"And all the bells were ringin'..."

Jan 07, 2019 12:06

A night of bad dreams, but I woke to a bright morning, and that helps wash away the dreamsickness. Currently, it's 61˚F. The plan had been to head back out into the field today, but the wetness of the gullies means something else will happen instead ( Read more... )

books, bad dreams, squalor, dreamsick, awards, money, mississippi, paleontology, exhaustion, nightmares, worry, mollusks, coffee, the south

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Things could change financially. ext_1285666 January 7 2019, 19:06:43 UTC
I hope they do for you. When I was 55 I was living in a rooming house; one room. Suddenly things began to change and now I'm 73 and have enough to live on and own what I live in; humble as it is.

Your fame will carry you places that will surprise you. I remember meeting you a few places; one was when you won the Shirley Jackson Award. You are dynamic. I'll never forget you. I'm a writer too, but not nearly as well published as you. But I feel good about where I am and I'm happy with my life-mate too.

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eluneth January 7 2019, 21:49:30 UTC
grey and yellow-grey chalk with plentiful oyster shells from a warm Cretaceous seaway
A lovely and very evocative phrase.

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