Spring in Utah is like this:
And then it’s like this:
From mid 60’s to snowing and freezing. The weather is kind of like an adventure with superheroes.
In other news, I had a pretty fantastic birthday last weekend. Beth and I went out to breakfast, got some gluten free cupcakes from a local bakery, and later that night, had dinner out at the delicious and dive-y Red Iguana. Fantastic!
Due to trying to be healthy, I don’t drink chocolate milk EVERY SING MORNING like I used to, but I miss. So I let myself have a treat on St. Patrick’s Day a.k.a. my birthday, and had one. It was big, and it looked like this:
BIG.
For my birthday present, the coolest, most awesome wife ever rented a lovely ground floor apartment in a Victorian style house in Salt Lake for the weekend, and we are going to go have our own mini writing retreat. What a creative, fun present. Lucky me!
Speaking of writing, I recently sold a reprint to the too-cool Toasted Cake Podcast. The story, “Shatter Shatter,” first appeared in a recently closed-down online zine. I’m glad this little story gets another chance to be seen (and heard!). I’ll post when there’s something else to say about it. In the mean time, go check out Toasted Cake and enjoy good fiction!
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Finally, here is a picture of a very stoic cat in a box.
