Trying to keep my plants alive in this heat, so I got a tiny self-driving tractor sprinkler. Her name is Maisie. Isn’t she cute?

Stick a fork in me, I'm done! Time off from the day job meant home project time at la Casa Bryant, and I'm so tired now from setting up, working, cleaning up, and moving on to the next thing. I think I'll go watch mindless TV now. Hope your weekend was fun!

Today’s mood.

I'm on a writing retreat with my critique partners. It's WONDERFUL to ignore all my other responsibilities for a few days and focus soley on my writing. I can taste the end of this book at long last. Gotta say, if you can swing it, a writing retreat is a great creativity booster. #CoSoWriters

#CoSoReaders Open Book bloggers are talking today about under-rated or underappreciated books they love. What's one of yours? https://samanthadunawaybryant.blogspot.com/2024/06/under-appreciated-novels-open-book-blog.html

The "big girl" came over today and spent Father's Day with us. Weird to think that this photo was twenty years ago now, the spring we became a family. Time is a weird weird thing.

Got some new flower friends into my garden this weekend. How was yours?

It’s been a very writerly weekend around here: WriteHive panels and a reading, critique group reading, planning for Galaxycon, getting ready for a writing retreat, and—oh yeah—actually writing! #CoSoWriters

You know, I feel like there has been a lot of things that didn’t kill me up till now. Honestly, I ought to be able to throw cars or something by now.

I was finally well enough to take a walk in the park yesterday. The pollinator garden was humming!

My night visitor was still here come morning

Yesterday was a Covid recovery milestone: I wore shoes. I even went outside, briefly.

Well, I am back from my travels. But unfortunately I caught Covid along the way. I’ll be in about this position for a few days.

Glasgow by night. Out my hotel window.

On a tour boat at Loch Lomond. Scottish scenery!

I LOVE to travel and it’s so good to be in a phase of life where I can again! This trip will take me through a swath of Scotland Have you visited Edinburgh? It’s a ridiculously beautiful city!

Quiz time: is this a “pie-knee” or a “pee-oh-knee” where you are?

Y’all! I moderated a panel at Ravencon yesterday called “Laughter matters.” It was such a good discussion about humor and writing. The audience was so engaged and the panelists were so giving.

Today, a person who was in the audience walked up to my author table and gave me this gift: a block print he made last night with a quote that came out of our discussion. This definitely goes in my mental highlight reel of great moments in my #CoSoWriters

Walt Whitman helps me love myself and everyone else. Open hearted and accepting . https://medium.com/@mirymom1/w-is-for-walt-whitman-always-in-love-dc9be7b27507

Next up in my alphabet of poets: https://medium.com/@mirymom1/v-is-for-c%C3%A9sar-vallejo-the-personal-and-the-political-f23d13e158bf