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Blogging in the age of covid

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       Hi Everyone! It's been a while, but pandemics can do that. Since the lockdown and my last post I've been writing pretty regularly and the first book in Davonna and my fantasy series, THE LAST WIZARD OF BRETONIA, is being read by our beta readers, who've found some interesting things. One now obviously more metaphoric than we intended passage had us both rolling on the floor, glad it didn't sneak through and get us an R+ rating. We've also begun book II and are about a third into a first draft. So the story will continue. And we've done a draft of the first book as a pilot for a TV show. Who knows what might happen with that.     For those wanting an update on Coda, my German Shepard, she's had issues with weakness in her hindquarters, so I've been taking her to get some hydrotherapy. I'm not sure how much she likes it, but she sure looks cute jogging in the water tank. Plus she's shown some improvement and gained back some muscle mass and

Pandemic musings

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I just wanted to check in with everyone during the pandemic. I'm doing fine, no symptoms; Coda, my German Shepard is doing well too. Where I live, Spokane, we don't have a lot of cases yet, but we're 300 miles from Seattle, and they are swamped. I have friends and family there and it's worrisome. I canceled my plans to go visit over spring break and instead I'm self-isolating. Fortunately, I have a big yard and can go outside easily, and when the weather is nice spend time in the sun away from others. I'm on day eleven, so I think I'm probably in the clear, at least until I have to go grocery shopping again. I bought enough food for probably 3 weeks, depending on what I want to eat, but eventually, I will have to go out again. I work at a university, and things are going to be strange there for awhile. Everything will be done online, although there will be students who have no other choice still living in dorms. That seems like an invitation to parties, bu