True story: last time I went to a doctor for significantpain it cost twenty thousand dollars and they didnt have a clue what to do to help and I just had to wait it out. In America, with good insurance.

It is a blessing to be too hot in the middle of the worst of winter. Ancestors smile upon you.

been crazy times. harrowing. Almost through maybe. Kids okay. He remembers nothing. He was too young. His mom’s still around, and that is a situation. Next book comes out from aqueduct later this year. Keep on writing!

its fine to quit writing. It won’t stick. Drags you back in.