Author Archives: Pamela

Shadow ran away to live on a farm back in October. He was my sister’s loyal pal and had a great life with a warm bed and lots of treats and long walks and people to scratch his belly. People who love dogs don’t last long without them and there is a new energetic bundle of destruction in the family. I will have photos after xmas.

This summer we had to replace our air conditioner and as part of the process we had some sort of efficiency evaluation. It was one thing I didn’t have to be in charge of, so to be honest, I didn’t pay much attention.

Since we’ve lived in this house I have complained about how whatever temperature air is being pumped into my writing room, the flow is so forceful that it makes the room uncomfortable. In the winter, I don’t mind being overheated but I would need to keep the door open or turn the thermostat way down so it didn’t blast me while I was exercising. In the summer I would have to wear sweatpants if I wanted to work in there while the air was going.

I don’t know what sort of dark magic went on but I guess there are some air flow gadgets on the ducts in the basement. Someone switched something somewhere and now it is completely reasonable in here even when the heat is blasting. Meanwhile, the vents on the far side of the house have air flow out of them. It is a Christmas miracle!

I am about 90% done with my outlining process for book 2. Hopefully I can get a hunk done over the holidays. We’ll call it the project of early 2017:

A couple of years ago crows began hanging out downtown after dark. They are very loud and they poop in spectacular quantities. When I get off the bus in the morning, I walk very quickly and keep my fingers crossed that I can avoid getting pooped on. I took this photo while I was waiting for the bus the other day. They were coming in for the night.

I had a lovely weekend last weekend and then I didn’t sleep through the night all week. I think everyone can related to periods of sleeplessness and the number it does on your head. Last week felt like a total wash. All I did was stagger around and do whatever my three operational brain cells could handle.

I have slept the past 2 nights and I’ve been trying to get back in the groove. Plus get into the holiday groove which is, so far, modestly successful.

After last weekend I decided I need to prioritize more reading time. I’m not sure how to accomplish this but I have all these great books sitting here that I’ve been dying to read and I never seem to get to them. I have books from last Christmas that I haven’t even taken off the shelf. Reading on the commute isn’t cutting it. I need more quality reading time.

I’ll let you know when I figure it out.