I didn't quite miss that Kris Kristofferson died on the 28th, only almost. And keep forgetting to say anything here. And yet, he was a tremendous part of my musical landscape growing up. Albums like Kristofferson (1970) and Jesus Was a Capricorn (1974) were among my mom's favorites, and so...they were always there. I recall eight-track versions of ( Read more... )

Very sunny today. Our high was 86F.

Getting back on my feet. Today I dealt with backed-up correspondence, which was threatening to topple over and smother me in 1s and 0s. I went outside for some Vitamin D. I rewrote the Bright Dead Star flap copy for Bill, because the flap copy I wrote on May 16th sorta stunk. It came out much better this time. ( Read more... )

Sunny and hot today, with a heat advisory. We reached 93F, with a heat index of 101F. Then a thunderstorm rolled through this afternoon, a violent storm that cooled everything off.

I was up at 5:30 a.m. and writing by 6 a.m. I did another 1,100 words (exactly) on "A Buyer's Guide to Commonplace Bizarreness." Later, I played some Guid Wars 2. And I ( Read more... )

Sunny today. Our high was 83˚F ( Read more... )

Eh. Weather. Yeah. Cooler today. We only reached 68˚F, but it'll be in the seventies again tomorrow. We had some sun. Sun is good.

No writing. I spent most of the day reading.

Today would have been Elizabeth's 51st birthday. Frankly, I'm glad she was spared living long enough to see what has become of the world.

I finished Richard Adams' ( Read more... )

Never before has it been so warm that have I been able to leave windows open all day on Xmas and the day after, except possibly during the three years of my childhood spent in Jacksonville, Florida (1969-1972). As we approach sunset, my window is still open. Our high today was 76˚F, and it is is currently 72˚F ( Read more... )

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... )

Yeah, so...mostly cloudy yesterday and a rainy night. Our high was a measly 73˚F, and the heat index only got up to 74˚F.

And because I can be kind of an idiot, I got nothing done. No writing. No paleo'. Wasted day. Lost day.

Last night we watched Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970) on the Criterion Channel, which is still hilariously brilliant, some ( Read more... )

No, really. Michael Kelso said so ( Read more... )

Sunny today, and then stormy, and now sunny again. Currently, it's only 80˚F, with the heat index at 83˚F ( Read more... )