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There’s great post up at Kit Whitfield’s blog likening cover letters to editors to date pickups at a bar. Some of the parallels are truly hilarious, but on the other hand, they make a lot of sense as well. Go read it; it’s not long!
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I am SOOO tired…
I guess I’ve been having a typical Monday. Fairly busy at the store. The guys have started the whole house flooring job we nailed just before Christmas. Now there are two others elbowing for room right behind it. At this rate, we’ll not have the usual slow time in February/March. It’s a good thing it’s…
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Petcetera
Last Saturday my niece and her family came by to visit. 10-month-old Micah got some one-on-one time with Brody. Can you tell he has his own dog at home? Brody would have loved to get closer! But even though he thinks he’s a lap dog doesn’t mean he’s little! In other news, our old kitty…
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Photos
I’d actually forgotten to upload these photos from my camera last week after our visit to Hanna and Craig’s. Must be that we looked at them on their computer and somehow my brain figured I was done? Dunno. At any rate: We went for a drive and came across a flock of bighorn sheep along…
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Rusted wheels
The wheels were rusted and squeaky. It took a great deal of effort to get them turning. Several shots of oil were required where various gears interlocked. In the end, though, the wheels did turn. And *False Perceptions* is 1088 words longer than it was yesterday. I re-read the last few chapters to set the…
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“The Woman Who Laughed At God”
Nope, that’s not me! That’s the name of the book I finished reading today (url is on the sidebar). I did work on *Quest* for a bit this morning, deleting more parts of that chapter and adding some; I broke approximately even on words. I was just plain exhausted today after that marathon of water…
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Life on the farm
Is NOT kind of laid back. I’m not sure where John Denver got his ideas from, honestly. We’ve been slowly cutting back the size of our herd of cattle for the past few years, and planning further cuts. With occasional discussion of selling all the cows and finding something else to do with our forty…
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