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No, this is NOT the first time Marilyn and I have tackled NaNoWriMo (Nation Novel Writing Month -- I can never seem to remember the full name, by the way!). We both won in 2005 and 2008. What's surprising is that it's been ten years since the last time we did it ( Read more... )

Today is Halloween -- but it's actually nearing midnight. Marilyn and I (crazy as we are) are at the Portland Airport! We're here for a NaNoWriMo meetup, where a bunch of people sit around together wanking ( Read more... )

I spent much of the day rearranging in our home office. As everybody knows, I work there frequently. In the last four months, Marilyn has been writing a story and using her home computer quite often. But the set up didn't work that well for her. So I wanted to se if I could improve it ( Read more... )

My Potentials Unlimited 'tape' (mp3 download, actually) is playing away. I'm lying in my family room chair and Marilyn is lying on the family room sofa, sound asleep. The tape puts her right off, I'm pleased to report ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I are on vacation (or perhaps in light of our current Beatles Mania I should say 'on holiday') this week. So even though I'm already struggling with blogging, I'm never good about it during vaca. Just too wound up, or something. Or not wound up, as we spend ages just lying around, or SLEEPING. And that's great, right ( Read more... )

Surprise, surprise! They're calling it 'Maryhill Stonehenge' now! Will wonders never cease. Interesting ( Read more... )

I went out to the park and walked today. I chatted on my cell with sister Sue much of the time. I had a total STRANGER stop his big truck in the middle of the street to tell me "exercise will make you live longer." (He was an older black man with a younger black woman sitting beside him.) I have to say I did not find him encouraging, but rather it ( Read more... )

I started having pain on Sunday. It's gotten increasingly worse each day ( Read more... )

Marilyn is having an extremely busy work-week already (two days in). Lots of meetings. She didn't get home until close to 8:00 last night ( Read more... )