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Sunday, October 26, 2014

A little overnight breeze...

and the beautiful golden tree by my deck is starkers! Every seasonal change has its benefits: Now I can see the mountain unobstructed by the abundance of leaves on that tree. I can feel the building energy towards family holidays, and the coming snows. I can't help it, I like snow... I like it falling magically even at the end of the winter when I am tired of it on the ground. This morning, the green lawn across the street is all gone to golden brown, under the blanket of the leaves that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Well, here it is...

http://maglomaniac.com/heat-episode-1/ and here's hoping the link works! In other news... A couple of years ago, we started welcoming a lovely though a little weathered, long-haired black kitty to the house in Olympia. The established cats had no use for him, but I couldn't resist how he adored being petted! He came and went as he was inclined... I called him Mojo. This week, Charlie's dad had to take Mojo to the vet. It was discovered that Mojo is chipped. He has returned to the home he left 3... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

I sigh...

In the past couple of weeks I have signed on to both Facebook and Twitter. It's embarrassing, but my writing jobs are requiring it, the use of social media to promote the work. They both present a torrent of information, and though you can be somewhat selective what comes down the chute, there is always more and more, and a lot that you really can't care about, or give brain-space. The thing is, there are some also very interesting things that happen, that come before your eyes and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Waking early on purpose

I woke up during the night, thinking each time, I should get up and look... Finally, I did... Out on the back porch, blocking the neighbors' over-bright porch lights, I sat and looked. According to the news, Earth was passing through the remnant of the tail of Halley's Comet, that the viewing of meteors would be best in the early morning hours. Usually, I am unsure where in the sky to keep watch, but the name of this shower made it easy: the Orionids. Orion strides over the sky after midnight,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Cover Art

Today I have been trading e-mails with the publisher for HEAT. The ideas he has sent me already are better than some of the indie book covers I have been seeing lately. (TOM UGLY's cover is exceptionally good, and now I want one like that!) I have just sent more fine-tuning ideas for the graphic, and several samples of fonts for the title and author name that seem to me to fit better with the themes of the story. It's a thought, too, to go with something abstract to convey the HEAT that the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 19, 2014

It was cold and dark...

Well, cool and dawn was barely showing... I woke up hungry. Really hungry! Am I channeling the cat? No, I was actually really hungry. Larder is a bit sparse, the main ingredient is creativity. Chicken broth... chopped onions, the last of a bag of fresh shitake mushrooms... ah, that half-can of corn! And the remnant of coconut milk still clinging to the can... half a head of Napa cabbage... Half a lime needed using up, and a teaspoon of dried basil-- Soup! Best soup ever-- It didn't last the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 17, 2014

The Missing Link

The fella in charge at Eat Your Serial say that redirect to the warning page is a glitch. The Cloudflare people actually are a security service EYS uses. He suggested I try another server, which I did, as I also use Internet Explorer, and that worked fine. I have a similar problem when I try to ticket on SW Airlines. Chrome won't support it. IE does. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Sun's just up on another warm day...

Could be the last of the year. The mountain is a-glow, and what clouds there are have gone from pink to gold. I brought in the tenderest plants again yesterday evening, as nights are dropping into the frost range. The maple tree off the deck had begun to change to its fine yellow gown, and fall colors are everywhere! I am halfway through the final revision of HEAT and have promised to send it back, ready to go to publication, later today. The overall site is MEGALOMANIAC, an online magazine that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

We took a walk over high places...

Charlie, Davy and I had a pleasant stroll around the upper reaches of Palmer Park. The day is clear and warm, and though we couldn't let Davy off-leash there, he didn't seem to mind much. Well, he hardly ever minds very well, but that's another thing. The autumn colors were rich! https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

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