What a strange few days it’s been.

The good news is that my client is still alive and will be coming out of the hospital later this week — which also means that I have had 3 days OFF in a row. But then she will likely go into rehab for a week or so — which means I will likely have 3 more days off in a row, next week.

These 3 days have just flown by because Peitor and I are so busy on the TV project. And today will be no different — i.e., I woke up to discover SIX new files from him in my email.

This is in addition to the stuff we went over yesterday, which I still haven’t added to the script.

This sort of gives you an idea why it is so exhausting for me to work my caregiver shifts and also try to make headway in any given writing project… but these last 3 days have been such a gift. Even though I’m sorry she had to go into the hospital in order for my gift to arrive.

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The news out there has been incredible, hasn’t it, gang? Just coming fast & furious, every single day.

If you follow Q, then you know that all of this has been expected, but it is still incredible to see it play out in real-time with such speed, after waiting for over 4 years.

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Oh! Those tickets for Nick Cave’s Solo Tour of Europe went on sale Friday, and half of the shows in the entire tour are already SOLD OUT. So if you live in Europe, hurry up and get a ticket because it is an INCREDIBLE show. You do not want to miss it. Buy tickets HERE.

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Also — there is a chance that the museum exhibit about Jerusalem in Jesus’ times, which features the James ossuary, might be going to Indianapolis!

This is only 3 1/2 hours from me!!!!! I might actually get to see the James ossuary with my own eyes before I die, gang. I am so hoping this turns out to be true and that it goes to Indianapolis.

“An ancient ossuary inscribed with the words ‘James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus’ is now on display at Pullman Yards in Atlanta…”

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Another really wonderful thing happened — and this might seem trivial to you, but it means the world to me.

My Q-following friend texted me yesterday and asked if I wanted to go out for lunch on Saturday, after my shift. YES!! I do!!!

I am always the one trying to pin people down about going out for lunch or dinner, or to a show, etc. I am always the one. Sometimes I feel like just giving up because what few friends I have around here are always really busy and I start to feel like I’m annoying them.

So for someone to ask me — wow! It meant the world to me, gang.

This time, we are NOT going to Tequilaville, but going across the street from there, to the Peony Bistro — Asian food (Chinese and Japanese). It should be really fun!!

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On Sunday, late in the afternoon, I finally wrote the first line of my new memoir, Joy — The Shortest Season, about my decidedly turbulent life in 1971-1980 and how my fathers and father-figures literally saved me.

I am not happy with the sentence and it needs revising, but, well, at least the first sentence is finally there!!! This means that the rest of the manuscript will eventually follow. So that’s exciting.

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Okay. I gotta get to work around here.

Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Breakfast-listening music!!

From Tom Petty’s phenomenally successful first solo album, Full Moon Fever, 1989 — “A Face in the Crowd.” Enjoy, gang!!!