Discovery has announced that Captain Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie (Deadliest Catch) has passed on at age 53.
The show just won’t be the same without Capt. Phil. He was the picture of what I’ve always figured north sea fishermen should be.
My heart goes out to the family – particularly the boys as they all seemed so close, even when bickering – and the crew of the Cornelia Marie.
Godspeed and good fishing.

I have strange ideas and odd plans at 3:30 AM. It’s now 4 AM, and here I am, giggling away like a mad woman, with the plot already in motion.
Just when I’ll find time to do my own writing is beyond me, but I do so enjoy the idea of throwing a lifesaver out onto the choppy waters of publishing…

More info will come, I promise. But for now, I’ve gotta get some sleep..LOL

So I only started this post three days ago. o_O My attention span seems to be getting shorter and shorter as the winter drags on.
Jynx
After we did what we needed to do with Mochi, we stopped by the pet shop in town and picked up a (probably 4-5 week old) baby agouti hooded dumbo fancy rat. We’d already picked out a name for her, Jynx. She’s settled in pretty good now, although she hasn’t yet met the gerbils because they say in Rhia’s room unless one or the other …

Mochi 10/02 – 01/10
 
After a month of soul-searching and long goodbyes, our guinea pig, Mochi, crossed the Rainbow Bridge Saturday afternoon.
We made the decision Friday night, after he looked a little worse for wear – again – and was having trouble using his hindquarters – again. We knew it was coming, but I think we’d been hoping he would go on his own. That little guy had a heart of steel, though, and no number of strokes were going to keep him down. Since Christmas though, he’d been less and …

Last Monday I received a call from S., a dear friend and writing partner, one of the four who make up ‘Rhada McKai.’ He had what was probably the saddest news I’ve had in a very, very long time. One of our own, one of our four, had crossed the veil.
J2 – James – and I met a long time ago, through a mutual friend. We sorta had a thing very briefly, before I introduced him to Mel. He in turn introduced me to S. and it all became very …