Dying Rainbow

I dyed

My hair

Rainbow colors

Because it was fun

Because I loved to see

people smile and giggle

When they saw my hair

But after tragedy

A cat dying

The killing of Joy

I shaved my head

Then a second cat

And an aunt died

Sad, wanting to hide

I instead covered my head

With scarves, hats, and hoods

No more bright rainbow colors

For I have not found happiness

Though there are sparks

With caring friends

A new found dog

And a foster cat

But my hair has

Been growing

The grayest hue

It has ever been

In the grays are

Flecks of silver

Persist in

Shining

Through my grief

Someday, I’ll share my silver

Progress Report on The Peculiar Predicament of Poppets (Plus, blatant pandering with pup & cat pics)

Today I had the day OFF! Well, not entirely. I'm house-sitting for Phoebe, this beautiful pup:

Adorable Phoebe!

Also, I had to stop by the shelter to get more cat food for Björk, the pregnant lady cat I'm fostering. She is VERY preggo and eating constantly. She's super sweet too! Here she is enjoying head scritches:

"Keep scratching, human!"

Anyhow, between walking and playing with Phoebe and visiting our cat boys and preggo kitty, I took myself out writing. I feel like I made a LOT of progress on my novel, The Peculiar Predicament of Poppets. Here's where things stand:

• My novel is now over 40,000 words, more than halfway through. (I thought I'd be revising all the things by now, but I've been slowly making my way through each chapter and they insist on getting revised before I move on.)
• I KNOW how the novel is going to end! (I just gotta get there now...)
• I fixed some character glitches.
• I got rid of a few characters that weren't fitting.
• I discovered things about some of my characters.
• I love you, google maps, for having "walk" & "bike" options so I can figure out how long it would take my one character to walk / pull a cart across state lines and how long it will take another character to reach her destination on a runaway horse in 1871.
• As of now, there will be 30 chapters in 2 parts. I have 16 chapters fully written and the rest have at least a spark of what they're about.
• I sketched out the layout of a scene to give me a better idea of movement. I haven't done that since I was writing stage plays. It was good. I need to do more if that!