To everyone dealing with aging parents, hats off and Godspeed

It’s not finished but it’s what I doodle while watching British panel shows

I was unable to sign into this platform for a while, but I finally figured it out

For my favorite season! open.substack.com/pub/paperoct...

Writing the October 1st edition! Bring on spooky season! open.substack.com/pub/paperoct...

It’s a shame this is how medical bills need to be paid in America, but here we are! Like, share, and donate as you can!

Well, to everyone tired of freedom of speech, congratulations, I guess.

It’s unfortunate that I said life throws curve balls because apparently life took that as a request

Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

It’s hard not to feel that bad guys are winning everywhere

Getting ready for the season…

Not even noon yet and I already need a nap

Well, I’m trying to organize my closets, documents, photos, art, and stories. The organizing impulse is especially strong these days.

Bought a few Halloween decorations today! Happy Augtober!

Microsoft Word just suggested I change “He relaxed his hold” to “He relaxed his hole.”

At least tonight’s full moon is beautiful

What’s the next likely stage with a network of concentration camps? Forced slave labor. As historian Timothy Snyder urges, CEOs should pledge to not hire these laborers and each of us should pledge not to buy from or invest in companies that do. www.americaamerica.news/p/will-we-to...

I haven’t been sharing much about my writing, but I am writing. One manuscript, The Fairy Tale Asylum, is in the hands of some fellow writers helping me find the plot holes

Just finished reading this lovely book. All the stars! #AxieOh #TheGirlWhoFellBeneathTheSea

I’m reading the book “The Soul of the Octopus.” It’s a great read so far. What are you reading this summer?

So I spotted a piece of paper that had been blown into our yard. I went out to retrieve it and throw it away. It turned out to be this artistic masterpiece. 🤣 Apparently I’m not the only artist on the block!

Some students have asked me if I think it’s safe for them to visit their home country. Will they be allowed back into the States? I don’t even know what to say

I’m loving Andor. The writing is excellent

5 days! 5 new stories! Hurray for Story-a-Day May!

I’m doing Story-a-Day May! Anyone else?

This is important.

No one should be in an El Salvadoran prison.

Going to step away from the ongoing dumpster fire and spend the afternoon writing and sitting on the patio, doggos and husband for company

Dreamed I was trapped in a city in which buildings would randomly collapse. Maybe I’ve been reading too much news

More artscrolling, less doomscrolling

I’ve been trying to tap that little heart on instagram to show my support for the content but it won’t let me. Anyone else have this problem? Or know a solution?

After a miserable week, I got some writing done.

What a hard week

Kristin Jen should never have been let go. She's the first line of defense. “My life is disintegrating because I can’t work in my chosen field,” says Jenn, 47, from Austin, Texas. “Lump on top of that no support from family – it hits you very hard.” news.yahoo.com/thrust-unemp...

You make one change in the plot and then you realize how many other things will now also have to change.

Greed is never sated.

“The thing Trump and Musk value most of all is money. Their entire regime is best understood as a criminal junta whose end goal is to redirect the wealth of the nation into their own pockets. They are running a kleptocracy, and they’ve figured out that facism is actually the quickest path to riches”

Here we go. Certain generals must be removed before any martial law plan is put into action—as Trump and Hegseth are worried there may still be some generals out there who support the Constitution rather than his proposed dictatorship. This is a political purge intended as a precursor to far more.

I wish I had a picture of my mom in the tee shirt she wore back in the 80s. It was black and the lettering in silver glitter. —“God is coming back and she is pissed.”

Rewriting a novel. The dumpster fire is influencing plot points.

The world is a dumpster fire being rained on by gasoline, but I’ve gotten some solid writing done.

The world is a dumpster fire, but I’m still writing for whatever that’s worth.

At least the corg is good

Hope to get some writing done today in spite of raging at the world

This potato seems to be sick.

What happened to common sense and common decency? We aren’t just slowly slipping into hell. This administration has grabbed us and jumped a cliff.

Vermin coming out of the woodwork

“Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.” Agent Dale Cooper

I knew yesterday was going to be a deluge of rank garbage, but that didn’t make it any less enraging.