• Think calm thoughts

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! Airplane ride. Need I say more? But, of course, it's me, so I am; I will. I have the…

  • If only it had worked

    I woke up in the dark, staring at the ceiling. You know that instant awake, that usually means you've heard…

  • A day for comics

    Friday was a very disrupted day. Jon and I had an appointment in the morning, and we had parent/teacher conferences…

  • Yesterday was good

    I went back to my desk after lunch and was much more productive yesterday. Part of it was, I think,…

  • The sun is hot, and I’m slow

    I have been staring at the same page of the Merry book all morning. I haven't a sentence to my…

  • The work begins

    It's been too long since I was working on the next Merry book, SWALLOWING DARKNESS. So I printed off the…

  • We have a new favorite zombie movie

    I have a new favorite zombie movie. It's called "Fido". No, that's not a mistype. Think an old-fashioned boy and…

  • Some wounds never heal

    No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. Robert Frost Frost is one of my favorite American poets.…

  • Feed the birds

    Just finished filling the bird feeders. Didn't want to do it. It's so cold that going outside for any reasons…

  • Gremlins

    Okay, the title of this post says it all. This was our day yesterday. First, the hot tub broke. The…