Expenses

Hotel/rent: Fremont $539 for 5 days at Nimur’s, 400 for 4 days at Nimur’s,

Trains/Sedan/Bus: 499, 468 [roundtrip plane], 540 for sedans in Baltimore 200, 100, 50, 40,

Food: Portland 40, 50, 27, train 7, 6, Utah 5, 120, train 16, Fremont 30, 20, 10, 40, 10, train 15, Portland 50, 10, 40, 20, 70, 15, 30, 30, 10, 20, 50, 30, 5, 20, Baltimore, 20, 60, Portland, 20, 40, 10, 7, 20, 20, Depoe Bay 60, Portland 20, 40, 10, 40, 30, Fremont/trains 10, 50, 10, 25, 10, 20, 25, 7 Maryland 20, 60, 120, 60, 80, 40,

Medical: 100 dental exam and cleaning, $8 migraine pills, 18 triptans, eye exam 180, have cataracts, glasses 260, 20 triptans,

Books: 0

March

1.) schedule nonfiction out to June 10, 868, 1154, 1581,

2.) 1234, banking and prep for travel,

3.) 1290, emails, edit/schedule fiction posts to finish out May,

4.) train to Sacramento, read Vietnam memoir

5.) train to SLC, worst eye seizure ever, read Barbarian Spirit by Clay Martin

6.) SLC to Kamas Utah, visit with Bob, eye seizure continues,

7.) 1469, 1224, worse eye pain ever

8.) begin annotating Olaudah, 1620, 1772, 1989

9.) dentist, 2736, eye agony

10.) 2904, eye and sinus terrible, emails, 1932, 2299,

11.) worst eye seizures ever, bedridden

12.) 2683, emails, 412, bed ridden

13.) pack, 399, check site, emails, to Oakland, eyes bad

14.) train, eyes slightly better

15.) train, bus, walk, bus, walk from San Jose to Fremont find Nimur’s Place, 1098, bad eye

16.) 1121, eye seize, sinus better, need new glasses

17.) read Andrew Edwards Abstract Operator Handbook, super bad eye seizures, 1222, listen to Jason and the Argonauts,

18.) 1019, bad eye seizures, learning to suppress breath enough to pass out, listen to Jason and the Argonauts, fitted wit fit bit,

19.) profile Nimur’s place, 1296, bus to San Jose, train to Portland, bad eye, medding up ahead of time as cowards do

20.) train to Portland, bad eye, dinner with friends, drank 5 beers in 5 hour, first drink in 3 weeks, made me feel poorly this morning, so I will go dry this year, can drink non alcoholic beer at bars

21.) squared away at Igloo, bad eye, check emails

22.) 1637, bad eye,

23.) 857, start writing front pieces for Recollections, eye seizure while writing, emails, meds, nap, 1547,

24.) 1246, nap, research spear woods

25.) cooked for step son’s birthday, 900, play cards, manage eye with sleep

26.) 959, sleep a lot against eye pain, reduces triptain dosses by ¼ per day, from 200 MG to 150

27.) arrange text for Recollections at 70,860 words,

28.) eye doctor, proof Recollections, dig horseshoe pits with Dog Soldier

29.) Proof Recollections at 71,148 words

30.) 1481, complete framing and begin writing Skinnies,

31.) eye too bad to right

Articles/Chapters: 28

Complete Books: 1

Biography: 1

April

1.) 1759, Skinnies! #3, first day with one dose of triptain in months

2.) 1136, emails, listen to TB Wright interviews

3.) 1087, emails, new distance glasses, install sod

4.) new screen glasses, emails, periscope post, back horseshoe pits, eyes fail, overused maybe

5.) 1155, Injun funeral

6.) injun funeral in Washington State

7.) 1116,

8.) Fly to Baltimore to kiss the ring

9.) care for mom at understaffed hospital

10.) help Brickmouse Shovel gravel

11.) clean Megan’s new apartment

12.) spend night with Mom at rehab center

13.) Fly back to Portland, hottest Asian babe ever as head stewardess wowzerrrr…

14.) LARP as indie writer… 1525 Skinnies! #4, Elders powwow, Outline Under A Velvet Heel,

15.) lost a day—that’s scary…

16.) began writing, laid down, slept 14 hours

17.) are you alive Cracker?, 1524 SK #5, horse shoes and cards with Dog Soldier

18.) 1151 SK #6, Lakota Mike’s wake, cards, dice and dominoes with Dog Soldier

19.) 1203 SK#7, to Lincoln City

20.) Newport, Depoe Bay, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina head,

21.) Gleneden Beach, Dallas, Aroura, back to Portland

22.) proofed end of April posts on back end, emails, 1075,

23.) 1145, made ground beef and vege soup, and hot pepper soup, 1415, to doctor with Wife, build raised bed

24.) schedule posts, edit scheduled posts, 143, fill raised bed, pack, visit with Injun broads

25.) To Oakland, phone calls from train for scheduling

26.) Thru Oakland to Fremont, set up at Nimur’s, proofed and arranged text for Skinnies! To #7 and back matter,

27.) Skinnies #8 1285, S#9 1015, S#10 1010, proofed 8, 9 and 10, arranged text to master manuscript,

28.) Wrote Skinnies! #11 1434, #12 1228 & #13, arrange and proof Skinnies at 27,431 words

29.) 1199, pack, train north to Portland

30.) train to Chicago, read Andrew Edwards operator manual in print

Articles/Chapters: 20, lowest output writing month in three years

Complete Books: 1

Novels: 1

May

1.) no sleep since 28th

2.) Chicago to Pittsburgh,

3.) Pittsburgh to Lancaster to MD, got to mom at 3 PM

4.) Sleep in my brother’s vigil cot an hour and 29 minutes next to Mom, Mom passed away next to me in her hospice bed at 127 AM, with one faint gasp, brother, sister, brother-in-law come to hospice and it takes 30 minutes to gather her things and go, sleep 2 hours, emails, update contacts, visit

5.) help sister put Mom’s antique business in storage and clean the house, as she has been a full-time nurse a month now, sign for cremation services

6.) 1753, begin Before I Go, schedule posts to Baltimore to take Megan to doctor, east Baltimore to the Brickmouse House,

7.) to Lancaster, PA with Mister Gray

8.) am I a writer again? Emails, corrections, update book list, train with Erique

9.) 1532, to Pittsburgh, square away Punky’s house

10.) 1428, Mother’s Day with Punky, emails

11.) 1195, cut grass, sod yard, visit Niece

12.) finish yard, to Lancaster

13.) 1336, 738, weed around gazeebo, videos with Mister Gray

14.) 618, to Baltimore by car, dinner with The Operator

15.) coffee with Miss Ezz, to East Baltimore writing retreat

16.) 1320, help Megan rehab leg injury, 448 start Drake Brule, grocery store, outline 4 part review for AE

17.) 1331, grocery store, to Harford County,

18.) 1349, 1573, emails, 1474, 967, 1032, East Baltimore

19.) Jethro from airport, NE Baltimore

20.) train with Jethro and Alex, Baltimore

21.) Lancaster, PA, train with Erique & Dom, Halifax, Man weekend arrival

22.) Training day, steel with James R. Anderson who request marriage address on behalf of better half

23.) Dawn seizure, William, Charles, Sean revive the broken gnome demoted to fight day referee

24.) clean and leave, visit with Cutie Homesteader & Nero the Pict until 4 am

25.) open this computer, 1434, again, to Erique’s

26.) design Hench & Trench RPG with Jeth, coach Erique’s people, write Oscar’s contract 132,

27.) To Baltimore with Jeth, night with Chuck and Katie

28.) 1769, 1813, format last 3 chapters of Fortunate Son, to East Baltimore and the Brickmouse House, watch fights to analyze

29.) 204, 1489, wash clothes, pack, to Eastside,

30.) 1188, weeded, carried groceries home, 1541

31.) 1640, 1238, read Richard’s guide to the Astral Plane, pay bills, snail mail, 14 phone calls for scheduling, another weak month, 1155

Articles/Chapters: 26

Complete Books: 0

Spring

Articles/Chapters: 28 + 20 + 26 = 74

Complete Books: 1 + 1 + 0 = 2

Biography: 1

Novels: 1

Expenses

Web hosting fees: 300

Lodging: 939

Transport: 1897

Food: 1686

Medical: 586

Books: 0

Total: $5,408