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As I sit here in my room in the double-wide where I live with the fire crew, maybe 15 meters from my office, studying a manual in preparation for a test to get my state pesticide applicator’s license, it occurs to me: A whole lot of people would be laughing their asses off if they [...]

It’s been a while, and much has changed. I’ve moved, for one thing. I’m now living in the Florida panhandle. And why did I move? Because I have a new job! I’m working for The Nature Conservancy, an organization whose awesomeness I’ve been aware of for a long time. I always sort of hoped [...]

I’ve been working two jobs and searching for another. And I’m working on two writing projects: The Afflicted, which I hoped to finish by now but which I have not; and a short story that is doing its best to turn into a novella, for my writer’s group. This does not leave all that much [...]

Yesterday was cold and gray in a way that, if I were a thousand miles north of here, I’d say meant snow. It made me wish for a wood stove. The hunters came in in droves in the morning but half of them had left by noon because of the cold.
I was thinking about how [...]

Wow. My first day of unemployment in five years. I slept in until it was light outside! And now I’m sitting in front of my computer in my pjs like it was Saturday. I’m sure I’ll stop enjoying the free time in a few days, because it comes with a severe lack of money. If [...]

This weekend was the Youth Hunt, which works differently from the main hunt. The idea is that adults take a kid or grandkid out in the woods and supervise them. The kid is supposed to do the actual shooting, though I’m pretty sure that’s not what happened in one case.

Holy crap, NaNoWriMo is a month away. I guess I’m officially announcing my intention to cheat this year. Yes, I am continuing The Afflicted instead of moving on to the shiny new gay romantic steampunk road novel. This makes me sad, because the new novel would be incredibly fun to write (All world- and character-building, [...]