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author life

Monthly notes from A. P. Goodman on the year around the writing.

35 posts

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

View from a ferry deck across open water toward a distant tree-lined shore in Door County

The Fourth at a cabin in the woods, a summer of goats and heat, and our yearly vacation up north to Door County. A month I stayed fully present for.

The butterfly effect

Several butterfly chrysalises hanging from the lid of a clear rearing cup on a wooden table

A new normal, a butterfly kit full of caterpillars, goats that keep on goating, a new manuscript started, and a kitchen that is finally, officially done.

Cha-cha-cha-changes

Three goats in a sunny zoo yard, one standing on a fallen log and another grazing on the concrete

A month of change: starting summer volunteering in the goat yard at our local zoo, learning what waiting really costs, and looking ahead to June.

April had a lot to teach

Kitchen Renovation

A month of kitchen renovation chaos, an Easter I loved, and zoo volunteer training with my kiddo. What April taught me about living through the mess.