Yesterday, after working many hours on revising my latest novel, a YA time travel story that happens along the banks of the Mississippi in Illinois, Microsoft Word crashed on me again, and this time I wasn’t able to recover the last hour or so of work. Microsoft Word v.X for Mac is my primary writing… Continue reading One More Excuse
Author: hmelton
Moving West
Today, after 20 nights in Yellowstone, it’s time to move, to West Yellowstone. After four days at Pebble Creek, where we were very tight on electricity (no generator policy) I have mixed feelings. For one thing, I’ll be able to fire up all the computers and save some files to my backup system, but lightly… Continue reading Moving West
A Bike Ride Down Lamar Valley
I am not a cyclist. The total mileage I’ve biked in the last ten years is likely still in the double-digits, and my previous bike is rusting in the storage shed. But I knew that if I were to get any exercise, it had to be something I liked. With Africa approaching, I knew I… Continue reading A Bike Ride Down Lamar Valley