At least in Georgia.I know California just got dumped with snow, and the midwest is having freezing temperatures, but the low here was in the high 50s. That means I'm trying to prep garden stuff. I was outside for two hours on Saturday, but after an...

Trust me, it makes sense.While I rarely stare at my actual navel, I did lots of metaphorical navel gazing while in Mexico. The main questions were: How do I define success? Who am I? What do I want? Why do I want to rescue people?These are big questi...

I can sit and write words.I swear I was worried about it. I've had to do a few hundred words here, a few hundred words there for years and then try to squeeze in more pn the weekends. So, part of me was terrified that I wouldn't be able to sit and ac...

To fly and touch the sky!I have zero desire to be Icarus, but my last day at work was Friday the 13th. It's done. I'm both elated and terrified, but mostly I'm drowning in work to do and so many things are changing so fast that I'm overwhelmed. Mom...

New year, new goalsSo 2022 is over. I'm oddly glad, as yesterday I got news yet another friend died. For me the year seemed to have been full of endings. But I think 2023 will be beginnings, at least that is my goal. My last day of work is 13 days fr...

Is coming.And yes I feel like a ship is bearing down on me. It isn't just the holidays, which we've pretty much bailed on this year, it is everything is changing in four weeks. My last day at work is Jan 13, 2023, but with all the stuff going on with...

Day is done, Gone the sun,From the lake, From the hill,From the sky.All is well, Safely rest,God is nigh.Marguerite Ellen Todd died November 27, 2022 at 6 AM.Honestly she went so fast that we didn't really have time to say goodbye. We put her on hosp...

about managing stress.Mom is in rehab after a week in the hospital. We will see. I don't know if she will recover or we will start hospice. Adulting is hard.My NDA project is now public! I am writing in a shared universe called Delta Underground Ope...

and too much to do.I don't know what to tell you about mom. She got out of the hospital on Monday (Oct 31st) and I've been at work or right now I'm at a convention, but she has slid back downhill. So I don't know what is going to happen. I do know th...

being helpless.In fact I've been accused of being overly competent, ruthlessly pragmatic, and too independent. All of that being said I detest having my mother sick and I have zero idea what is the right thing to do. Most people's default answer is "...