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This has been a down August for me. \u00a0Still slogging through molasses. \u00a0Only bursts of energy, clarity. \u00a0Don’t like it. \u00a0Doesn’t seem to be much I can do about it. \u00a0One foot in front of the other.<\/p>\n
Worked all morning on Missing. \u00a0Right now I’m summarizing chapters, creating character bios and defining scenes. \u00a0The result will be an outline with chapter summaries and a read through, quick, yes, but still a read through. \u00a0Once the read through is done and all chapters summarized, I’ll be ready to start working on Loki’s Children.<\/p>\n
When that comes, my days will be Missing revision, writing Loki’s children, translating Latin and the occasional tour. \u00a0Hoping that I will get assigned to the terracotta warrior show since I’m prepared already for Qin Shi Huang-Di and the rise of the Qin dynasty.<\/p>\n
Right now all this sounds too much, but a hold over from the days of salaried work is a good work ethic once I’m clear on where I’m going. \u00a0That means I’ll keep going.<\/p>\n
The bees. \u00a0Dejected, yes. \u00a0Defeated, no. \u00a0Last year I decided I would buy packages, build up the colonies and take the honey they produced, all of it, including their winter stores, then start over again the next year. \u00a0This was partly a response to difficulty over-wintering bees, partly to mite loads. \u00a0Fail.<\/p>\n
So. \u00a0I have to look at this a first year project, in which case I have one colony, the aggressive one, that will have plenty of honey and brood for the upcoming winter. \u00a0The other, the less active one, had, today, brood. \u00a0Surprise! \u00a0They must have swarmed earlier and created a new queen. \u00a0Not sure right now how to encourage them through the winter, but I’ll find out. \u00a0If the strong colony produces any extra honey, I’ll give it to the weak one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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