The winter rains are finally over, and summer’s peeking around the corner. We don’t do spring in Northern California, or at least I skip it in my head. The coldest month here is usually February, and the chill bleeds into March, sometimes through April. Then the kids are out of school in what May, then […]

My father-in-law came over to visit yesterday, and funny how that works; we got the house pretty clean in no time! Throughout the week, the house has been a mess. Especially so, since the kids were home for spring break. There was more than the regular clutter of stuff where nothing gets put away in […]

The kids are back to school tomorrow after being home for ten days for their spring break. TEN. I need a break now. We did some fun stuff with them on some days. I felt a little guilty that I couldn’t take time off but I was just in Mexico last week for a work […]

And I’m back. Getting back on the ship and writing for another 30 days straight. The last time I succeeded was in 2021, and I did three stints of this. It felt really good. I’ve been meaning to get back to writing and publishing again. I do write to myself – I journal or randomly […]