Author Archives: Bev Vincent

Soundtrack

The Biography Channel is airing their Peter Falk biography this week in tribute. I watched it last night. He led an interesting life, that’s for sure. He was so popular that people recognized him as Columbo in a tiny market … Continue reading

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The Jury is Still Out

The heat is back with a vengeance, and the next chance of rain isn’t for another 10-14 days. Almost all fireworks in this part of the state have been canceled for the forthcoming holiday weekend. I did mow the lawn … Continue reading

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Just one more thing…

I had one of those great hour-long lunch breaks where I completed several errands. Normally I spend the hour at the gym, but every now and then the tasks pile up and I have to handle ’em all. One thing … Continue reading

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Sign here

Back to the threatening kind of rain today without actually producing much. Yesterday gave us nearly 2″, which is the most we’ve had in one day since last October, but it didn’t solve the drought problem and they’re still debating … Continue reading

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Good weather for ducks — and Texans

We might have had a sprinkle or two yesterday (30% chance of rain) but we’ve had the first serious rainfall in months today. I don’t know exactly when it started, but I heard it coming down heavily at around 6:30 … Continue reading

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Weirdness

They keep threatening us with rain. I’d say “promising,” except it rarely comes to pass. Today it looks like most of the showers are going east of us. That’s okay for them—they need it as badly as we do. There … Continue reading

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A question we’re still asking

I finally got a handle on the short story that was the motivation for last week’s Storytellers Unplugged essay. I started writing it yesterday morning and by the end of today’s writing session was about 80% of the way through … Continue reading

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Ruminations on writing

My Storytellers Unplugged essay went live this morning. It’s called Are you ready? Well, then, let’s begin, and it talks about what it takes for me to be ready to begin working on a short story. We watched three more … Continue reading

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Oh, say can you see

Here’s what the weather forecast looks like for the next four days: 101°/76° |  101°/76° | 101°/74° | 101°/74°. Chance of rain: 0%. We are now 15″ behind on annual rainfall to date. When you boil hockey down to the basics, it’s … Continue reading

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He looks like Dexter. And yet…

I was disappointed that Vancouver couldn’t close the deal in Boston the other night, but they’ve got one more chance to bring the cup back home tonight. I think it will be another one-goal game, and I think the Canucks … Continue reading

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