Thanks for reading, or at least downloading a copy of both books.

Whilst I have only sold one official copy of my book through the Amazon Kindle Unlimited program, I do have double digit downloads (for free I might add) of both of my books of collected interconnected space short stories, directly from my WordPress blog. That makes me happy. I do not know if they managed to read them all or in part, or what. My hope is that they enjoyed at least some small part of what I was going for. Perhaps a giggle, a guffaw, or a nasal snort escaped them involuntarily. That’s a win in my book. I’ll take it!

It’s a rainy, and windy Thursday today. Closer to the end of the month than the beginning at this point. School is out, done, finito, as of next Thursday at noon. Time flies! I think that first day we’ll have them clean their rooms to see what items can get taken to the cottage, and not remain behind to clutter up their bedroom floors. I know we have some small kid sized plastic chairs to take, and a teeter totter as well. Perhaps the pirate water table can go too. It’s a bit big, so that might need to go up all on its own on a second dedicated trip, or something. Not that I want to treat the cottage as a dumping ground, but it beats the landfill, and also my Brice & nephew can enjoy it now too if we move it north, and not throw it all away. I can make that concession. That’s a compromise I am willing to be a part of.

What’s new? More unrest in the middle east. Bombs, bombs, bombs, retaliation, death & destruction. We now have 4K resolution tiktoks of bombs dropping. These newer ones light up like mini suns, and hit the ground before you hear anything. Unreal. Scary as all get out. I’m sure somebody somewhere is going to attack or sink the USS NIMITZ to kick things off for real. Why not get into a war because a 50 year old boat due to be decommissioned next May gets itself sunk. Cool, cool, cool. Who cares whose bombs blow it up? “Don’t touch the boats!” They will all scream. I’m sure it’s nothing.

Nice thing about the rain, drizzle, grey weather is the break in temperature. It was 31°C yesterday, and luckily only 63% humidity. Still a hot & sticky day. Even with the heavy rains in Vaughan it was a roaster, well into the evening hours. So I’ll enjoy this cross breeze while it lasts.

Maybe the breeze will help alleviate the skunk smell. I think a skunk sprayed near our AC unit because it clicks on out of the blue, and makes a real racket when it does so. Scaring a weasel friend causing it to spray on, or near the unit because that stink permeated throughout the entire house when it has no reason to do so. Skunks are pretty active around here, and with all the windows shut it didn’t make sense for the basement to get so stinky too. Must have been drawn in by the affected AC unit. That’s my guess, and I’m sticking with it for now.

I have paid work to do, so best be about my business. Ciao Bella!