And I’m reclaiming my brain and routine, it’s kind of been an odd long haul where I think; Oh, I’ve got some things brewing up and I can start writing. And then a few hours later, the shutdown begins again and I’m pushed back a few steps.

Some of it is physical. My body has some really shitty days and some not so bad. What I have found has been helpful is music. For too long in this stupid internal crap journey, I’ve lost the need to have music going… to read… to even cook things I enjoy cooking. So that’s been the paths I’ve recently begun clearing the weeds from.

There’s a fuckton of debris. And I can’t say that these paths will lead me back to where I was and that’s probably okay. But the comfort and familiarity of the words, the sound, and even the disengagement I get when chopping a bunch of things and shoving food into people is returning.

And God, it’s like breathing during a crisp, cold day.

So, I’m sharing one of my favourite Metallia songs and it’s so great to get that kick in my soul at listening to it.

Life has been a bit crazy physically but doing better now.

How is everything for you guys? What have you been Reading?

Tomorrow will be dedicated to writing.

She spends more time upside down than she does on her feet.

I’ve been kicking around stuff to write and actually have been circling around chapters and other stories. So that’s been great but oh, the day job has been kicking my ass. I also have a really bad problem of getting distracted by shiny bits of trivia! Anything historical and murdery is something I love and want to fall down the rabbit hole.

And dig up some bones and make them interesting? I’m right there. Hell, I got pulled down the spiral of the chambers under the pyramids.

Places I love to visit…

Listverse: https://listverse.com/

Bored Panda: https://www.boredpanda.com/

Kickass Facts: https://www.kickassfacts.com/

Stuff like this! Eating decades old unopened tins!

So yes, that’s a few of my rabbit holes. What are yours?

One of my favorite desserts. This is actually from Aldi and I call it the Eton Mess gelato. I have absolutely no idea what the real name is but I wanted something sweet and it is light and Airy without being too sugary.

Tonight’s dinner: bulgogi, rice and asparagus with a garlic aioli dressing.

Yep. Somehow I got covid. Don’t know how. I don’t think I even came into contact with anyone even long enough to see nostril hairs but yes, covid’s been nice to deal with in the worst kind of way. It’s lingered and I can tell you that it’s the devil.

On the other hand, I fired up my Word application and started to hack at the book I started working on during the last plague and surgeries.

So that’s actually going to be a process. And let’s see how that turns out, shall we?

Also, I need to get the thug cat, Goji, to stop screaming at me whenever she hears someone talking through my phone. Or laptop. I have no idea why she feels she needs to participate or actually what she wants but she is very vocal.

She’s an odd cat.

I have a question for all of you… what detective series do you all like? I’m cycling out of urban fantasy and back into mysteries but it’s dire out there for who-dun-its. Any recommendations?

And the thug I mentioned…

It might have seemed like a hot moment since I posted here but I promise you I am alive. It is been a struggle of late to get motivated down there are a variety of reasons for that. But that is not something I want to bore you wall with.

I recently was in New Orleans with Greg Tremblay. We got to spend but less than a week roaming around the city and eating way too much. Luckily there were a few places that I wanted to go that are no longer there but following Katrina that was to be expected. We did take a trip on a pontoon boat through the Bayou and that was a lot of fun. Mostly because people get very excited spotting gators and that was pretty cool. Ancient lizards are always a great thing to watch.

So I am going give you a barrage of food that we had a New Orleans and try to get together some travel photos of what we saw. I have a lot of gator photos. I also have a bald Eagle. And a couple of other birds.

I promise I will be back with more exciting things.

Oh… and here is Goji.

So much food…

Seriously. Snow. In Florida. Of course it did.

Not bad snow. But enough to deal with in a state that doesn’t deal with it.

Tengu, my Firebird, a few weeks ago when the Northern weather decided to swing by for a visit.