Progress

Busy all day, writing, reading relevant to novel (research), plus home chores, one of those days I want to clone. See how the rest of the week goes.

Still damn hard getting the tone right but progress, after all, is all that matters at this stage. Onward.

Barely

Very difficult going on the novel. Haven't found the right tone yet for the retirement community section. A struggle, more so than usual.

Which outs my life in a mild funk. No progress lately on downsizing. Harriet still not into it. I need to bite the bullet and just do it myself, despite her displeasure as a result. We are held prisoner by all her belongings, 90 percent of which gathers dust and costs us storage money and has no other function that I understand.

Doing the best I can. Feels like it's not enough.

And still not back up to speed on ukulele. 

Sunday bread

Granddad (Charles L Deemer), 1950s

Footage of building Passdena patio, designed as navigator's compass. Details in my 1969 short story, The Thing at 34 degrees ...

Aunt Billie (Bache), 1950s

Keeping busy

Lots of necessary auto chores done this morning, but not all. Ended up exhausted, got a second wind after lunch and did some work on both novel and home movies. Been some good days in a row. Harriet on new medication, which seems to be helping her attitude. Onward.

Great morn

Terrific progress on novel. And fish tacos on lunch menu!

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Afternoon delight

Progress

Slow but sure progress on projects and downsizing. Taken over latter. Only way to get it moving.

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Busy day

...editing video. Back to novel tomorrow.

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Nature Wins: Part Three

Nature Wins: Part Two

Part Two

Should be online today.

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NATURE WINS Part One

Here Comes Artie Rainbow!

Yes!

ARTIE RAINBOW

Rendering 10 min. short of brother's antics, which I edited summer 1966. Still cool. Here when done.

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Good friends

Growing up in the 1950s

Sketch

...woke me up to go out. Now I'm awake. Hmmm.

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1950s Christmas in Pasadena

Home movies

Beginning to go through them. Made clip for cousin, her parents before she was born.

20 pages into novel.

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Celebration

The new novel is in three parts: The Big C, Sunnyside Village, Camp Thanatos.

In the last section will be a celebration of life, a challenge but also a joy to write.

Finished draft of part one. Short. This may be a novella.

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Delightful day

Rewriting ... Video editing ... Cool jazz ... Great weather ... Mariners win in LA... Yes.

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I love rewriting

Silence

Love the hours before sunrise. So quiet. Not even Portland's occasional traffic noise here. Did some work in Photoshop, making titles for video. Last night prepared historic photos. Bringing back skills I haven't used in almost a decade.

Rehesrsal

Video turned out well. Be doing more of this.

Challenge

In home grown video, it's always sound that is the challenge.

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Video

Rehearse July 4 play and will tape it. Going to get into video again big time

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