Stalking the next book
Random bit of street art found on a rock in SE Portland. I love this city. Second draft is out of my hands now, with my draft readers. And right on schedule, as I was taking a shower on Saturday …
Printing, printing, printing
A photo of my guys, because who wants to see a photo of a printer? Unfortunately, the glory of finishing a draft of a novel is closely followed by the drudgery of printing. And printing. And printing. Yes, I know …
Meanwhile, in the garden
Stuff keeps growing. Go figure. Oh…and I finished revising the novel. Second draft will be on its way to my readers, as soon as I get the copies printed out.
Inching my way forward
Walking through it. I’m sad as hell, but moving forward. I can’t focus at all on reading, having a really hard time focusing on writing. I’ve been doing some small bits of knitting, but not finding much comfort in it. …
How it was
(this is not fiction. Oh, how I wish this were fiction) Friday, 6:15am. My son is asleep beside me. Downstairs I hear my husband getting ready to leave for work. I get up to pee. The toilet paper comes away …
The Five Remembrances
(from the Upajjhatthana Sutra) I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill-health. There is no way to escape having ill health. I am of …
Sorry for the long silence
I was very tired for a rather wonderful reason, and now today I’m just tired and sad. I had a miscarriage this morning. Can’t process it now…not here, not yet. I’ll be back in a few days or a week. …
Go buy Lawrence’s art
I’m sitting in the usual Sunday place, working on revisions, and it’s just not going smoothly today. I’ve got to rewrite a tricky scene, with some rather key passages of dialogue, and I keep starting, getting intimidated, backing away. Rinse. …
Warning to the Assembly
Flipping through an old notebook just now, I stumbled across a Buddhist prayer/meditation that I’d copied down ages ago. It’s a contemplation for the close of the day, something we chanted at evening service on meditation retreats. (My…how very long …