On deadlines, part 3
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On how much work I have to do!
Being gone on vacation means a lot to catch up when I return. So, I do not allow interruptions. But Jessica tries anyway. “There’s a cute guy at the door for you.” But I am not deterred. “Your agent’s on the phone. Maybe she sold your book.” But I am…
About those Greek sailors . . . .
“I’ve been a little too depressing on my blog lately,” I said to my friend Diane the other night. We were eating tacos at Esquina, and trying to decide if they were as good as we remembered. “Huh,” said Diane, which meant something like You are not kidding, sister. “Maybe you should write about Greek…
A short interlude: parenting
“You’re being a pain in the ask,” my daughter Jessica tells me, and for a horrified moment, I think I’m going to burst into laughter. That’s not exactly how the phrase goes, of course, and there’s something endearing about my young daughter’s serious face as she says it. She’s trying to resist putting away her…
On what I have been up to
So I had excellent intentions of embarking on a blog challenge that started April 1, and suddenly here it is, practically the middle of June. I don’t normally ignore my blog for that long, and some of you have asked me privately if everything is all right, and I appreciate that. Jessica is fine—in fact,…