Nothing else in my house broke down (I say, knocking wood). The heat of summer has passed into the cooler, early autumn, which is my favorite season of the year. (I find Spring too muddy, Summer too hot, Winter too cold (plus snow)). Sadly, it is also my worse allergy season >.<.
We had a lovely thanksgiving dinner, a much quieter one than in our early years as a family, with my long-suffering spouse’s parents, sister and brother (and his wife and his young son).
It’s been a year, with a lot of ups and downs, a lot of changes. Sometimes those feel overwhelming, destabilizing. But when we’re panicked or stressed — or at least when I am, as I shouldn’t speak for anyone else — I tend to not see the things that are going well, because if things aren’t blowing up or breaking down they aren’t a problem.
Seeing life as a series of problems is my natural tendency. Breaking them into smaller chunks that can be dealt with in sequence is also my natural tendency. But it sometimes causes me to overlook things that aren’t breaking down or blowing up, and if I don’t pause for breath to notice, I miss a lot that I should be grateful for.
My family remains healthy. My in-laws remain healthy. My parents are getting older, but they’re still healthy (my mother just dropped by with apples). The bookstore at which I work is still open, and everyone who works there is also healthy. My house, although it has been a money pit of epic proportions, is still standing, and we haven’t have to move out for three months because of water damage to the kitchen (which happened to a handful of our neighbors, as we live in houses that were built around 1900, a cold snap it, and many pipes burst. Some of those pipes just flooded the kitchen floors, and the joists, and… they had to be repaired. Insurance covered it, but moving to a temporary location/hotel with 2 young children for an indefinite period of time? T_T).
My husband is still working. Our house is still a gathering point for the gaming of the younger set (our kids & their godfather’s kids, plus 1) although we eat dinner first.
I am still writing. Readers are still reading. It’s not something I should take for granted.
Also: This is the front cover for the upcoming Cast novel; I don’t have the full cover yet, but as usual will post it when I get it.
Elissa 
Laura 
Jemima 
Joyce 
Bryan 
Lesa 
Kristin Heese 
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observant102b118051 
Susan Cook 
Gail Halsted 
Pam 
Andrew Halliwell 
Cass 
Kirene 
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I hope things continue to go well. I can hardly wait for Cast in Blood so in the meantime may start the whole series over.