The season of burnt orange

Hey all,

It's the season of burnt orange, my current favorite color! But that's not actually what I'm blogging about, sorry.

I've added some new book reviews to my Reviews page! Check them out, be intrigued, agree or disagree, read the books, write your own (books or reviews), and just keep reading while thinking about burnt-orange leaves, pumpkins, pumpkin spiders and other Halloween images.

All for now.

Procrastination

Is it just me, or is anyone else having a hard time doing what they should be doing instead of sitting outside in the sunshine watching their succulents bloom? This heat wave that we on the North Coast have been enduring for several weeks is so unusual that it’s like we’ve entered a fantasy world where the sun shines all the time and fog is a meaningless word. It makes us marvel at our tomatoes -- actually maturing without blossom-end rot; it makes us wear sunscreen; it makes us close friends with our hoses and watering cans; it even makes us buy fans. Simply amazing.

But it is also another way to procrastinate so that very little writing or editing gets done for those of us who are supposed to be disciplined enough to write every day (well, every couple of days). Dazzling sunshine?  It ranks number 5 on my Reasons to Procrastinate List; I like it in small quantities, but the glare on my laptop screen gives me a headache. Do I want fog and drizzle again? I won’t when the weather finally reverts, but it will help us scribblers get more scribbling done.

Keep dozing in the sunshine -- I mean, writing!