I have been painting the porch of our hundred year old Craftsman Victorian for the last week. After spending two days sanding, sweating and chipping away, I now only work in the cool of the morning. Here’s what I’ve learned: My new neighbor next door doesn’t walk his one night stands girlfriends to the door…
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Stories
A bunch of people have asked about my novels and stories. I have recently finished the second in a series of novels about a woman who works for Military Intelligence here in Colorado.? They are thriller/intrigue/suspense-ish with a dash of relationship drama.? I am hoping to sell the two books at the same time and…
One of those people.
“So you’re one of those people,” my friend A. said. “What people?” “The kind of person someone calls when they need some thing. I only call you when I need some thing,” he said. “I’ve noticed. You don’t even buy me lunch.” “Lunch?” “Yeah, most people invite me to lunch then spill all their needs…
Work out.
Here’s the short list of why I work out: 1. It keeps the pain monster at bay. Two herniated discs in my neck? I think that says it all. 2. + Dancing all night = Core Strength. (Yes, that’s right. I wear these 3 1/2 inch heels.) 3. The dream of a four pack turning…
Reading…. Listening…. Watching….
Reading: Harry Potter and the Deadly Hollows Along with a billion of my closest friends, I pre-ordered this book and it arrived Saturday. I like it. It has interesting characters and great relationships. Sure, some of it was cheesy but oh well. If I want great literature, I can go back to Google Books. Listening:…
Dad.
Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of my father’s death. I’ve been staring at that sentence for about five minutes. I am brimming with words and emotions about the sentence. And the man. I want to write that he was a good man, but I’m not all that sure. He tried. That’s probably a more accurate…
On my back.
I was on my back squeezing out another set of sit ups (forty twisted crunches for those of you keeping track) this morning, when I thought, “Damn I spend a lot of time on my back.” I’m not saying that I’m like my friend Model Girl.? She says that everything she’s achieved in life has…
Reading… Listening… Watching…
Reading: The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy (What is this?) Rocker Girl told me about the New York Times Book Reading Group, which after some trouble, I found here. My best friend B. told me that Google was creating an electronic library by scanning book whose licenses have expired. Combine the two and I…
Three hour cruise.
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale A tale of a fateful trip Around 2001, I took the tiny ship “Open Grove” and rode to the Trademark office. We weren’t a non-profit then, so I paid a lawyer nine hundred dollars to research the Open Grove. Nine hundred dollars. And he came up…
Went looking…
I went looking for the New York Times Readers Club and found this (Film Lover’s will Love it – You Tube) instead. (Here’s the article.) What do you think the universe is trying to tell me?