Home, after the red-eye from Oakland; I spent five hours in a stupor but never actually slept, so today is coffee, coffee, coffee, laundry, shopping, placating the cat, mowing the lawn, possibly making it to a friend's retirement party but I don't know if that's gonna happen. I think I need a shower, actually. And then more coffee.
We had a lovely time exploring the parts of northern California we hadn't seen before, and briefly into southern Oregon (I hadn't seen Ashland since *gulp* 1978), and I managed to do a little writing on the Ben story almost every day (first morning: in a closet) so hopefully I can finish and post that later in the week. At which time I have things to say about present tense. And perhaps California. At the moment it's kind of "words, what are those" and I'm still wearing yesterday's underwear and am actually not quite sure what yesterday or today means, which is probably quite relevant to the writing but nevertheless other things must come first.
We had a lovely time exploring the parts of northern California we hadn't seen before, and briefly into southern Oregon (I hadn't seen Ashland since *gulp* 1978), and I managed to do a little writing on the Ben story almost every day (first morning: in a closet) so hopefully I can finish and post that later in the week. At which time I have things to say about present tense. And perhaps California. At the moment it's kind of "words, what are those" and I'm still wearing yesterday's underwear and am actually not quite sure what yesterday or today means, which is probably quite relevant to the writing but nevertheless other things must come first.