Sunny today and a high of 43F, after a nightly low of 35F, though to me it felt much colder.

I think I hardly slept last night. But I got up at 7 a.m., and I worked. I am having to teach myself again that writing is not something I do when I feel like doing it, when I am inspired. It is what I do that pays the bills, which has always been my ( Read more... )

Our last sunny, warm day before Indian summer comes crashing down in days of rain and chilly weather. So, I will leave the window open tonight as long as possible. Our high was 80F, which, to me, is pretty much the perfect temmperature ( Read more... )

We had a red flag alert today. A forest fire warning. I've been worried about that, it has been so dry after such a dry, hot summer. Our high today was 78F.

It was a very budy, hectic day. At the beginning of it, I managed to get another 1,988 words of The Night Watchers, written ( Read more... )

Cloudy most of the day. Our high was 80F.

This was a day whose vilness made yesterday look like Disneyland circa 1957, when it still was the "happiest place on earth." By the way, I think Finland, of all places, uses that as their motto, but who the fuck do they think they're kidding ( Read more... )

Thank you, robyn_ma. I will now have the image of Tilda Swinton as Effie Trinket lodged firmly in my head for days to come. The fucked-up part is that it works. And that Tilda Swinton would, obviously, make a very sexy Effie Trinket. Yeah, it's messed up. (And I'll get back to you about the Hunger Games icon I actually want ( Read more... )