Good morning. Smile at someone who isn’t, today. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

“Humans have elevated winning to sports, play, warfare, and everything in their lives. They have lost the purpose of life which is living.” #human #life

What if the concept of money and everything asssociated with it disappeared tomorrow? #life #money.

Gratuitous food pic #food

“How many last names should a sane person have?” #writing #throwawayline

“A country ain’t a country if it denies others.” #writing

“Knowing is relarely about understanding.” #life

“Murder Most Rare” “Murder Most Obnoxious” “Murder Most Vile” “Murder Incoming” “Murder Deserved” “Murder Most Gratuitous” “Happy Murder Town” “Murder On the Mind” #writing

“The dead pool at the bottom eventually.” #writing #throwawayline

When writing, if you prefer going down rabbit holes than writing, you should be a researcher instead of a writer. #writing #research

“Delaware isn’t where the cool people go. It’s where they go to die.” #writing

I have discovered that the problem with lists is that, at their heart, they are a list and not something better. #lists #productivity #failure

“Words flowed out of him as they did with a writer struggling to find a word.” #writing

Sometimes what you want isn’t what others want. #life

Good morning. We all get good times and bad. Some focus one one, some the other. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography

Cool. I got the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity panel assignments. I’m moderating two: AI-Assisted Writing & Ethical Considerations, Animal Characters That Jump Off the Page, and on a panel for Short-Form & Serial Content. It should be fun. #writing #mdc3con

Another week begins. What will you do to make the world a better place? Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Radishes are highly underrated. #food

Remember when you weren’t supposed to wear a hat indoors? Now it’s a thing—really bad hats and caps. #character

Another decent writing day. It’s time to start pulling the strings together. #writing

Happy National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day.

The Gathering: Tux was back on the deck this morning. He hasn’t been around for a couple of months. Tangerine has settled into a routine of being a house cat. #feral #cat

“I find humans are always lost.” #writing #throwawayline