The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
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VaCaDay
I am happily ensconced on the sofa at my friend’s house in NJ. We spent the afternoon in the pool and will be heading out to dinner soon. There will be nothing of substance to be had here today.
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A note about the book
I have just finished formatting my novel in Adobe InDesign and will be uploading it to CreateSpace (sans cover) to see how it looks in their format. I am days away from publishing. Also, I’ve had merylyourish.com up for a … Continue reading
Changes
Today is my last day as a full-time employee at Job in Northern Virginia. The problem is that my company is supported largely by government contracts, and while we won large contracts to do various jobs for the government, these … Continue reading
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Five years? Seriously? Five years?
Blogs are kind of like a public diary, in some cases. I was wondering today how long I’ve been having hot flashes. So I searched the blog, and found posts in December of 2007. The reason I was wondering is … Continue reading
Oh, I almost forgot
Busy day. Lots of things happening, not all of them good. The writing blog is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality. Sorry, folks, but my life is turning a huge corner at the moment, and I’m getting burned … Continue reading
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The Great Idina Menzel Poster Incident
A week ago Friday night, a derecho swept through Virginia and the surrounding areas, bringing with it winds as high as 80 mph, and 13 deaths from the storm. My niece and I were downtown Richmond, standing in line behind … Continue reading
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A quiet Sunday morning
I have two teenage girls asleep in my guest room. My niece Sorena and a friend came over yesterday to eat kabobs and junk food and watch a ton of TV. When I heard that Victoria liked Clue, we cued … Continue reading
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Yet another busy day
Well, let’s see. Yesterday, I brought my car to the shop and this morning discovered that it has a bent valve, so off it goes to another shop for a large repair and I am carless until next Wednesday at … Continue reading
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The Starling Wars
Long-time readers will remember The Woodpecker Wars, wherein a woodpecker decided that my furnace vent was the most awesome tool in the world to hammer out a tune to attract a mate, and affected my sleeping patterns for quite some … Continue reading
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Travel day
It’s open thread time. Discuss the pros and cons of having an eleven-year-old Jeep with 171,000 miles on it and taking it regularly on trips from Virginia to NJ. All I can say is, if your engine light is going … Continue reading
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What a difference five and a half years make
I wrote this in October of 2006: I’m sorry for the lack of posting. I haven’t got much heart these days. Money worries, cat worries, job worries (still a temp, no end in sight), stress up the wazoo. I know … Continue reading
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Busy, busy, busy
Up in NorVA yesterday and today, meetings, work, that sort of thing. And now, in my spare time, I will be writing. I’ll be back with a news post tomorrow.
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I’ll be damned. This blog is 11 years old today.
Eleven years ago, I wrote my first blog post and put it out there on the internet to finally get a little use out of the Yourish.com domain that I had bought several years prior. This blog went from personal … Continue reading
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It’s a Max day
During the kiddush after services today, Max asked if he could stay over tonight. That’s because last week, Rebecca stayed over after the Seder. So I’ve spent the bulk of the day with Mr. Max. Let’s see, we had snack … Continue reading
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