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      • Justifiable Murder – in under 200 words
      • Keeper of the Shadows
      • Pieces of Jules
      • Prey
      • Phineas Tom
      • Poetry Book 1 – editing
      • Poetry Book 2 – writing
      • Derrick
      • Sherman Dudley; Vampire Accountant
      • Sister Kate/Believe
      • Aunt Tessie
      • Village Headline
      • Sister Mysteries…Haunt House
      • Seeing Halos
      • Reporter
      • Mama Tell Me Another
      • Epic Prose Story
    • Short Stories
      • Agoraphobic Mysteries
      • Baby Animal Farm
      • Bairies
      • Comedy of Murders
      • Cruising South, Southward Murders…Directional Murders
      • Dump Surprises
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      • Frederick Stevens
      • Gambler
      • Ghost, The
      • Hollow, The
      • Jack in the Box
      • Let Sleeping Wolves Lie
      • Meet Me At Midnight
      • Murder Maze
      • Mystery Manor
      • Personal Assistant Felix
      • Protectors
      • Quinn O’Grady
      • Sir Sampson
      • Stumblers
      • Tea Shop Time
      • Twenty-Four Hours
      • Vampire – Seasonal
        • Winter – Santa’s a vampire
      • Vampire Therapist
      • Wannabees
      • Warnings Granny Never Gave
      • What’s an editor to do
  • Romantic Heart
    • Iris’ Romance Notes
  • Romantic Heart WIPs
    • Longer Works – Romance
      • Iris
        • Midnight Find – reworking (Iris)
        • Tina & Patrick x 2 (Iris)
        • Charlie & Charlie (Iris)
        • Mick & Maggie (Iris)
      • Violet
        • Interference…Ian & ? (Violet)
      • Hazel
      • Myrtle
      • Oliver
    • Short Works – Romance
      • Iris (Shorts)
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      • Hazel Shorts
      • Myrtle Shorts
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  • Heat with Humour
  • Heat with Humour WIPs
    • Longer Works – Heat
      • A Year in the Life Of…
        • Connie and Boris
        • Cassie
        • Patrice
    • Short Works – Heat
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      • Self Worship
      • Experiment/Creating Love
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      • Jack Adler
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      • Donna Andrews
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      • Robert Appleton
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      • Eve Asbury
      • Jude Atkins
      • Lena Austin
    • B
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      • Jay Bell
      • Raymond Benson
      • Ken Blaisdell
      • J.S. Breukelaar
    • C
      • Paula Cappa
      • Lorna Collins and Larry K. Collins
      • Bruce Cooke
      • Kevin Craig
      • Adam Croft
      • P.W. Cross
      • Crystal Lake Publishing Collections
    • D
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      • Mark DeGasperi
      • Aaron Dries
      • Anna del C. Dye
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Notes from Today

April 24, 2026

  • Cold or allergies?

April 23, 2026

  • Earlier start
  • Maybe weather is changing to warmth
  • What’s today’s unknown
  • Better than before

April 22, 2026

  • Sunny bright skies
  • Moody
  • Overwhelmed and over done

April 21, 2026

  • Change; the unknown
  • When it isn’t a challenge to be conquered
  • Admitting when I don’t know

April 20, 2026

  • Nervous-scared
  • Minus temps, again
  • Too many what ifs

April 19, 2026

  • Uncomfortable day
  • strange blustery weather
  • interesting clouds

April 18, 2026

  • Is there something strange in the air today?
  • Maybes

April 17, 2026

  • Lots to digest, some not what was expected
  • Taking it slow
  • Pa would have been 112

April 16, 2026

  • Missed day of doing who knows what

April 15, 2026

  • Storms in middle of night bring late morning starts
  • Cloudy mind makes a slow waking up

April 14, 2026

  • Reality vs Hope
  • Unsettle weather vs unsettled emotions
  • conflict vs opposing

April 13, 2026

  • Dullness in weather & possibly mood
  • Attempts
  • Hope

April 11 – 12, 2026

  • The weekend
  • a bit of this; a bit of that; a bit of I don’t know

April 10, 2026

  • Bill paying day
  • cleaning out computer email files day
  • Rain drops falling day
  • Way too much way too early day
  • Progress? Hope.

April 9, 2026

  • New day; new chances
  • Windy, mix clouds, hints of winter leaving and spring arriving

April 8, 2026

  • Don’t want control; would like stability, a path forward
  • Blue clear skies with warming temperatures
  • Potential?
  • I’ll take this surprise for however long it is

April 7, 2026

  • Cold
  • Hope

April 6, 2026

  • Starting over…again
  • Sunny, blue skies, temps on cold side, but promise in the air
  • not full promise

April 3 – 5, 2026

  • Rough, scary times
  • back in hospital again

April 2, 2026

  • Surprising start
  • Cooler temps, dull skies, cooler temps

April 1, 2026

  • Rough

March 31, 2026

  • Never a dull moment when dealing with pain management
  • Adaptability has to be my new mantra
  • Rain, thunder, now skies getting lighter behind clouds
  • Impressed

March 30, 2026

  • Sun, warmish temps
  • struggling to not be discouraged
  • meditating more
  • trying
  • I’ll take today’s small victory

March 29, 2026

  • Up earlier and feeling stronger than last few days
  • Hoping this feeling continues throughout the day
  • normal mix bag of everything

March 25 – 28, 2026

  • pain is a bitch

March 24, 2026

  • surprisingly, promising start, still open to change
  • spoke too soon

March 23, 2026

  • Pain is a bitch and a cruel master
  • Blood is everything; blood is life…that ain’t just some vampire story mantra

March 22, 2026

  • Family birthdays today
  • still a rough start
  • ending better than it started

March 21, 2026

  • not so much a positive day

March 20, 2026

  • Rain
  • another positive start to day
  • too deep of a re-sleep

March 19, 2026

  • Surprise …positive start…I accept this win

March 18, 2026

  • gone 21 years
  • 7 years ago I was in ICU
  • still one step at a time

March 16 – 17, 2026

  • always trying
  • Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 14 – 15, 2026

  • mix and match days
  • weather can’t make up its mind
  • rearranging furniture and items, kinda a mess

March 13, 2026

  • Happy Friday the 13th

March 10 – 12, 2026

  • mom’s home, we’re settling back into routine

March 9, 2026

  • dad would have been 95, today

March 3 – 8, 2026

  • mom still in hospital
  • weather changing
  • time change
  • mixed emotional life right now

March 1 – 2, 2026

  • Mom’s still in hospital, but everything seems on right path. Rheumatoid arthritis is a bitch; however, this may have just shown a new issue with her heart, so that’s a good thing.
  • Had migraine on 1st, tender today.
  • Looking forward to getting taxes done…only a little sarcastic there

February 26 – 28, 2026

  • Mom’s in hospital

February 25, 2026

  • Family…what exactly is it?
  • Mind’s a bit wandering today
  • overcast, temps a bit who knows, but barometer is down

February 24, 2026

  • Colder, sunny-ish blue skies
  • Not sure what I plan
  • review read and notes made

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