Sunday I moved all my stuff into the new house. It’s nice having all my stuff in the same place, for the first time since October of last year. Most of what I’m unpacking I look at and think, “Cool! I’m so glad that’s still in my life!” There are a few things though that […]
I honestly haven’t been online a lot — I’ve been too busy packing, organizing, fretting, etc. I just learned tonight that Joel Rosenberg passed away this month. Joel was one of the first professional writers to take me seriously as a professional writer. I took him out for coffee and he talked the business with
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I signed all of the paperwork for the house last Friday. The sellers sign on Monday, funds are supposed to be released on Wednesday, and I’ll get keys on Thursday. I’m taking next Friday off from the day job — not off work, because I will be working on the house. Sunday is the painting
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Moving note of this evening: the last time I moved I searched iTunes and the internet for the music I still had on cassette tapes, to see if I could replace the tapes with digital. I failed for the most part. Tonight, I went through this same exercise. However, I was mostly successful. A bunch
I’m not sure when I came to that conclusion, that art on the walls meant home. But I did, and it was quite some time ago. Today’s moving realization: I took most of the art off the walls in my living room. Though the place is still packed with boxes and furniture and such, now
As some of you may or may not know, one of the decisions I came to while in NOLA was that I would buy a house when I came back to Seattle. HOUSE ACHIEVED. Yes, it went quickly. It was the first house I saw. (I bought my condo the same way.) I came back
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Drove 14 hours yesterday to make it. Well. I was in the car about 14 hours, wasn’t driving the entire time, had to take many breaks for the kitty (and myself!) It was a beautiful drive yesterday through the mountains, going from N. California into Oregon. The kitty was so happy to be home. She
Today I was thankful for kitty drugs, Google maps, hotel ice machines, and other assorted things.
Two things first: I like moving. The cleansing of my things, winnowing down to just what I need. The Tetris-like challenge of packing (it’s a game.) The excitement of a new place, new horizons, new things to discover. I love Seattle. Seattle is my home. I visited there recently (day job meetings at the start
I have a rock that sits on my bedside table. One side says, “WRITE!!!!” The other side says, “Savor the stream of life.” Right now, I’m mainly doing the latter. I’m spending a lot of time going out, experiencing New Orleans. I’ll write today, and maybe a couple of days next week. But I’m also