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Family

THE DAY Since I knew a daughter would be coming in today, got up early, caffeinated, worked on the book a bit, and then it was time to head over to the gym for a quick workout (only 75 minutes…

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Math Dreams

THE DAY Woke up this morning from a terrible dream where I wandered into a classroom only to discover that everyone was taking a test and not only had I missed that test, but I’d never gone to class and…

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Brainstorming

THE DAY Spent the entire day brainstorming this short story proposal.  A road I thought the story should take never materialized, and so I went with it, decided to let the story just go where it wanted.  Believe me, it’s tough to make something…

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Buckling Down

THE DAY Or maybe that should be buckling in. Yet another blustery, rainy day. Once again, took the glider down so it wouldn’t blow over (but it did anyway, even without being suspended, which is a pisser because I had…

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Blood on the Cutting Room Floor

THE DAY Started off the day knowing that I couldn’t spend it all on the book because there are other things demanding my attention: an anthology proposal and the assignment for a cover design class that I began last night…

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Just … Focused

THE DAY Pretty short and pretty sweet, because I’ve been working all day on either the book or my covers design thing, and now it’s late and I’m beat. SO–got up at my usual time (although the rain didn’t end…

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Thankful

THE DAY Socked in from the moment I got up, which I guess is sort of a White Christmas. It rained nonstop.  As in all day, from the moment I woke up to a deep rumble at 4 a.m. and…

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The Problem With Holidays

THE DAY Here’s the thing: the problem with holidays is that your husband, whom you see every day, is suddenly underfoot.  As in…all the time.  Not that he’s bothering me; he understands that I have work and he has his….

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Before the Storm

Which is raging now, actually. We’ve known this has been coming all day.  The airwaves were all abuzz.  So I planned my day around the idea that I might be making a trip into the storm cellar. This also meant…

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Letting the Weird Out

THE DAY A very gray morning, entirely socked in. Drank coffee, and then spent entirely too much time fretting over an article about my alma mater.  Without getting into too much gory detail, suffice to say that the college, like…

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