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Buenas tardes! I want to begin with an apology. While my Nashville friends endured temps in the teens and twenties last week, and several inches of snow, I was out here in the tropics complaining that things weren’t perfect enough. I sounded ungrateful for this wonderful opportunity I’ve been given to maintain my mental health.…

It’s a day late, but welcome to the Winter Sabbatical 2022 blog post series! If you saw my Facebook post last night, you know that things haven’t gone quite as smoothly as I’d hoped in Mexico this year. We are currently without WiFi, and God knows when it will be restored. This is an issue…

I never have been. As a kid, I was tiny and sucked at kickball. As a teen, I was a shy, scrawny, book worm and band geek. I feel more comfortable in my own skin as an adult, but I am still a textbook introvert. And this suits me just fine. I haven’t needed popularity…until…

I know I’ve left everyone hanging for a couple of months now. I’m still here! And I have a printed copy of my manuscript. Holy. Freakin. CROW. I had FedEx print a couple of copies, and this thing is massive. It’s on 8 1/2” x 11” copy paper and spiral-bound. Right now, there are 299…

I have a fever. And no, the only prescription is not more cowbell. It’s the first time I’ve been sick in nearly two years, which is pretty amazing. I had a COVID test yesterday and got a negative result. This appears to be a stupid cold. As Monday is my usual day off, I tried…

I don’t have a clever title or any huge revelations to share today, but I thought I’d give a couple of updates. I have two projects vying for my attention right now, and my focus shifts from one to the other by the day, it seems. I have made a lot of progress on my…