February. The blinky, nutmeg glamour of the holidays is long gone. Everyone is saying how they regret wishing for a “real” winter after some pretty mild ones over the last few years. Nature answered with a vengeance. Both types of winter reveal that we need to take better care of our planet and our climate. These regular mood swings of Mother Nature are rough.
Oh! Hey! Hi! Didn’t realize this thing was on. Continue reading Dunkaccinos and Optional Loin Girding – February 2019 Month in Review
Right now I’m sitting in my son’s trombone lesson, awaiting a stampede of horny moose to show up in response to some of the sounds being made in this room.
Optimal writing conditions. Exactly how Virginia Woolf recommended we work. Continue reading Stampeding Moose
This song shuffled up this morning. It’s appropriate not only because of content and also because, like the Monkees on the album cover, I, too, am wearing a turtleneck today.
I’m somewhere between Zero draft and First Draft and need to do some sort of work that “rewrite” doesn’t quite cover. “First Aid” feels closer to the truth. “Excorcism” is probably most accurate. Continue reading Zero to One Draft: Take One. Or Zero.
Jackie Pick 