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Round 2? Fall 2024 is a Sh*tshow.

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A week ago, SK and I took the horde to Disney World as a way to honor his mom and make memories. It was amazing and exhausting. First time flights were had, boundaries were stretched, new foods tried, rides were ridden, shops were shopped, and ultimately feet were tired out. I averaged twelve thousand steps… Continue reading Round 2? Fall 2024 is a Sh*tshow.

fAngus and Ragnar · life · Minerva

Of Owls and Squirrels and Dogs

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I'm a touch melancholy today. It's the 7th anniversary of Chewy's last day, so a bunch of pictures and the post I wrote a year later popped up in my memories https://jessicasettergren.com/2018/10/03/pets-not-for-the-faint-hearted/ which got me teary-eyed. He was a good boy, with a big strong warrior's heart, and I miss him extra today. None of… Continue reading Of Owls and Squirrels and Dogs

IT’S FINALLY HERE! I mean…OH HEY kids go back to school.
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IT’S FINALLY HERE! I mean…OH HEY kids go back to school.

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SEPTEMBER!! The mad dash in sweltering heat of summer is over, finally. I know lots of peeps love summer, and I do love the lush overgrown-ness of all the green and the buzzing insects and dark woods, but I wilt in the heat. Give me crispy leaves and frost, please. The horde is taking this… Continue reading IT’S FINALLY HERE! I mean…OH HEY kids go back to school.

If Barking Was A Sport
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If Barking Was A Sport

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Minerva would be an Olympic Gold Medalist. Today she's watched, with absolute attention and barky gusto: Swimming Women's water polo (she was disappointed no horses were involved, and we agreed non-water-polo should be an equestrian Olympic sport) Kayaking (neither of us knew that was a sport either, and while I don't disagree it looks sporty… Continue reading If Barking Was A Sport

Snippets
Banshee · life · Writing

Snippets

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I'm writing this at the cabin (yay) with a raging headache caused by my own stubborn experimentation* (ugh). Please forgive the general erratic-ness and worse than usual grammar. There is neither rhyme nor reason to anything in this post: it's full of random mess. I'm not sure how summer is half over already, but here… Continue reading Snippets

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Neighborliness in the Land of Passive Aggression

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Ranty post ahead. Proceed with caution (or ignore it). 🙂 So, I live about five miles outside of a town of about 25,000 people. The youngest member of the horde would correct me with the exact population if he was here, because he has a great mind for PRECISION and insists on exact time and… Continue reading Neighborliness in the Land of Passive Aggression

Vacation Log: Sunburn Date March somethingth?
Banshee · life · Writing

Vacation Log: Sunburn Date March somethingth?

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Balcony view of the Atlantic Yes I brought my laptop to Cocoa Beach. No, I didn't bring it out ON the beach (good Goddess, no way) like the dude I saw yesterday. He seemed to think his little dome tent and door flap (not euphemisms) would save his laptop as he sat there all day… Continue reading Vacation Log: Sunburn Date March somethingth?

Not a Master Task Juggler
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Not a Master Task Juggler

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Happy Valentine's Day to me, from SK. Contrary to rumors started by my new reading glasses stand, I am still here. I started the new job this week on Wednesday, which turned out to be a massively positive move. I was stressed about the change (because even good change is stressful and requires rejiggering of… Continue reading Not a Master Task Juggler

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Even Good Change…

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January became slightly more chaotic than I'd anticipated. At this moment I feel like I'm in the tail-end of an avalanche flinging me toward the future. My manuscript's due date for Crossed Crow Books was February 1st. I edited, revised, and added five thousand words over the course of January and turned it in on… Continue reading Even Good Change…

Ok, Who Pissed off Elsa?
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Ok, Who Pissed off Elsa?

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I may be slightly frozen, but still here. Just editing. For once in my life I'm on track with the plan I plotted out in the upside-down time during the holidays: the book is editing along merrily, even with the extra notes I come up with at 4am and need to remember to add today.… Continue reading Ok, Who Pissed off Elsa?