Observations on life in general.
Whoever designated May 3 as National Garden Meditation Day never lived in upstate New York.
Oh, I have a bank of tulips next to the driveway. 
And there were random clusters of grape hyacinths dotting the lawn where the squirrels replanted the bulbs. (TV Stevie mowed over these.) 
But Buddha rests beneath the dead blossoms of last year’s hydrangea.
And the rest is a mess.
I’ll be fine by Memorial Day.
I love my hair stylist.
I’ve followed her to nearly every place she’s worked.
Once, I didn’t. That was a disaster. I found her again when she opened her own place.
So a big shout out to Tracey, one of the owners of The Hive Salon.
I appreciate you each and every day.
Today is National Garlic Day.
I personally think every day should celebrate this wonderful bulb.
It’s flavorful and it repels not only vampires, but cold and flu germs. It’s nutritious, helps improve cholesterol levels, and lower blood pressure. Some people go so far as to claim it is antibacterial and anti-parasitic.
There is no such thing as too much garlic.
Today is Wear Pajamas to Work Day.
One of the benefits of being a full-time author (with no Day Job) is the ability to work in your pj’s. Or your sweats. To be comfortable. If an author is physically at ease, the brain can soar. It’s so much easier to get in the zone and stay there. It’s our equivalent of Runner’s High.
Yeah. I like hanging out in sloppy clothes on the weekend. It’s my writerly uniform.
Today is National Go For Broke Day, which research indicates started as a military slogan from World War II. What it means is giving your all regardless of the obstacles ahead. While most of us are not engaged in military situations, that shouldn’t stop us from Going for Broke.
Writers face this every time they sit at the keyboard and open their work-in-progress. Every time we submit to a publisher. Every time we decide to self-publish something we’ve created.We put it all on the line every time we go public with our stories. Will readers love our blood, sweat, and tears, or loathe them?
Because if we’re not giving our readers everything we’ve got, we’re not doing our jobs as authors.