It’s been a lifelong tenet of mine that nobody wants to hear your troubles, so I have always made an effort, even when things aren’t going so well, to either keep it to myself, or at least to have a sense of humor about it. I’m not much bothered by things, and I think I [...]

Time passes so quickly that it alarms me sometimes. How did I get anything done at all in my real life when I worked for other people? The truth is that I didn’t, or at least I was only able to do whatever was absolutely necessary to live. Now my work is writing, and work [...]

Yesterday was not a good day. I went to bed Sunday night with a sore throat, and spent most of the night tossing and turning, semi-conscious. You know how it is, Dear Reader. You’re not asleep, but you’re not awake enough to get up, take something, do anything to help yourself. I wasn’t able to [...]