July 1, 2024. Monday. Back home. Broken garbage disposal and no internet (hotspotting off my weak cell signal) but hope to have both fixed today. Hurrah! And the appearance of repair people in my house are forcing me to clean a little which is a good thing. Makes me wonder why I think I am less worthy of a clean working environment than the repair people, but I have been assured this is a common problem—cleaning for "company." I have high hopes for getting some work done in between other tasks today—revising "Voluptuous."

June 28, 2024. Friday. Mmmm. A blog entry. A way to talk to my readers? A way to procrastinate? This will be short because I am in the middle of reading a good book AND packing to leave tomorrow AND getting ready to go for a hike and a late lunch/early dinner at a beer pub. Back to my house in the South tomorrow evening so I can try to settle to work. I MUST. More on work troubles later. For now, happiness.