Well, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that we didn’t get any rain yesterday. The good news is that the temperature was in the upper 70s, and I took advantage of it to finally get much of the grass mowed in our backyard. It needed it because it was turning […]
The monsoon season has definitely kicked in here in the White Mountains of Arizona. We have been getting some rain almost every day, sometimes just a quick shower and other times a borderline deluge. It’s enough that we haven’t had to water Terry’s outdoor plants or the clover I planted, and everything is looking nice […]
There’s a lot to love about the monsoon season here in Arizona’s White Mountains. First and foremost, we definitely need the moisture. The forest is parched, and the drought doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon. It’s also a big help to Terry’s outside raised garden beds and to the clover that I’ve been […]
The temperature has been hovering around 90° for several days now, and we have not been doing much outside. But it was slightly cooler yesterday, and we took advantage of it. Earlier, during the hottest part of the day, I knocked out another thousand words in my new Tinder Street book. Meanwhile, Terry was busy […]
I’ve been busy working on my new book, The Forgotten Years, every day, and yesterday I printed out the first seven chapters for Terry to edit and proofread. When she was finished with them, I made her suggested corrections, then sent the chapters off to Judy and Roberta for them to have a go at […]
After the usual routine yesterday morning of feeding critters, posting the blog to Facebook, and answering emails, we made a trip to Walmart to pick up a prescription. Back home, I spent some time doing research for the next book in the Tinder Street series while Terry did some banking and paperwork until it cooled […]
We were up at 7 a.m. yesterday morning, which is much earlier than usual for us, because we had an appointment at 8 with a termite inspector. We are paying the mortgage down with the proceeds from our home sale in Alabama and refinancing our house here, and the inspection was part of the process. […]
We were busy all day yesterday with a lot of little chores around the house and yard and getting ready for our trip to Scottsdale for my speaking engagement at the Arizona Professional Writers Conference on Saturday. After answering what seemed like a ton of emails in the morning, I spent some time in the […]
I had to be at  Virtuous Health Center in Show Low at 12:30 yesterday for a pair of bilateral lumbar transformational injections. These are minimally invasive procedures using X-ray guidance to inject anti-inflammatory steroids into the nerve root openings on both sides of the spine. They are used for alleviating chronic lower back pain and sciatica […]