After writing daily since June, it's about time to take a breather. In those six months, I wrote the first draft of a short story, finished a round of really intense edits, and wrote another first draft of a novel. Having wrapped up said first draft, there's a little wiggle room before the next big… Continue reading December Lull
Category: Life
#Thankful
I had every intention to get in on the one-a-day thankful meme, but then it was mid-November and, well. But I firmly believe it's never too late to be thankful, so I've compiled my list for Thanksgiving itself. 26 things because this year, Thanksgiving fell on the 26th. 26 Things I'm Thankful For: (or: A… Continue reading #Thankful
Seattle!
Well, we're back! We got home Tuesday afternoon with plenty of time to get groceries and do some cooking and laundry and chores and - of course we just pet cats and went to bed early instead. Seattle was good. It was amazing and autumnal and everything we remembered and then it was time to… Continue reading Seattle!
Lighting Up the Office
I have an office that, I'm sure like many offices, has slowly been filled up with clutter over the years. It has become acceptable to shove things in there when we are busy or tired or simply don't know where to put the thing. This made me reticent to actually use my office as an… Continue reading Lighting Up the Office
This Week’s Hike: Arizona Trail, Molino Basin Part 2
The Molino Basin Campground is closed during the summer, which I should have taken as a sign. This must be an amazing trail in the winter. In the summer... it was hot and sticky and gross for the first mile. There are a few scattered trees offering a (very) brief respite, but otherwise the trail… Continue reading This Week’s Hike: Arizona Trail, Molino Basin Part 2
This Week’s Hike: Green Mountain Trail
I decided to head a bit further up the mountain to find a cooler and shadier hike this week. The basin was all well and good, but it was also a little - okay a lot - exposed. Only a few miles up the road there are plenty of pines to cool things down. I've… Continue reading This Week’s Hike: Green Mountain Trail
This Week’s Hike: Molino Basin
We won't know whether or not we're making a very big move for another month. That's four weeks of not being able to plan, not being able to have anything solid, of drifting - but it is still four weeks of life. I need to take advantage of that, of every moment we have left… Continue reading This Week’s Hike: Molino Basin
hello August
The month of figs and warm sunsets and bats and starry evenings and fireflies and thunderstorms and peaches and obscene amounts of sweat and virgos and blueberries and the smell of cut grass and leos and cow walks and morning hikes and sunflowers and palo verde beetles and double rainbows and birthdays and squeezing every… Continue reading hello August
Everything is (finally) so Gay
And it's kind of amazing. I went for a hike yesterday morning, so I was away for many hours of the initial celebration. A friend texted me when they released the decision, so I wasn't completely taken by surprise when I returned to the internet where everything, literally everything, was covered in rainbows. My wife… Continue reading Everything is (finally) so Gay
An Open Letter to the French Language
Ciao bella! Wait, no - Salut! Ça va? I hope you're doing all right. It's... well, it's been a while. When was it we last saw each other? Oh yeah... for a month in high school. Although that short time together helped change my mind about you, it wasn't enough, and the intervening years only… Continue reading An Open Letter to the French Language
K. A. Doore 