In like a lamb, out like a lion. That was March for me.
It started out innocuously enough. What's more unassuming than a spinach omelette?
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Breakfast: March 4, 2015 |
Then it snowed and my friend Lewis made a great snowman.
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World's best literary agent. |
From there we went into what I refer to as "Project Month." It could also be called "Tear the House Apart and Live in Utter Chaos Month."
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Zoe was ashamed to be associated with me and my mess. |
To add to the madness, this happened. We're all okay, and that is the most important thing. Really. A car is a car is a car. A person is precious. All of my people are mending well.
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Lotte fought an SUV. |
That led to a round of rousing puns and muscle relaxers for a few days. It also kept me from wanting to sit down at a keyboard and write. Laptop=tiny T-Rex arms. So I puttered around the house and finally pulled my sweet potatoes from the pantry. Yes, they've been in there a while. Yes, it was completely intentional. This time, anyway.
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They will eventually become sentient beings and take over the house if you let them go much longer than this. |
And finally, the month ended with a turtle charging me and trying to make me shriek like a banshee. I didn't, and he didn't end up crawling up my pant leg like I legitimately feared for about three seconds. You guys, turtles...it's just a ruse. They've got everyone fooled. They can book it like a race car when they want to. And this one did.
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Photo credit to the one brave enough to get that close after knowing this little guy can actually reach Mach speed when it so desires. And this one did. |
This was March. This is why Rise of the Seer is still in a binder on my shelf. By this time next month, it will be ready to hand off to new readers. I, unlike the turtle, needed to slow down for a bit and recharge. And I am.
Turtles. Don't turn your back on them. They can't be trusted.
ReplyDeleteI believe that's the exact quote Shredder used.
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