higgelty piggelty bop! Magically the coffee is perking, some wonderful teas steeping, and turkey cookies!
Cold weather is moving in, and sadly I have no car - it's getting some body work done. Sigh. I guess it's time to hunker down and stay warm and write.
I hope everyone is well.
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Hey there, hi there, ho there! I'm as welcome as … well, as I am, I guess.
I just wanted to alert you all to Elyse's story. I just finished, and almost got quite tearful. Almost. A little bit. But not really…
Thank for the recommendation, James, I agree it is a sweet and heartfelt story.
Warm day here, but winter moves in like a beast tomorrow. I’m taking a long walk today because I don’t think I will be able to for a few days.
I am car-less right now. Sigh. Getting some body work done. So I’ll stay and tend the coffee shop.
higgelty piggelty bop! Magically the coffee is perking, some wonderful teas steeping, and turkey cookies!
I piggyback off someone else’s Amazon Unlimited Music thing, and it always works pretty well. It plus whatever music I tell Alexa to play (I use Alexa for music and news only, in my office).
Good morning, and excellent set up! Those turkey cookies look pretty tasty too.
Not much new today. Same ol same ol. Didn’t sleep great, but nothing new there. This damn cat keeps wanting to be petted, so maybe I should get out of bed.
Enjoy the day everyone.
I’ll have a cup of decaf.
I have a similar problem to yours, in that I can sketch characters and situations pretty well, I think, but I have great trouble coming up with plots. Some way to inject action into the mix.
Anyway. Extremely lazy Saturday today. T is on a Zoom call with old friends, I am upstairs reading Lonesome Dove. Later I think pizza and horror movies will be in the mix.
Enjoy the weekend everyone!
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Two hours? How big is his property?🤔
It’s an apartment building. And he’s slow.
I finally got a full night’s sleep and feel good. I’m closing in on the end of a book and that feels good too. We have a title! The End is Not the End. If anyone wants to be a beta reader, lemme know. I’ll be done with a first draft by Thanksgiving.
No baseball for 5 months. Sigh. Sometimes my Dad and I would find random Mets games on YouTube and watch them to ease the boredom.
Coffee and tea and cookies are waiting. I’d love a coffee.
Someone's in a good mood! Thanks for the setup, Ape.
That was a really boring World Series. I don't have cable, and didn't want to spend $50 to get cable for a month, so I either listened or ignored it.
Slept poorly, two nights in a row. Hope things improve tonight. Right now some guy has ben running a leaf blower for two hours. It's ANNOOOOOOYING.
I'd love a coffee and a cookie! Cookies should be Thanksgiving-y next time, right?
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So apparently I was the top author and has the top story in October? Cool. Got notifications when I came in and shiny new badges, too.
Rearranged my featured stories on my profile. First is my latest, second is my most liked, third is my most viewed (which, not surprisingly, is my first).
We have some Flowerpot Island coffee on in the coffee pot. Teas are English Breakfast and Russian Caravan. Iced tea and lemonade are fresh in the fridge.
Hope you had a nice Halloween, all.
Cool indeed Ape. You are on a roll.
Had fewer trick or treaters than last year, but it was cold as f last night. So, lotsa leftover candy.
Watched a terrifying Korean horror movie last night - Incantation. It didn't always make sense, or bother to explain itself, but when it's scary, it's SCARY.
I'd love a coffee and a cookie!
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William Goldman is probably one of my favourite screenwriters when I actually look at his output over the years. And he also wrote novels like The Marathon Man and The Princess Bride and wrote the screenplays for the adaptations of his novels. He even had unused drafts for movies like The Right Stuff and Mission Impossible 2 (hard to imagine someone rejecting a screenplay from Goldman, but apparently it happened).
I rewatched Marathon Man recently. What a fun ride! I’m not sure it makes sense, but the action just hurtles forward so it doesn’t matter.
And The Princess Bride is a perfect movie.
Gaa! I broke a temporary crown off this weekend and have to make an appointment to go in. And I have to bring my car in for body work this week. So I have to dig out of the snow and scrape the ice off the windshield.
The Misery play was good - based on the movie, not the book - the credit was to William Goldman. Man does that guy have some great screenplays to his name.
Off to do chores in the cold now. At least I can come home to a warm house and a World Series game.
I’d love a cup of heavy metal coffee and a scary cookie!
Thanks for doing the setup, Ape. Hope you are recovering nicely. Sounds like a nice break, actually, if it allows you to write.
Yeah, Talia is a keeper. I’m doing okay, but I was a little freaked out for awhile, and she was the key to my staying calm. She is good for me. This has been a hard few weeks.
Anyway. Writing calls. Coffee too. And the World Series starts tonight, albeit between two pretty boring teams (though our fearless leader Rump was a big D-Backs fan if I recall).
We are seeing the play Misery this weekend. I’m very psyched. Good scary Halloween fun.
The wind is howling, and this weekend should see our first snowfall. Enjoy the weekend folks!
presto chango I wave my hand and setup is done by magic! Costco coffee a-perking, our Ashberry Ape and Bilious Banana blends of teas are a-steeping, and Sara’s spooky cookies are on display.
Therapy day today, AND a doctor visit! Fun! And writing, writing, writing.
Can I just say I have the best wife in the entire world? I’ve been a bit of a mess, but I’m doing better, and she is just unflagging loving and strong. I’m lucky to have found her.
Okay, stuff to do, so I will see you later. If anyone shows up here today…
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grabbing a large hot chocolate with a mountain of mini marshmallows
World Series should be interesting this year ... Arizona Dbacks vs Texas Rangers . Both haven't been to the world series in several years .
The tickets at Chase Field (home of the Dbacks ) are pricey (350.00 for nosebleed section)
but the seats are selling out fast no way I'm paying that much .
I wanted Phillies/Astros. 
But you know me, I will still watch.
I've only been to one World Series game, and it was pretty fun, even if the Mets got crushed by the Yankees.
Cool comp up at another site. Entries for DAYS!
Coffee is perky, teas are steepy, cookies are plated. Come on in!
Walks in, waves hand and presto chango! Ape has already done the setup!
Still a little foggy, but trying to crawl back to normalcy. Write all day, and I will skip the walk. I have an MRI tonight. You'd think they could schedule these things at normal times.
Still enjoying reading Lonesome Dove. One of the Great American novels of the 20th century.
A coffee and a cookie! Go Phillies!
EDIT: Sara came in and did the set-up while I was rambling on. Yay! I'd love a ghosty cookie! Sorry about your Braves.
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Not quite. If you regress, you are that age mentally, although biologically, you are usually much older. It's usually a way to cope with things like trauma but some people like to do it just for fun. My story features the latter and has the two main characters in a loving relationship - one is regressed and the other is their caregiver.
This sounds interesting, and I would definitely read it. Make sure you mention when it goes up!
Let’s assume Ape’s last setup is still in effect. I’d love a coffee and a cookie.
Talia had never heard of B Kliban’s Cats comic book! Anyone else remember that? We bought it on Amazon and are now reading a few each night. Cool book!
Health issues still in the air, but we are working on solutions. I’m pushing hard toward the end of this book, but I am going to try to get in couple anthologies with: a weird horror western, and a ghost story. So lots of writing I am behind on.
I hope everyone is well.
Thanks for the setup, Ape, and thanks for the healing vibes Red. Still not doing great, but I hope things will turn out well. In better news, I am almost done with a (short) book. End of year definitely.
Still haven't read the newest stories here, but I will. Life is busy right now.
Enjoy your weekend everyone!
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I am so using this as a title someday (if you don't beat me to it). Though "Great Googley Eye" would be a terrific band name, too.
You may not have my title until you pry it from my cold dead fingers. 
I hope everyone is well. Busy times here at home. A nagging health issue is complicating our lives. We hope it resolves itself.
A coffee would be great! Thanks for setting up Ape.
Finally back in town. The weather was perfect, and the eclipse was awesome - a perfect circle hanging in the sky for 4 minutes. Both Talia and I said at the same time it looked like a googley eye. The Great Googley Eye of God!
Looking forward to more spookiness from Ape and Molly, but right now I am kinda exhausted. I hope everyone is doing well. The comp on another site looks crazy fun.
Coffee please, if there is any. And a black cat cookie!
Spent the weekend with a pinched nerve and a numb leg. I have never been to a chiropractor before but I think I am going to try to find one today.
Sucky way to start the day. Should be a fun week - I have a story coming out in The Black Beacon Book of Horror and we are off to Albuquerque to see the eclipse on Thursday - but it’s starting out annoyingly.
Thanks for the setup Scott. I would love a coffee.
Yay, someone else did the setup! Huzzah!
Yeh, Jaws 3D is as bad as the original Jaws is good. The USS Indianapolis speech alone is worth the cost of admission.
Cooling off today! Nice crisp Autumn day. All pumpkin-y! I hope winter cold is still a few weeks off.
Enjoy the day!
Weather is cooling off. It’s nice to feel fall in the air, though I will miss the sun, and the prime walking weather. I am going to try walking in cooler weather this year, maybe even winter walking.
FOUR baseball today, and drama in the halls of Congress. I may let my focus wander today.
Enjoy your day everyone! Thanks for the cookies Sara!
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Hope everyone is well. Come stop by for a cup of something!
Writing and reading today. It is a little cool out, but I will still try a walk I think.
No baseball today. Braves and Rangers will be the teams to beat. I am picking those two for the Wold Series.
Coffee and tea are waiting. Cookies too!
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I've been eagerly anticipating this series, although the trailer I saw said it starts on October 12. I enjoy Mike Flannagan's work.
It seems early, but I am hosting everyone again for Thanksgiving. My kids wanted to make sure so they could plan accordingly. I love having family and cooking, but just once, I'd like to relax and not have to plan and worry about the whole holiday.
We are doing some painting of guest bedrooms this weekend ahead of the holiday and partly for guests attending the spring wedding, we are hosting.
Enjoy the weekend, everyone. Cheers.
You are right, I got mixed up looking at the calendar. Nothing new there. Looking forward to it.
I bought a second telescope at a garage sale yesterday. Couldn’t say no. $100, for a telescope built in 1966, and a nice set of lenses. I’ll test out the optics today.
Other than that, not much going on. Glad the government didn’t shut down.
Enjoy the last day of the weekend!
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Sounds like a Western? Or maybe s-f?
Memoir.
Finally saw a doctor yesterday. It was hard to get an appointment, during COVID and well past. She said, "You haven't seen us in awhile!" All seems to be well.
Today is writing and walking, and if I hit my thousand words early I'm going to the weed store to treat myself.
The Fall of the House of Usher drops Monday! I'm so psyched! I wished it dropped today so we could binge it all weekend.
I'm tired of making up tea names - someone else set up! For today, we'll have Costco coffee perking, and Snoozy Salamander and Hyper Monkey are our teas. And of course, BASEBALL COOKIES! Last weekend of the regular season...
Enjoy, all!
