We took a marvelously relaxing cruise of Puget sound, meeting up with Mary Jo Putney and her husband to discuss writerly subjects and just enjoying the scenery and a wine tasting or two. The food was scrumptious, the weather���amazingly���perfect, and the company wasn���t to be sneezed at. I always dream of not having to fix meals or do housekeeping for days on end.��.��.

And then I come home to sour milk, an empty refrigerator, a week���s worth of dirty laundry, and piles of business that piled up while we were gone. And of course, there is still my writing work to be done. Fortunately for me, I love to write and the sun���s been shining and I���m getting a lot of pages scribbled. . . Just don���t remind me of the list of tasks I���m supposed to be doing!