August 15, 2006
CHANGE IS ON THE PROWL …
The days might still be hot, but at night the mountain air is getting distinctly chill. The trees might still be full of glory, but you can sense subtle change in the breeze — Fall is just weeks away from showing her face, and that means the bears are everywhere, all the time, biologically programmed to reach hibernation weight at any cost. Don’t even think of standing in their way
And last night a massive beast prowled outside my house. Brunswick – the watch cat — growled and alerted me to his presence around midnight. For the longest time I peered out the window into the darkness, but I couldn’t see the animal – just hear him moving around in the bushes. Every now and then he exhaled, like a horse. It sent shivers down my spine.
Then finally I saw him lumber out from the shadows, his hulking size suddenly silhouetted by the full moonlight, and my breath caught in awe. For one brief moment I was once again connected with the ancestral human in me. There’s nothing quite like seeing a massive beast in the shifting shadows of silver moonlight, when the barrier between stark reality and Jungian consciousness is thin. Mostly, I was worried he was going to get into the barbecue 
As for industry change in the air — cyberspace is all abuzz with the Bombshell that Harlequin officially dropped yesterday, along with speculation about the future of Luna and NEXT, and the discussion is far more knowledgeable than anything I can say here. But once again, my heart truly goes out to all those authors who have been left in the air with the harsh and rather fickle winds of change.
My Path: Rainbow
My Time: Almost one hour, with speed intervals.
My Beat: The Ballad of Lucy Jordan — Marianne Faithful (remember that one?)
5 Peaks – DONE!!! In under two hours.
Victoria Marathon — 54 days to go!!
Honolulu Marathon — 117 days to go.
CONTEST >>>
Kristen Says:
Right now, I’d love a chill. It’s currently 9, and it’s about 97 degrees, or 36 Celcius.
Oiy, I hadn’t heard about the Bombshell dropping. That’s really sad. I haven’t read any, but I do have two on my shelf to read. Part of the Athena Force? That, and the Madonna Key are the one’s I really want to read. I guess I’ll have to just go to the used bookstore.
Maybe I’ll find some of yours, Loreth! 
meretta Says:
We’re getting chilly here, too. And the leaves have begun their change! And it’s already snowed in some parts of the province (to the west). Did you send that in from Whistler, Loreth?
Glad to hear Brunswick was on the watch!