Gosh, what a gorgeous day -- can't believe it's almost time for the holidays again. Took my walk just as the sun was coming up this morning. It was about 32 degrees out there -- just kinda cool. And I don't mean that in the temperature sense; I mean that in the sense of the ambiance or atmosphere (which word is correct if you're outside?). Anyway, it was really neat. Cold, but no wind, no humidity, clear sky. Still plenty of autumn leaves clinging to a lot of the trees. The horizon was just nothing but gorgeous fall trees -- even the bare branches looked great, way up high, against the clear but still sunless sky. Do you know what I mean? I love dawn...

For some reason, I had been up since 3:45 AM. I have no idea why. I made my breakfast (Irish oatmeal -- yay!), took it to bed and then Fluffy and I watched a Midsomer Murder and had a really wonderful time.

Fluffy's been sick & it worried me but I was ready to let her go if that's what she wanted, but she's all better again so we were both in this really chipper mood.

Now, it's all about the memoir, gang. Sitting in front of the laptop. Hour upon hour. Changing one sentence. Deleting 3 more. Not adding any new ones yet. Staring, staring, staring. But it's also progress when you know what's not working, isn't it, gang?