Yum. Coffee and new cookies (gobbles several immediately)!

After days (weeks!) of rain here, it's gonna be hot and dry for at least a week here. Time for things to dry out. That's a good thing, though I will have to start watering stuff again.

Talia is off to see family over a long weekend, so it's just me and the cats. I think it's time they learned about the exciting world of cat juggling.

Last day off from writing. Read. Good long walk. Science Friday on the radio. Baseball. Then Secret Invasion. Sounds like a plan.

Have a good weekend all!

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I miss my cats but don't feel ready for another pet. It's a cool, windy, rainy day here. It's nice to open the windows again.

However, it was a bit noisy in the street. They are paving our road and the grinder hit a manhole cover that had been paved over the last time the road was paved many years ago. It made an enormous sound and ripped up the manhole cover, and bent the whole thing while the grinder was throwing the asphalt down into the sewer. The county then had to come in with a few trucks and suck out the debris to prevent it from clogging everyone's sewer lines. They then blew out the lines. One should never use their facilities when they suck all the water out; it pulled the water out of one of our toilets. Not a fun day. Trying to get in and out of my driveway and street will be a challenge for a few days.

I hope everyone is doing well and that you receive good news, Kat.gonna heat up

I'll take a few cookies and try to get some sleep.

Cheers!

That sounds annoying, Gill. And the manhole cover thing sounds crazy. Ripped up a manhole cover? That's nuts!

I hope things you get good news Kat.

Woke up too early today, but I'm hanging in there. It's gonna be cool, but then the weekend is gonna heat right back up. Weird, we haven't had a single day yet where it's hit 90. Strange days indeed. Most peculiar mama.

Enjoy the day, all. Coffee and a cookie please.

Too cold. I can always wear more clothes.

Play poker or play hearts?

I like both, but veggies

Grill steak or salmon?

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Actually, that's a story. I forget the title and who wrote it, but there is at least one story out there about a writer who's writing can change reality. Of course, I could write it and then that would become true. 😋

It's a Goosebumps I think! I recall it vaguely.

I agree fully with James about originality. The goal is not to write what no one has written before, it's to write exactly what you mean to say. No one will tell it the same way you do. Writing is stealing. I stole a ton from 2001 in my story.

Getting used to the days without Talia. The cats are looking at me warily, as if it's my fault. She'll be back at 5 you guys!

Today? Write a newsletter entry, then walk, then spend the evening with Talia.

A coffee and a cookie please.

Scuba diving. It's on the bucket list.

Ride in a submarine or ride in a rocket?

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So, this morning, after my virtual meeting, I clicked on the news tab on my laptop and found this article about wind turbines mysteriously falling. Talk about creepy timing!

Giant Wind Turbines Keep Mysteriously Falling Over. This Shouldn't Be Happening. (msn.com)

When I was little I used to pretend the big metal power lines were an army of giant robots, walking around. I really enjoyed your concept Kat. Very original sci fi.

Excellent comp! I’m glad these last two excellent stories rolled in. But where is Ping?

No Talia. ;). Therapy and lunch with daughter, then try to write. Supposed to be hot and dry today, but it’s pretty cloudy out now.

Mets won a game! According to ESPN they have a 37% of winning tonight. Sigh.

Thanks for the set up! A coffee and a cookie please!

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Oh, I thought today was the deadline. I just submitted my entry. Ah well. if it's too late, so be it. I've been traveling and then sick with a stomach bug. But I figured I'd at least send it in. Now I need to get reading the others after supper.

My bad! It closes today! We’re up to ten! Yay! And I think there are more coming!

The cat ate radioactive cat-food. Now it wants to play!

Comfort and ease (my wife is the "looks and style" member of the household)

Listen to the news or listen to music?

drive your own tour

While on vacation; follow a schedule or follow your bliss?

I stick mostly to fiction, though a good non-fiction (usually science) occasionally.

Just finished Mexican Gothic. Probably read The Devil Takes You Home next.

Laptop. Don't even have a desktop since I quit working for CSU.

shopping list: on paper or on your phone?

walks in whistling, grinds up Costco beans, slaps them in the percolator, begins steeping Kitty Zoomies and Slovenly Sloth teas, put out all the cookies I haven’t yet eaten

Talia is going back to the office full time. Wah. Every weekday will be No Talia. Just me and the cats now. I am going teach them to do crossword puzzles.

Hot and sunny today - we have had very little of that this year, it’s been so rainy and stormy. So, I can dig it.

Comp is closed. I’ve read and voted/commented on everything by the deadline, albeit barely.

A coffee and a cookie please.

I can’t imagine a swimming pool would be practical in this climate, but it sure would be nice (as long as we didn’t have to tear out the garden). So, our own private pool.

Grow tomatoes or buy them?

Costco beans are in the percolator! Kitty Zoomies and Drooling Doggy are our tea blends.

The comp is shaping up nicely, with a really strong entry from the Shy Thespian.

Chill day today - no rain for a change! - I'll be feted early for Father's Day by the daughters, then mow and putter about the garden, then kick back with a Father's Day bowl of herb and watch baseball. Ah, the simple life.

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Running, dog walking, enjoying nature with our daughters and dog, travel, and much less now since our children were born motorcycle riding (wind therapy). We like to travel too - see interesting places both interstate and intrastate and when our kids get old enough to enjoy the adventures, back to international.

Wind therapy made me laugh.

Walk, read, write, plays and movies. Minor league baseball. Nice restaurants. Working in the lawn and garden here at home.

We rented an Airbnb for an eclipse in October, and did one in Chicago last year, that is something we are be going to do more of. Cheap, and you get to stay in cool neighborhoods, not hotels in the middle of business districts. I REALLY recommend trying it

We just binged a handful of episodes of Based on a True Story. Kaley Cuoco is really good, it's a great show.

Nope. We can get a lot of moisture from the Gulf during hurricanes there, but that's about it. Tornadoes seem to be happening a little more frequently though

Economy

Train trip or road trip by car?

Sate

Salt

that

hate

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How about the Blue Jays? They're six games over .500, and would be in FIRST PLACE in the AL Central, AL West, or NL Central – and where are they in the AL East?

Fourth place, and 10 1/2 games out of first!

In fact, in the AL East, only the Boston Dead Sox are below .500 – by ONE GAME: at 34-35

Oy gevalt!

That's nuts! It's a scary frikkin division, with some serious rivalries. I wish you well. The Metros are just trying to string together two wins in a row.

The comp has some strong entries, though it'd be nice to have ten. I think that Magnificent Bastard Ping is still entering. Sir Ping?

Bright and sunny now, but AGAIN a big rainstorm is supposed to hit this afternoon. Oh well. I like em. So do the tomatoes. I have a little mesh tent over the plants to keep animals from eating them, and it's protecting them from these crazy storms as well.

Off to read the Ape's entry.

Have a great weekend!

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Ah, the bittersweetness of a victory that you know you would have lost absent the other guy f-ing up or some stroke of luck.

From ESPN: "A day after misplaying a catchable fly into a double during a one-run loss to the Yankees, Nimmo ended a rally when he was thrown out at second base while taking a wide turn. And that was just one of a series of blunders by the Mets, who made two errors as the Yankees scored twice without a hit, allowed a runner to steal home and got called for just the second violation of this year's new shift restriction."

Didja catch that "Yankees scored twice without a hit?" Damn near impossible.

(Sorry, Red.)

Eternity

tyrant

spar

spat

I had to look up moggie first, but definitely moggie.

Zoomy cats or cuddly cats?

espouse

secret

rims

mars

Looking forward to reading it Ape.

I'm not writing this week. Just burned out on it. Taking my foot off the gas pedal. Sigh. Took a very long walk yesterday, and got caught in the rain. I like dodging afternoon storms. And I don't mind getting wet. I'll take another very long walk today I think.

The Mets actually won a game, and treated it like they won the World Series. You gotta find hope where you can - they looked awful last night. But...they won!

That's about it. My brain is made of rubber this morning. Coffee and a cookie would be great.