Total words: 813 (but I do plan to write more later today)Manuscript total: 6,483 First, an Adele parody that will hopefully make you smile. And with that out of the way with… happy Sunday! I realized that this Sunday feels *almost* like any other Sunday. That is to say — Read more…
Total words: 562Manuscript total: 5,670 This morning, I slept in until 6:30am — highly unusual for me — and instead of jumping into my day’s to-do-list as I drank my first cup of coffee, I did something else unusual. I sat on the couch, and I watched the sunlight play Read more…
Total words: 742 (I woke up late!)Manuscript total: 5,108 Last night after a long run-hike, which included having to bypass a flooded area, which in turn led to getting lost, which in turn led to forging a new trail through a meadow, which in turn led to leaping a gulley Read more…
Total words today: 1,124Manuscript total: 4,366 I’ve been re-reading Viktor E. Frankl’s seminal work, Man’s Search for Meaning. My progress has been slow; I read a page or two or five each night, which is why I’m only about two-thirds through despite reading it since early February. I think it Read more…
Total words so far today: 1,090Manuscript total: 3,242 Apparently, I needed to be reminded that I thrive when I have routines, projects, and to-do-lists to focus on. Oh — and also, that reading the news obsessively during a time like this is a quick route to depression. I had been Read more…
Total words written today: 1,104Manuscript total: 2,152 of 150,000 (estimated) I just did the math and… I realized I only have about five or six weeks left of my master’s degree program! Yippee! I “go back to school” today, unlike many across our nation, after a one-week spring break. It’s Read more…
Back in the summer when I first started blogging more regularly, I decided to go all John Steinbeck and keep a journal (or blog, in my case) documenting my progress on Soldier of Dorsa. Then the school year started and I had to give up the practice of daily progress Read more…
(A bunch of random things in this post today! Some COVID-19 related and some not). I know a lot of people are feeling down right now. Some people are anxious about COVID-19; others are anxious about the notion that they might have to stay indoors and away from friends and Read more…
Hi friends, how’s the social distancing treating you? I’m a happy camper over here in San Diego. I’ve been teaching myself more about watercolors and mapmaking as I work on my Empire of Dorsa maps. But anyway, guess what I have to share today?! The first twenty minutes of the Read more…
Today is March 15. And you know what Julius Caesar would tell you, right?? “Cave Idus Martii.” That’s Latin for “Beware the Ides of March.” In case you don’t know the story, Caesar was warned by a seer to be extra careful on March 15th, but he blew the warning Read more…