Tivo and the productive day

Well, mostly. Thanks to the end of daylight silliness time, the day started an hour earlier by the clock than it would have otherwise. I wasn't sleepy any more and got up. Got lots of regular and not so regular things done, including planning dinner ahead using the crock pot, cleaning stalls, and picking up my show entries from the gallery as today was the last day of the show in Woodstock. What I didn't get started on until quite late was writing, though I spent some time pondering character names and where to start. Nonetheless, I have over a thousand words down now and probably will add more before giving up for the night.

The nearly full moon that was hidden by clouds last night has been visible tonight in the gaps between clouds, extremely bright and large. As we were putting horses to bed for the night, a flock of geese passed overhead making quite a lot of noise. It was already quite dark, and I couldn't resist bursting into song: "Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings, These are a few of my favorite things..." All it got me though, was a dirty look from Gary. "Not my favorite," he said. "It means snow is coming soon." I kept quiet rather than pointing out that I like snow too, at least at the beginning of the season. Right now it's too warm for snow in any case.

Argos has the loom about halfway threaded now, and I expect he'll start weaving within a day or so. Yet another potential distraction from the writing job at hand. Funny how my opening volley depicts the protagonist of the story sitting at his desk and trying to focus on a writing assignment while his attention wanders all over the place. Or maybe not so funny.

Anyway, it's November. The Beaver Moon (time to set traps) is coming in just three days. Meanwhile, I need to get busy writing.