June 22, 2022

Daily Diary, Day 661: Just finished a tiny slice of husband's homemade whole wheat bread that came out of oven. Yum...thank goodness I got in a 45 min walk this morning, so I felt virtuous enough to have this slice. I will have another at lunch with my salad! The day is one of those that goes in and out between sunny and cloudy, and definitely more humid than usual, with possible thunderstorms in the mountains. When you live in San Diego you make a big deal about any change in the weather. I realize having grown up back east where there were actually 4 seasons, that it often sounds ridiculous when I even mention there are clouds or some mild humidity! Do forgive me (smile.)

Besides my walk, I have already had 2 phone conversations, done some reading of publishing industry posts and one load of laundry and my daily dusting and sweeping.

I've also now gotten feedback from 2 of my beta readers who sat down and read the novella in one sitting, and feedback from a third who has started sending me chunks. So far, basically positive responses with a few issues for me to look at in terms of plot. I will wait until I get feedback from everyone to actually make changes, which is hard to do (the waiting not the changes!) Also got first draft of cover this morning and I will share here once it is final.

Since Netflix is steadily winnowing the older movies it has available, my husband has started going through those films we watched and really liked (and are still available) and having them come to us in the mail when they aren't streamable.) Night before last we watched Columbus, and last night Diva.

Loved both of them (it has been so long since we saw them that we didn't remember the plots). Columbus is set in that Ohio city, gentle story about a girl who is afraid to leave town because of her mother's fragile state, and a man who is there because the father he is estranged from is in hospital in coma. They walk around and talk, mostly about architecture, and it was amazing how interesting it was.

Diva is French, visually stunning, about a young man who is a fan of an opera singer, and how through a series of incidents he gets sucked into two different thriller-type plots.

And, now I am going to get in some reading before PT exercises and lunch.

Picture is of one of those strange succulent plans that for some reason remind me of something you would see on the ocean floor!