Maybe I’m elevating, but NYC, my giant ashtray, looked so beautiful this morning on my walk to work. I take the same route every day, but today everything is in high relief: a 9/11 sky, the baked red bricks of a crumbling building, a beautiful woman whose left cheek twitched as if the cricket from Times Square got in there. Even my shuffle offered up a perfect slate of rock anthems. Something has lifted.
Maybe I’m crashing, but a quick glance at my inbox spells trouble. Agh. What’s worse, so many little headaches or one huge migraine? One piece of great news, though, Columbine goes back up two spots on the NYT bestseller list. The list thing, it’s like an EKG. Of course so is everything else these days: blog stats, bank accounts, Amazon rankings, and of course, the master of all gauges of self worth: the scale.
Tomorrow, I will get back to answering publishing questions. And I also want to talk about the mystery wrapped in an enigma.
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Betsy Lerner 
The EKG of modern life totally terrifies me, I wish I could stop looking.
Just felt the need to say that I came across your blog and was immediately reminded that my writing tutor recommended The Forest fro the Trees to me over a year ago. It’s been re-added to my list of prospective purchases!
Cheers
I think you can get a used copy for like ten cents and worth every penny.
I think the UK/US exchange rate will also work in my favour here… 🙂
Read and LOVED Columbine. So glad the author (and you) had the tenacity it took to get that book published.
What are blog stats? Is someone counting how many times I log onto this site?
Yes and I can also see that you haven’t flossed for a while. (actually I have no idea where the millions of “views” come from — the stats are totals, no specific information given)