Clouds and rain today, with some sun. Dreary, in the end. The high was only 82F.

We spent part of the day reading through what's been written so far on The Night WatchersNo sooner does Cormac McCarthy die, I get news that an old acquaintance in Athens, Georgia, William "Ort" Carlton is dead ( Read more... )

Mostly sunny today, but still cool. Our high was only 80F ( Read more... )

Cloudy all morning and early afternoon, but finally the sun came out. Our high was 49˚F ( Read more... )

Cloudy this morning, sunny this afternoon. Our high was 67˚F ( Read more... )

Primarily, who will control Congress.

Cloud much of today, thanks to Hurricane Nicole. But no rain here. No wind. our high was 74˚F.

I slept poorly last night. I got up at 5 a.m. I began writing about 6 a.m. I did another 1,085 words on the new Tinfoil Dossier novella, beginning Section 7. And then I spent a chunk of time editing MP2. I talked ( Read more... )

Another sunny and freakishly warm day. Our high was 76˚F, with a heat index of 78˚F ( Read more... )

The clouds moved in late today. There was a beautiful pink sky, just before dark and I expect that will be the last sunlight we see for two or three days, as Tropical Storm Claudette passes over the southeast.

I spent most of the day reading favorite books, building momentum to write. Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World. Cormac McCarthy, Suttree. ( Read more... )

Overcast at the moment, though there was sun earlier. Currently, it's only 80˚F, with the hat index at 85˚F ( Read more... )

I actually am not sure I have the words to express how much I hate winter. The cold weather. The barren trees. All of it. For what it's worth, it's warmer today, currently 43˚F, with the windchill at 34˚F. We made it up into the low fifties yesterday.

No real progress on The Tindalos Asset yesterday ( Read more... )

More snow last night, not much, but it's the thought that counts. It's only December 15th, and already I am sick of the fucking snow. Currently, it's 28˚, sunny, and the windchill is at 16˚F.

We saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi yesterday. There an unfortunate sagginess about it's midsection - all that business at the space casino, all that - and I ( Read more... )