When she unpacked the glove: “It’s the Earth! It’s the Earth!” We’re back from our trip and I am finding it difficult to get back into things with the blogging. But here’s what you can expect soon: I’m preparing an update on our second Riot month (December 2008), so that might get me started. DONE. …
Category Archives: The Potboiler
A Drawing of My Own
{This was written yesterday but I had already posed two entries so kept it for today} I slept badly last night, or rather not at all (this cold is getting the better of me). Ever since having Amie I can function pretty well on very little sleep, on a certain level. But this morning I …
Squirrels
Besides birds, we have also been observing the resident squirrel eating our three ears of Indian Corn and guarding it from other squirrels. He/she somehow got it down from our porch light. Amie was enthralled by how he carried a kernel in his mouth, ran along the balcony ledge, then down and through the drain …
Riddles for the Novel (Potboiler)
Anyone want a peek at what’s on my desk these days? The novel is nearly finished: just a few sections to be completed and then a good final read. Some of the passages that need work are the riddles, like the one in the picture. They are the most fun!
A Working Mother
Amie gave up her nap when we were on holiday in Toronto. We like it because it no longer takes 2 hours to get her to sleep in the evening (sometimes she would lay awake till midnight!). On the other hand, I no longer have that 1 1/2 hour nap to quickly do some more …
After the Novel
Here’s my pledge: After the novel is done, (I still have a couple of months to go before I release it to the Underworld—I mean, the industry… Cheeze!) I’m going to make something with my hands! Dig a garden (if we have one by then). Make a cob structure for Amie (in the garden, if …
Progress on the Novel
As you may know, I am writing a novel (in English), by the preliminary and rather misleading title of “The Potboiler”. I gave up my PhD studies in Philosophy – I had only the dissertation to go – and started writing an adventure novel! Sounds crazy, what? But (fiction) writing was something I had wanted to …