Here is the final book cover: This book cover was, I think, used for the catalog, but is now no more.

Which leads me to my next thought: “Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” Anne Herbert, THE NEXT WHOLE EARTH CATALOG: ACCESS TO TOOLS ed. Stewart Brand (1980).

The other little item that happened was a woman in front of me ordered some sort of foamy complex drink with nonfat milk. I thought she must be watching her calories. I felt a bit scrutinized when I took the lid off my coffee and poured in my cream in front of her. Then she…

I used to think I could depend on certain things while driving, to a reasonable degree. For instance, if I am going 40 miles an hour down the highway (which is 5 miles an hour over) then I used to think that people waiting to turn right will not wait until I am more than…

Lookalike book covers!  Louisewrites has a list of book covers gone wrong– or gone similar. Wouldn’t you be bummed if your book looked almost exactly like another book? I would be.

To avoid these problems, my husband thinks I should not tell anyone that I’m a writer, ever. That’s because he’s secretive. He only volunteers information when absolutely necessary and even then people drag it out of him. I volunteer info because you never know what the other person will share.

Whilst we are here in Hawaii, we have decided to partake of as many free attractions as possible. Because we are cheap. And we also lack money. I suppose if we had unlimited funds, we would spend the weekends exploring the Big Island or Maui or spend this week off jetting to Australia as my…