Random Musings

A thick black electrical wire runs along the street and passes in front of my office window. This wire also runs through the trees on the block and while it is not uncommon to see the occasional hire-wire act by a deft squirrel, today there is clearly a squirrel event going on. Today I am witness to a squirrel highway. I think it must be a concert going on down at the end of the block, or maybe a parade. Perhaps squirrels celebrate fourth of july early, before all the humans pull out their exploding squirrel bombs (don't you imagine that squirrels see 4th of July fireworks as some kind of expression of war?)

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This is my year of books! Well, next year is, really, but I can have the excitement now. My Writer's Digest book has been tangible for some time, but today it really hit me full on that Creating Space is going to be published and it's going to be beautiful. My writing partner, Rebecca Lawton and I just talked with our publisher about details like the cover, promotional postcards to hand out at the Sonoma County Book Festival in September, and pre-order brochures. This all made me very, very happy. Then of course there's my novel, which I have great confidence in. I know it's gauche to admit you feel good about your work, but damn it, I do.

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As much as I like to separate myself out from the legacy of negativity that seems to be genetic on my father's side of the family I wonder if I don't suffer from a smidge of it. This morning, as I was swimming I caught myself wondering, 'I wonder what the long-term effects of chlorine on the body are? Cancer?'