Cloudy all day. That's become a refrain, hasn't it? It's currently about 80˚F, heat index 85˚F.

I did quite a lot of work today, including starting that stack of "cheat sheet" note cards for The Night Watchers. I hate doing this. It isn't writing. It's a weird sot of playing at seeing the future. It's a lie. I have no idea what will happen in this ( Read more... )

It was a blessedly dull sort of Tuesday. I didn't even want the good sort of excitement today. I did a little work. I started reading Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff, because I haven't read it since college. I went to the market with Spooky. She made spaghetti. We watched Deadliest Catch and Master of Dark Shadows. I really did enjoy the latter. My ( Read more... )

Just before sunset, a thunderstorm knocked out our internet, so we're at my mom's in Leeds ( Read more... )

Hot today. Currently, it's 84˚F, with the heat index at 93˚F. Our high is forecast at 93˚F, and we have a heat advisory this afternoon, because the heat index could reach 105˚F.

Yesterday, for Spooky's birthday, we saw The Wizard of Oz (1939) at the Alabama Theater. Spooky had never seen it on a big screen, and I love the Alabama more than just ( Read more... )

"Same birds that followed me to school when I was young ( Read more... )