Oh, yeah. Early coffee with my buddy, G. Late afternoon phone call with my buddy B. Rest of the day ran a close second.
Worked out, put in some research time, blew the rest of the day goofing off reading.
Back at it tomorrow.
Tonight, who knows?
Taking the small wins where I can...
At it early.
Scripts off, critiques off, a new short in the drafting.
Weather cheered up, too. Sunny. All day.
Got in a good workout, and a long walk. Also picked up a reader draft of the new book. Somewhere in the middle of all that, intercepted a FaceTime call from Matty.
Also, a long talk with my bro, Joe.
Pretty good day, all in all.
Need to be up early tomorrow for coffee with G at the Broadmoor. Run a few errands afterward. Also need to get on the new submissions.
Plugging away...
More snow this morning!
Up a tad later than usual, but hit it hard and made for a productive day.
Drafted four critiques, put the all-but-finishing touches on the commercial piece, and did a little research.
Spoke to my sister M about an upcoming project, and capped off the afternoon with a FaceTime call from Jack and Matty.
Even got in a workout.
Hope to make even more headway tomorrow. Felt good branching out.
There, that wasn't so bad, was it...
Woke to snow this morning. That, and another story in my N queue.
Worked on revisions early, then off to a new draft. A bit of research.
Got in a nice workout with the rope and dumbbells, then back to the draft. Arm’s making improvement, though more slowly that I hoped. Same could be said of the writing.
Gonna put everything into the commercial piece tomorrow, and try and free up the rest of the week for critiques, etc. We’ll see what kind of progress I make.
Till then.
Taking it as it comes...
Made it here in one piece.
Productive day, writing-wise and otherwise. Got in a walk and a good workout, too. Later, spent an hour or so with Jackie on FaceTime.
Clear skies through most of the afternoon. Heavy cloud cover later in the day. Looks like the weather folks might be right for a change. Snow overnight and maybe into the morning.
Gotta say I’m getting more and more curious about the tree repairs we put in last year. I know it’s a long way off, but I’m hoping the locust in the back yard can find a way to come back around.
Some new commercial work came in today. Need to punch it into high gear tomorrow, get some drafts going and a start on the N reviews.
All or nothing, right?
The finishing touches...
Good day.
Made some nice edits, read three N stories and made notes, set myself up to hit the ground running on Monday.
Got in a decent workout and a walk, too.
No complaints.
Things to think about...
Finished another pass on the book. Calling it a reader draft. Can’t stand to look at it for a while, so I’m going to pass it off onto someone else and get back to the short fiction for a while.
Got out for a long walk today, and it felt good. Did a loop around the kids’ old house, up to Safeway and back again. Weather was a little cool, but not bad when the sun was out.
Got in a nap, read one of the N stories in my queue, and caught up on some paperwork. All in all, a pretty okay day.
Big sigh. K got the first of her Covid vaccines today. Who knows, maybe 2021 will get even better.
Read some guy in the Midwest won MegaMillions. A billion dollars before taxes. Yeah.
The best I could do...
Up early. Out to the cottage before six, working through edits on the book. Put in some quality time before moving on.
Worked out mid-afternoon, then went grocery shopping. Didn’t quite get around to the N pieces.
Read Bobbie Ann Mason’s “Shiloh,” last night. First time. What a terrific story.
Lots going on, too little time to keep track.
Looking forward to a quiet, productive weekend.
I'm only in it for the participation trophy...
Wonder what happened here? Just noticed a big hole where several posts should have been.
Anyway. I’m here now.
Good day at the keyboard, while it lasted. Decent workout too, and a nice afternoon walk. Was going to work on few commercial doings, but got waylaid. After that, got lazy and took a long nap.
Weather was pretty nice today after a three day stretch of overcast skies. Not sure what tomorrow’s gonna bring, but think I read a forecast for snow over the weekend.
Had a brief FaceTime with the boys late this afternoon. Jack hogged the phone while Matt shot him with rubber arrows. Needless to say the conversation, while amusing, didn’t last long.
Hoping for an early rise tomorrow. And a winning lottery ticket.
Hurry up, please, it's time...
Another nice day in the Rockies.
Up at a decent hour, revising. Stuff I put in play yesterday seems to have held up, so a reader draft of the novel (before the end of the week) seems more and more likely.
Got another early FaceTime from the boys this morning. They start school proper this coming week, so this may be a last hurrah of sorts. We’ll see.
Got in a nice walk this afternoon. If weather allows, might try jogging the stairs in the soccer park again. Frustrated with the progress of the arm/shoulder but have to remember the rehab’s supposed to take a full year. Some exercises are coming along better than others. Still, need to be cautious about damaging the repairs.
Been having these long involved dreams about the day Jack first went to school.
About the night Matt was born.
Working it out...
Dropped a post somehow.
Guess I’ll stick with this one.
Biceps been hurting a little, but had a good night’s sleep nonetheless. Up early plugging away at the novel. Think I did okay. Back to believing I’ll have a new reader draft in about a week. Eager to get it under some fresh eyes.
Got a couple of new stories in my N queue. Eager to get at those, too.
Had a long FaceTime chat with the boys just before noon. Worked out after, cleaned the house and watched a game. All in all, a pretty good day.
Now if we could only manage a Covid vaccine.
Chili dogs & wine tonight. Maybe a movie. We’ll see how it shakes down.
Geez...
Somehow, the whole day devolved into nothing.
Not bad for the middle of January...
Well, I’ve now lived to see a sitting president impeached twice.
Before it happened, I got in some good edits on the book. Also got in a nice workout and managed to push a bunch of paperwork out the door. After it happened, I got a nap.
Something’s telling me I need to buy my 2021 fishing license tomorrow.
Yeah, that's it...
Nothing to write home about.
Need to suck it up, and get on with tomorrow.
Winging it...
Worked on a couple of new pieces this morning after a long, restless night.
For once, I can’t blame the arm for keeping me awake, though it didn’t feel all that spectacular either. Closed the bathroom door after running Drano down the shower drain, and was forced to listen to Mr. Kitcat caterwaul the rest of the night because I’d shut him out of his current favorite water hole. Biggest bummer was, the treatment didn’t work.
Not sure how much headway I made on the stories either, but no complaints even so. Got in some reading time, a decent workout, and a long chat with Jack on FaceTime.
Pork chops for dinner.
A bottle of wine, maybe.
We’ll see where the evening leads.
Early Saturday evening...
Pretty day. Started out cold and sunny, ended cold and snowy.
Up early working on two pieces, one long one short. Took a break mid-afternoon, then goofed off the rest of the afternoon.
Passed on a workout.
Leaving things at that.
Buddy gonna shut you down...
Woke up to a cold morning. Sun’s coming on sooner now.
Put in some good time at the keyboard, working on a new short. Talked to an old buddy on the phone, too, and after that, worked out. Got some reading in this afternoon. A nap. All in all a quiet day.
For journalistic purposes—which I try mightily to avoid—I’ll note the President’s Twitter account was permanently disabled today.
In other news, life goes on.
Gotta punch things into high gear tomorrow. Tonight, more of the same.
Better things to do...
Forged ahead with the novel revisions, worked out, got the crown fixed, and left the rest of the day to odds and ends.
Hoping to come out strong tomorrow. Maybe finish something. We’ll see what the day brings.
Don't even know what to say...
The day started out so good, and then that pesky coup d’etat thing happened and everybody got real sad.
Getting a crown repaired tomorrow. Should be an upper compared to today.
Only Tuesday...
No idea where this one went. Was up early to work, and everything—pretty much everything—after was a blur.
Worked out, read a little, cooked up a pot of potato leek soup, and that pretty much covers it.
Big run-off election in Georgia tonight. Tomorrow, nothing but blue skies.
DeLillo book? The Silence? Man. It’s gonna take a while to recover from that one. The guy’s some kind of seer. Like nobody else I’ve ever read.