Oh, dear.

It has been brought to my attention by a committee of concerned... uh... Robin that I have been a blogging slacker. And it's so true! The reason, of course, is that I finally stopped being a slacker in some other areas of my life, such as (1) going on cruises, (2) going to Ohio, (3) revising my manuscript, and (4) going to... (insert scary Halloween music) work.

Revisions are due at the end of this week, so until then, I'm up early to take care of that.

So I promise I will blog more soon! And I promise the fires haven't gotten us. We are actually quite far away from them, last time I checked, although we have friends in a few of the afflicted areas. None of them has lost any property or been injured or in danger or anything as of yesterday.

One of my uncles in Ohio was telling me about his long-ago trip to Los Angeles, where he was warned against mudslides, earthquakes, gangs, carjacking, smog, etc., and I laughed and said, "Oh, it's not so bad." I'm afraid I damaged my credibility the next day by spending so much time on the phone asking my friends if their houses were on fire.

Hope you are all well!