Woke up today without power. So here is the first fire of the season. The power came back on and we put 2,300 words on Hidden Legacy. It's an emotionally violent novel, because everyone gets ripped open: Alessandro has to give up his secrets, Catalina and Nevada have a really heart breaking scene, Alessandro and Catalina have a …
Drugs: A Mother’s Crisis
Image by GAD-BM from Pixabay Kid 1 is taking a cyber security course at UT. It's an evening course, she has to drive about an hour to get there, and on top of that, the parking garage assigned to them is quite far from the building. The parking permit has been an point of extreme anxiety, because every single time she gets one, there is some …
Post Confetti
Behold a wide variety of topics. How to Make people not to use your browser This is the view of my Wordpress dashboard in Chrome. The latest Chrome update broke Wordpress, so if you are seeing this, it's not you. It's them. I am typing this in Edge. It's not rendering Gutenberg icons sharply enough, and it's annoying. Tea Verdant …
Life With A German Shepherd
I am overwhelmed with tea. I feel that I need to take a weekend to sort the tea out. Thank you! This is Artha. She is our granddog. Doors Artha, bumping my elbow with her nose: Hello. I'm Artha. I've checked the doors for the 7th time. Everything is locked. Gordon: Pillow, Artha. Pillow. Artha, sits on the pillow. 10 …
Aaaaa!
The book comes out tomorrow. Aaa! Aaaaaaaa! AAA! So here are some things that I do to distract myself from the fact that the book is coming. But first, appearance reminders, because someone will inevitably be upset they missed it. 8/26 Murder By The Book, Houston TX. Click to order your copy. 8/29 Barnes & Noble, Austin …
On Kid Jobs
Me to autorepair place lady: When will Kid 2's car be ready? Autorepair place lady: Next day. We are so sorry for the delay. Me: That's okay. We just need the car back so she can go to her part time job. Autorepair place lady: Oh, I understand. My daughter works part-time at the grocery store and they are strict. What does your …