Slept through NYE, thank God.
Was able to savor my first cup of coffee this year with a clear head.
Just spent most of this morning reaching out to my creative friends on twitter wishing them a wonderful 2023. That list is getting longer. There are great people out there who, like you fine, five readers, have been very supportive of my writing. I thank you all for that.
I am truly blessed.
And that is why I am entering this new year with a positive outlook.
I have big plans this year which I will share right here as they each begin and progress.
Finding Jimmy Moran drops on April 13, 2023. It is my best work so far.
But I’m not resting on my laurels, I intend to write Where The Ley Lines Meet before the summer ends.
In the meantime, I want to wish each and every one of you and your loved ones nothing but happiness, health and success. You all deserve that and so much more.
So let’s rest today. Shake off 2022 and let’s make this the year where all of our dreams really do come true.
That’s my plan. Simple. Let’s all do it.
But first, a kitty cuddle, my rounds and some NYD torture.
Found this on Twitter. This cartoonist must be peeking through my basement window.
And my BFF Helen Lalousis, who many of you may remember from TCT.
So keep those photos coming.
And let’s make 2023 epic!
Have a great day.
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Happy New Year my friend! I slept through NYE as well. Bob has climbed those mountains. He is the same age you are. Go get it done……when it warms up. Put all that treadmill sweat to work. Cheers
Happy New Year to you and your family. WHo knows, maybe I will climb those mountains. Have a wonderful 2023, and thanks for the support.
Happy New Year to you, Lisa and family! I have despised NYE since I was in my early 20’s. The faux celebrating was exhausting, so I embraced the “sleep through” once my kids didn’t need a ride home from their festivities. I think 2023 will be epic as well. Everything is in place to enjoy the fruits of your labor!
Thanks, Mary. I do believe we were all together for a few of those NYE parties back in the day. Dodged a lot of bullets then, lol. But here we are, safe and sound. You and the family have a wonderful day and year. And thanks for the support.
It’s going to be the BEST YEAR EVER!!
I feel a movie deal coming your way my BFF. I’m so excited for you! 2023 =7. 🙏🏻🤞🏼
From your lips to God’s ears, Helen, and I hope this time she’s listening.
One more thing (as usual), my goal this year is to finally make it to see Devils Tower in Wyoming. Always wanted to but never made it. Bob has climbed that also. Not that far of a trip for us. Then we are going to SLC to meet the old space cowboy himself, the one and only James T. Kirk aka William Shatner. I will get to check #s 2 and 3 off the old bucket list. # 1 has already been done, twice….meet and hear Barbra sing live. # 4 is to meet you.
Hi Adrienne,
Your revelation of #4 on your bucket list has triggered an unexpected guilt response from several friends and I who co-created the The Claire Trilogy. We started this as a writing experiment testing out an AI program and now feel badly that you’ve bought into it so far as to rank meeting our character “Tom McCaffrey” as # 4 on your bucket list. You see, in all honesty now, we found some guys at Stanford Univ. who developed an AI program where you pick a number of parameters (whether related sounding or not) that you’d like to see built into a story (e.g. NYC youth roots, mafia interaction gone bad, WITSEC, talking mule, ET’s, etc.) and then the novel gets written by AI bots. Then while on a drinking binge in Colorado, we found a guy living in Berthoud who we thought looks like what Ernest Hemingway would look like today if he lived a hardscrabble life in CO. We toss him some drinking money each month, and in return, he lets us use his image and sends us fresh photos now and then when he can stand and hold his phone steady.
So anyway, that’s the scoop. Sorry to knock our character “Tom” off the pedestal you and others have placed him on. But as I said, we felt guilty letting you go on carrying a meeting with him as the #4 position on your bucket list. Thanks for your appreciation of the writing of our bots though.
Almost forgot to mention about the blogs — The feel-good blogs are written by a group of monks we’ve contracted with in Nepal. We ask them to center their writings around Claire the mule. And then we add in some profanity and outlandish situations to spice them up.
We first met the monks traveling on one of those exhibition tours around the U.S. where they create sand “paintings”. We were passing through Longmont and ran into them coming from performing an exhibition in Steamboat Springs —
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/tibetan-monks-return-to-steamboat-for-sand-mandala-project/
Gotta tell you, most fun-loving monks you ever want to meet — when they’re off-duty! Sure, they’re all serious when performing. But we were enjoying a stop in Mike O’Shay’s bar/restaurant that evening when they rolled in for the famous MOS vegan favorite Caprese sandwich. When the ever-accommodating manager, Lonnie, led them to the back room so they could have some privacy, we assumed that meant for peace and quiet. But upon further review when we stopped in to offer them a few shots of down-home American hospitality, we saw that after a hard day of sand painting, these guys like to let their hair down. And yes, they CAN party! We were in awe to begin with when they appeared to smoke a hookah and drink Macallan Scotch at the same time. (Still don’t know how they did that.) But when they then proceeded to do so upside-down, we knew we were out of our league and were forced to utter “Uncle”. If you don’t believe me, drop in at Mike O’Shay’s if you’re ever in Longmont and ask for Lonnie. Then ask him to show you the photos of what went on back there that night. He might be hesitant at first, so you may have to nudge him a little. Happy New Year to Lonnie and all the staff and regulars at MOS!
What a load, if I ever heard one. But thanks for responding BC. 🙂
Adrienne: And people wonder why I killed him so brutally in KMAG. He’s been denying my existence for 50 years.
Guilty as charged, Adrienne! But the title of Tom’s blog today was “2023 – Bring It On!”
Best of luck and much success in the new year!
Also, my Chiefs just beat the Broncos….barely. A win is a win.
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2023, new member!
Adrienne: I know where Tom will be on April 22 and 23. He will be my booth partner at the LA Times Book Festival. I’m the author of Passport to Terror. Tom and I have crossover characters in my book and his upcoming release Finding Jimmy Moran. Come see us at the festival and cross meeting Tom off your bucket list. We’ll buy you the best food truck lunch we can find at the festival. That alone would be worth the trip.
BC: Sorry, our booth visits are invitation only. Shame I won’t be meeting you in LA. 😁
We first met the monks traveling on one of those exhibition tours around the U.S. where they create sand “paintings”. We were passing through Longmont and ran into them coming from performing an exhibition in Steamboat Springs —
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/tibetan-monks-return-to-steamboat-for-sand-mandala-project/
Gotta tell you, most fun-loving monks you ever want to meet — when they’re off-duty! Sure, they’re all serious when performing. But we were enjoying a stop in Mike O’Shay’s bar/restaurant that evening when they rolled in for the famous MOS vegan favorite Caprese sandwich. When the ever-accommodating manager, Lonnie, led them to the back room so they could have some privacy, we assumed that meant for peace and quiet. But upon further review when we stopped in to offer them a few shots of down-home American hospitality, we saw that after a hard day of sand painting, these guys like to let their hair down. And yes, they CAN party! We were in awe to begin with when they appeared to smoke a hookah and drink Macallan Scotch at the same time. (Still don’t know how they did that.) But when they then proceeded to do so upside-down, we knew we were out of our league and were forced to utter “Uncle”. If you don’t believe me, drop in at Mike O’Shay’s if you’re ever in Longmont and ask for Lonnie. Then ask him to show you the photos of what went on back there that night. He might be hesitant at first, so you may have to nudge him a little. Happy New Year to Lonnie and all the staff and regulars at MOS!
Christy, Thanks for the thought. And best of luck to you in LA!
You fucking guys have me in tears. Is it any wonder why I am mad as a hatter, having grown up with the likes of you all. Wait, I was programmed to say that. . . .
Uh-oh, this subject is beginning to show signs of self-actualization. Stanford — Please reboot this subject. No need to save anything. Nothing of value to save.