COVID Hair and Writing Life by da-AL + Pamela S. Wight’s New Memoir

Was nature set on whimsey when she fashioned dog noses?

“What do writers do when they’re not writing?” That question kinda flabbergasted me when I saw it on Quora, an interactive “ask and answer site.” In my case as a novelist, I wish I was outside-the-box enough to warrant such an inquiry. When I’m not writing, I’m fretting about not writing, or I’m reading. In between those three things, I spend time with loved friends and family, walk my doggie, eat, sleep, garden, and ruminate way too much on my hair, as you’ll read later.

Regarding friends, look at the cool pen my dear pal gave me! (Btw, here’s a letter she wrote to you and me about her United States Marines recruit daughter who’d love to get our postcards.) Patricia planned to gift me a mega-bling pen, but I snatched this instead. She appeared somewhat crestfallen, so I asked if she wanted it back, but she answered that she’d hoped to give me something pretty. Ah, I told her, thank you very much. However, how often do you come across a USMC Marine band pen? With a revolving clicker that displays their website, phone number, and such?

As for gardening, figs are coming in, kumquats are winding down, and so are tomatoes (here’s one of several posts they’ve figured into). “Wildlife” devoured the grapes. Despite K-D doggie’s best attempts, she has yet to de-populate our modest back yard of possums, rats…