"...there's nothing but salt."
Today our high was either 77˚F or 78˚F, depending on the source. It's still 76˚F, and my office window is open. Despite an overcast morning, much of the day was sunny.
I have not had a decent night's sleep in three or four days. Last night, maybe four hours. I was up at 6 a.m., and somehow I managed to write more on the new (untitled as of yet) story. Which is about the only useful thing I managed all day. As the hours went on, and the exhaustion sunk in deeper and deeper, I think I began to veer towards delirious. I dozed a little, but I really cannot nap.
The afternoon's film was George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
The COVID-19 situation in Alabama is now, officially, the worst it has been to date and the worst in the nation, and, of course, it is no coincidence that we have the lowest vaccination rate in the country. To quote this article at AL.com: The surge in positivity rate is unprecedented. From Dec. 12 to Dec. 27 the rate went from 5.8% to 27%. That’s an increase of 366% in just 15 days. For comparison, at the start of the delta wave back in July, what was then the steepest curve yet saw a 269% increase in 25 days, from July 3 to July 27.
Repost from yesterday: I heard from Subterranean Press that, although the limited edition of Vile Affections is sold out, there are still copies of the trade hardback available. But they won't last for long.
I began reading Beasts Before Us, Elsa Panciroli's book on the origin and evolution of mammals, but I didn't get very far.
Oh, and the new issue of Ichthyology and Herpetology arrived, which includes a review of new species described in 2021, but I was too tired to even open it.
Later Tater Beans,
Aunt Beast
6:41 a.m. (just before sunrise)
I have not had a decent night's sleep in three or four days. Last night, maybe four hours. I was up at 6 a.m., and somehow I managed to write more on the new (untitled as of yet) story. Which is about the only useful thing I managed all day. As the hours went on, and the exhaustion sunk in deeper and deeper, I think I began to veer towards delirious. I dozed a little, but I really cannot nap.
The afternoon's film was George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
The COVID-19 situation in Alabama is now, officially, the worst it has been to date and the worst in the nation, and, of course, it is no coincidence that we have the lowest vaccination rate in the country. To quote this article at AL.com: The surge in positivity rate is unprecedented. From Dec. 12 to Dec. 27 the rate went from 5.8% to 27%. That’s an increase of 366% in just 15 days. For comparison, at the start of the delta wave back in July, what was then the steepest curve yet saw a 269% increase in 25 days, from July 3 to July 27.
Repost from yesterday: I heard from Subterranean Press that, although the limited edition of Vile Affections is sold out, there are still copies of the trade hardback available. But they won't last for long.
I began reading Beasts Before Us, Elsa Panciroli's book on the origin and evolution of mammals, but I didn't get very far.
Oh, and the new issue of Ichthyology and Herpetology arrived, which includes a review of new species described in 2021, but I was too tired to even open it.
Later Tater Beans,
Aunt Beast
6:41 a.m. (just before sunrise)