In July I…
- Celebrated my twenty-eighth anniversary.
- Critiqued two picture books and one chapter book.
- Read through The Burning Season a couple of times in preparation for edits. This ended up being a 21+ hour endeavor that showed me a lot of areas where the manuscript is lacking. I tossed and rewrote sections fully knowing they might end up gone in some future version. But writing is always a learning experience and no effort is ever wasted.
- Made Emily Dickinson’s coconut cake, which was very tasty but a little dry. (If I make it again, I’ll soak the coconut in water first.)
- Thinned the apple trees (probably later than I should have, but apple trees are new to me).
- Chased deer from my backyard dozens of times. (They’re fond of the apple trees. Above is one of the crew heading to my backyard.)
- Played plenty of Scrabble.
- Watched plenty of Yellowstone.
- Sent Song of the Raven to my critique partners. Cut out the aimless “to-ing and fro-ing” and the cogitating that slowed the last third down. Sent it on to my agent — fingers crossed!
- Made a compost bin out of a storage tub.
- Covered my garden after discovering eggplants and tomatoes missing.
- Spotted this dastardly thief.
- Read some books like John Adams and The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith (more on both at a later date).
- Weathered the weather, like the rest of you!
Sounds like you were busy last month! The cake looks DELICIOUS, btw. 🙂
It’s really good. Once I figured out it’s pretty much a sweet bread, I toasted and buttered it. Moistened right up.
That wascally wabbit! Or is it a jackwabbit out there?
Great that you got so much plant life and wildlife to enjoy it, even if they enjoy it a bit too much.
Hope you get cooler temps soon!
A desert cottontail