Advice: baby-proof the baby’s room BEFORE the baby learns to climb out of the crib. It will be easier. Would have been easier. Long day.
Minion of Gozer
Wesley has learned to open the refrigerator. This brings him one step closer to accomplishing his plan to summon Zuul.
Hide-and-Go-Moo
A new game for Thanksgiving: Hide-and-Go-Moo. It’s like Hide-and-Seek, except the person hiding has to moo. Cow mode.
An Excellent Sleepover
Elaine is having a sleep-over with my imaginary friend Trugo and her imaginary pet unicorn. They’re listening to the Raffi Christmas album.
Furry Mini-Fic by Elaine
Frogs don’t tap dance on whales’ heads.
Adventure
This year is brought to you by the word ADVENTURE. Oh, you wanted to stay home and drink tea? Too bad. ADVENTURE.
Hope is the Thing with (Plastic) Wings
Hope is not a canary. Hope is a plastic yellow bird that refuses to die even when the mine is filled with methane and carbon monoxide.
Panda Soccer
If a panda was really small and trying to hide, it could pretend to be a soccer ball. Save the pandas, stop playing soccer!
Unpredictable Muses
Well, I’ve done a lot of writing tonight. None of it was on the stories I planned to work on. I wrote about butterflies and bears instead of squirrels and cats.
Tidbits from the Life of an Author Who Writes About Otters
Every video confirms it. Otters sound like squeaky toys. I wish I’d known that ten years ago before I’d written two books about otters.
Research: watching videos of squirrels and looking at pictures of submarines.
Baking a vegetable casserole from the Redwall Cookbook, randomly in the middle of the night.