2021 - the gift that just keeps giving. And taking away from my writing. Five days after my last post - Misty - our 12+ year old doggie with a liver tumour and a difficult to treat ear infection died suddenly. We've been working through her bucket list since her July appointment, preparing for her full cancer recheck in December. We knew her time was limited, we just didn't realise how soon we would lose her. It was a week before our beach holiday (the pet friendly rental) and it took a while to get over the shock. The photo below was a bucket list day trip, keeping the problem ear dry, but letting her get her paws wet. Heaps of fun. (She did end up coming on holiday with us, after Pets in Peace returned her ashes and plaque, paw print and lock of hair - it didn't feel right leaving her home) Writing wise - I'm working on a contemporary romance and a bit of a left field fictionalised non-fiction book (cryptic, I know). I'm not as far along as I would have liked on either project, but for the first time since I started my writing journey, I took time away from writing, the computer and went on leave. The combination of the day job (in a hospital in COVID times) and losing Misty meant I wasn't in a place to write. And I don't think you can underestimate the disruption of a "working-from-home" hubby to creativity. It's hard to get deep into the romance when there's a Zoom meeting happening behind you. (Does confirm though that workplaces are the same everywhere) Sadly, I've also just cancelled this year's attendance at the Romance Writers of Australia conference, which was rescheduled to December. We have hard border closures, and while I can get to conference, my friends/roomies can't. The borders will reopen just after conference, but looking at the modelling, it won't happen before. So now, I'm looking forward to 2022 in Perth. I'll leave you with a photo of this morning's sunrise. 4.36am and I was just about to leave home to run with my running group. The remnants of yesterday's storms were out over the bay and the colour was way more vivid than the photo shows. Summer is nearly here...
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