Monthly Archives: July 2008

Here are some pictures my daughter took while she was in Cusco earlier this month. I stole appropriated them from her blog. Yes, I’m vacationing vicariously this summer.

I got a call on my cell phone today and the screen said it was from area code 261. I don’t think I know anyone in that area code. But I answered it anyway, feeling impatient about having to explain … Continue reading →

We’re having Thanksgiving dinner today. Because my daughter leaves Tuesday for Argentina by way of Peru and she won’t be here for Thanksgiving this year. The house smells wonderful. Just like Thanksgiving. If you ignore the sweltering humidity of a … Continue reading →

Yes, I’ve been writing. I know I said I wasn’t going to until after the move. I was wrong. I’m deep into “the mess in the middle” as some writers call it. Revising, twisting the plot and trying to get … Continue reading →

I had planned to write today. And I will. Later. I’m not a morning person. Now I’m laughing, because that might be the biggest understatement I’ll ever make. So instead, this morning I cleaned out a couple closets. Just the … Continue reading →