Monthly Archives: November 2006

Not the planet, the stuff in the thermometer. When I went to breakfast this morning, it was a balmy and muggy 73°. Same when I left the bagel shop and started driving to work, though there was an ominous black … Continue reading →

Got back last night from a six-day trip to eastern Canada to visit family. It was a good time to travel out of the country. Once we got past Houston, we were in the territory of “we celebrated Thanksgiving over … Continue reading →

This time last year, I was preparing to drive across Texas to research the setting for the novel I was writing as a NaNoWriMo project. It’s called The Silent Desert and is set in the Sanderson-Marathon-Alpine-Marfa region of the state … Continue reading →

I crossed over 43,000 words for NaNoWriMo this weekend and brought my novel manuscript up over 62,000 words, so I’m very pleased with my progress on the project in the past three weeks or so. Tomorrow I’m going to print … Continue reading →

I graduated from Citizens’ Police Academy last night. We had a nice little ceremony, complete with honor guard and speeches. The retinue on the stage included chiefs and captains and chaplains from the department. The CPA organizer wore his police … Continue reading →

I ended up on TNT’s marketing list, I guess, because out of the blue a couple of weeks ago I received a press kit for their upcoming original movie The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines, which airs in early … Continue reading →

It’s a windy, windy day here. An advancing cold front, I suppose. Strong wind is something we don’t experience very often in southeast Texas. I grew up in eastern Canada where, especially in the wintertime, high winds weren’t uncommon. What … Continue reading →

The last couple of days have been very productive, and I’m now just a hair shy of 20,000 words for the month. Given that tomorrow’s the 15th, that means I’m only about 3300 words off the NaNoWriMo pace. Another couple … Continue reading →

So, we went to see a play at the Alley Theater on Friday night. It was called Tryst and heavily promoted as a romantic thriller. Seemed like something appropriate for an anniversary outing. Turned out that the definition of “romantic” … Continue reading →

Last night was the final formal class at Citizens Police Academy. Our speaker was a long-time member of the Houston Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit. His was one of the presentations I had been looking forward to most, and he … Continue reading →