Yesterday I took a break from writing. Well, not entirely. I wrote a blog post in the morning, and then frittered away an hour reading blogs and news, and then I went to the gym, and then I got a pedicure and had lunch with a friend. And then I came back home and thought, […]
Happy Friday! There’s no time for a real blog post today, I’m afraid! I am running around on this gray, rainy Joburg day to try and get ready for our weekend trip to Swaziland. We’re leaving today at 1 pm and before that I need to go grocery shopping for four people, get to the […]
Oof, you guys, I don’t have much energy for blogging today, since I’ve been working on a bunch of side writing projects and — sigh — revising my novel. I got some really great feedback from the few people I gave the manuscript to for comments, which is fantastic . . . but implementing those […]
Al and I are going to Botswana today to look at some animals, and will be internet-less until we’re back. So you’ll have to manage the first week of 2013 without me. But I’ll be back! In the meantime, please enjoy this video of two adorable baby badgers playing with each other and SQUEAKING.
Bad news: I’m sick. I think I’ve run my immune system down with too much rich food, booze, and exposure to my crazy family. (Sorry, family. But you know you’re crazy. This is news to no one.) Anyway, I woke up yesterday with a sore throat, headache, and cough, and the situation has deteriorated. This […]
“The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.” -Logan Pearsall Smith I saw this quote the other day and it spoke to my little writer’s soul. Isn’t it the truth? You know that you’re meant to do a job if you can stand the mind-numbing tedium that comes with it. […]