The Best Present Ever!

August 18, 2017

My editor sent me this present:

I’ve got mail!

And I opened it:

The Two Mutch Sisters, Spring 2018 | The Pickwicks’ Picnic, September 2017 | Clarion (both)

Did I mention I love my editor?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even little Talia was excited, until I came over to take her picture:

Get down off the table, Lil T.

The takeaway is this: No matter what happens in this world, it’s a comfort to think of the innocence and wonder of children and childhood. And cats.

Worst. Traffic. Ever.

July 19, 2017July 17, 2017

Mom and Daddy, Pip and Peach

Where in the world is the traffic the worst?

In Brussels the roadways are ready

to burst.

The streets in Seattle are pretty full, too.

How is the traffic in cities near you?

There is (spoiler alert) a HUGE traffic jam in the middle of The Pickwicks’ Picnic, which had me wondering where the worst places for road miseries are across the globe.

Mexico City

The GPS people at TomTom keep track of traffic congestion and maintain a list of the metropolitan areas around the world that suffer the most. My city makes the list at #108. The #1 city might just surprise you though (Hint: It’s not Los
Angeles). Have a look.