Where does the time go?<\/p>\n
Don’t answer that. It’s a rhetorical question.<\/p>\n
Life has been busy. There have been writing deadlines, both work-related and personal-related. There has been some personal stuff occupying my time — and driving me half-mental. And there has been working on WordPress code for the new website.<\/p>\n
Let’s take these in order, since I’ve not done a “life update” in a while.<\/p>\n
Writing<\/b><\/p>\n
Work has been endless deadlines since summer. Nothing unexpected there, it’s the life I signed up for. I’m wrapping up work on the November catalog in the next few days, and then it’s a pause of a day or two before diving into the December catalog.<\/p>\n
Yes, I know. It’s not even Halloween, and I’ve already written about Valentine’s Day stuff.<\/p>\n
One thing I’ve noticed recently is that I don’t “recover” from the monthly catalogs the way I used to. I think my brain’s getting a little tired. This happens every eight months or so — I get worn down and I stay in this worn down state for two months or so until I spring back recharged. That’s where I am at the moment, I’ve bottomed out.<\/p>\n
That said, I’ve been feeling strangely creative.<\/p>\n
At Shore Leave I mentioned to a few people that “The Ginger Kid” was the first piece of fiction I wrote in eighteen months. Since I wrote “The Ginger Kid” I’ve felt the creative juices.<\/p>\n
In recent months, I’ve brainstormed ideas, written some plots, and last week I wrote a new short story. In the weeks to come…<\/p>\n
That sounds like a lot. I don’t think it is. I think it’s eminently doable. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Personal Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n
Well, personal stuff is personal.<\/p>\n
Suffice it to say, I’m feeling situationally depressed by certain things happening. At times I feel alone and bereft of friendship, but that’s not the reason for feeling situationally depressed. Rather, it’s a series of known unknowns and unknown unknowns.<\/p>\n
It will pass.<\/p>\n
WordPress<\/b><\/p>\n
Yes, I’ve been talking about this site redesign forever<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The end, however, is truly in sight.<\/p>\n
I’ve written out three pages of notes that explain what still needs to be done. That sounds like a lot, but notes are largely instructions to myself about how to accomplish what I want to do in seven areas. This is something that I think I can finish with a solid weekend’s coding. There’s a custom taxonomy to implement (and I’m not sure that what I want to do is possible), some page templates to test, and one persnickety bug to squash.<\/p>\n
That’s the round-up on things.<\/p>\n
Before we go, let’s listen to Mr. Rogers talk about how important PBS funding is:<\/p>\n