March 31, 2023
Daily Diary, Day 941: Last day of March, and it certainly is going out more like a lamb than the rest of the month. For now, we seem to be going rain free for awhile, with temperatures starting to go up. I just hope I can start walking again soon, before suddenly are facing hotter mornings. The lower back is very slowly getting better, but the only thing I did that I can see as triggering it was walking for 30 minutes that day (after not walking for 10 days), so when the pain is gone, I will start with maybe only 10-15 mins at first?
Meanwhile, still working on the to-do list, got another month data analyzed yesterday, today I worked on a proposal to do a workshop next summer on self-publishing and heard back from my friend that my comments and editing notes were very useful. Rio the border collie came over to play today, and I cleaned (very gently) and put away grocery delivery.
I also tried Draft2Digital's new service to publish print editions by putting up Between Mountain and Sea. This book is currently on Amazon as a paperback, but Draft2Digital will now make the book available in print through other retailers like Apple, Barnes and Nobel, as well as internationally.
I have gotten feed back from 5 of the 7 beta readers, so I will start to work on the editing I need to do based on that feedback. Looking forward to this, but I don't want to rush the process, so I plan to take at least a week to complete this stage.
Very, very slowly noodling around with possible plot for Dandy and the Dognappers. And here is a photo from a walk a couple of weeks ago before the rains. I suspect these blossoms are no longer on the tree!