brief trip downtown to Zeezo's to hunt up a chain and lantern for young J's halloween costume, but got skunked in the process. Downtown was bustling. Day was beautiful. Just no chains and lanterns to be found.

Made a brief jog to the gym and got in a light, fast workout. Home again afterward, then off to pre-school and other errands. Gonna try and finish the reader draft of the new story tomorrow. Think I'm close. Have good feelings about this one.

Don't know what's going on in the world, and don't really care. Wanna sit back and enjoy the weekend, maybe finish the cedar shingles on the shed and prune some of the trees. Bag up a truckload of leaves. Read. We'll see.

Made it this far...

Mom off this morning. Nice visit. Managed to pack in a lot of action, including a wheelchair trip up the side of the mountain in San Luis, a neighborhood potluck, and a visit to the Fine Arts Center. More in between, but too much to put down on paper. Suffice it to say we're looking forward to some time alone. Gotta regroup before the trip to Denver on Saturday.

Didn't get as much time this morning as expected, but still managed to put in some time at the keyboard--the first in days--and jot down a few revisions on the new story. Took off for the gym early afternoon, trying catch up after three days, and managed a decent workout that proved more tiring than it should have. Got home tired and ready for a rest. Looking forward to a good night's sleep.  

The shapes of things...

Trying to bend reality here. Influence the direction of things. Push the negative energy aside and find peace in the margins.

Gonna be a long few days ahead, what with visitors, social obligations, and the like. Wouldn't be so cumbersome to work with if there wasn't a cold around every corner. Seems like we've been battling back chest/head stuff for two straight years. Non-stop.

Dinner party tonight. Gotta go get cleaned up. 

Turn, turn, turn...

So, it's come round to this! Thursday again!

Shuffled back and forth between little things and the keyboard today. Made headway with both, though not as much as I would have liked. Took a late morning walk in falling leaves. Temps in the high seventies, easy breezes, lots of sunshine and smiling faces. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day.

Didn't make it to the gym, owing to other responsibilities, but that's life. Will catch up tomorrow.

Over, under, sideways, down...

Not sure where this one went. Lotta craziness. 

Somewhere in the midst of looking after little things, managed to get another batch of good revisions in on the new story. Who knows, might have a reader draft before I know it. 

Why do I keep hoping I'll find a practical way to schedule my days?

Needed a Starbuck's bad. Didn't get it. Gonna settle in with a bottle of wine instead and relive Sunday, on the water, working my fly rod.

Moving briskly along...

Wouldn't call it winter, exactly. But the first taste of brisk weather in a while. Snow never arrived--just a few flurries mid-morning--so we dodged a bullet. Leaves are still clinging to the trees, grass is still green and the forecast calls for warmer temps as the week moves along.

Put in revisions on the new story, and shored up the ending. Still a ways away from being finished, but well along and feeling like it's going to be a solid one. Funny, but I took the piece to be a bit lighter when it started out. Not that it's a downer or anything, but it's taken on gravitas I hadn't expected.

Mom coming for a visit at week's end. Dinner with J & K on Friday evening, too. Gonna be a busy few days. Glad the weather's going to improve. Like to see a few more weeks of Indian summer.