Just after I made my blog entry yesterday, a thunderstorm arrived, and I swear it has been raining almost continuously ever since. Our high today was only 8.1F, with a heat index of 85F. After the unusually hot, dry June and early July, we're jumped back to April.

Yeah, so...early this morning I finished Carrie. Then I sat down to write my little ( Read more... )

Sunny today, but a little cooler. Our high was 69F.

I hardly slept last night thanks to continuing face pain, and work today was iffy. I read back over what I've written on "A Nameless Person of Mysterious Origin." I thought about the introduction and afterwards for Bright Dead Star.

I began reading Lee Berger and John Hawks' Almost Human: The ( Read more... )

A warmer, sunny day. Our high was 75˚F.

This morning I was ready to go to work on the next section of the new Tinfoil Dossier novella, only I wasn't sure what it ought to be. So, there was a lot of dithering, and in two hours of work I got only about 200 words. But these things happen, especially given the fact that I almost never outline anything ( Read more... )

Today's high (before dawn) was 66˚F. Overcast all day.

No writing today.

Richard Leakey has died. One of the greatest paleoanthropologists ever. Oh, and Twitter permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene's account over COVID-19 misinformation. It took them long enough.

I really have nothing but a few posts I made to Twitter:

My only problems ( Read more... )

This will be the disorganized sort of entry.

They happen, sometimes.

Yesterday, I wrote 1,197 words on The Dinosaurs of MarsIt wasn't a bad day, all in all. Just after dark, as we were getting ready to walk, thunderstorms rolled in, and it rained until after midnight, I think. Which was nice, even if we didn't get our walk. What's a little muscle ( Read more... )

An apology regarding yesterday's entry. There were many, many thoughtful comments, and usually I am very good about replying to almost all comments. I am usually very glad for comments. But something went awry yesterday. I don't quite know what. I just sort of feel like I slipped off the face of the world for a bit there. I do very much appreciate ( Read more... )