I love living a ten block stroll from Central Park. This morning I awoke around 5am. I tossed and turned until 5.30, then brought Peanut to the park. In under an hour I walked past a castle, through a pine forest, around three bodies of water and past a hand-full of iconic artwork. Oh and there was also a carousel and ice-skating rink involved. Lily Peanut was off the leash the whole time, sniffing the occasional furry companion. Smiling and...
I have had a very quiet few past days. There has been forest and reading and writing and Peanut. I've thought a bit about our land of blog. When we kicked off, I was setting out to change my entire life. And damn, I sure did. The world has changed indescribably. Hopefully my book catches themes around that, metamorphosis etc. How any moment literally can permanently alter your existence, depending how you play it. I think I'm going to relax...
Lily Peanut continues to adjust to her new New York City lifestyle and the untimely passing of her brother. I've been trying not to take up too much real estate here in blog land being sad about Henry. Losing him was the worst experience I've had since starting off whatever it is I do with this webpage. Worse than both the broken marriages, far beyond any moment of disgruntle. For what it's worth, I still cry every day. Since losing him, my...
I'm in a quality over quantity hiatus with my writing. While I continue to tap out novel, I'm being easy on word count. Many of us know about my 5,000 a day word binges where I lash down chapters and force out stories. Sometimes I think these are important phases to have. Usually they come when I don't feel quite focussed enough on any particular project to slow down just a little. That's essentially where I am now. I work through less than...
So I blogged a few hours ago about boo-hoo life is shit... then a best mate came through to paint smiles on my face. While I must get off of the island of Queens and back to my beloved Manhattan, I need to say, living down the block from Chris and David has been divine. It's funny the Universe "just happened" to plant me here while dealing with two events that will definitely be something brought up at 70th birthday parties... which happened to...