More Working, More Revising, Another Rejection, Odds and Sods

 Off work before 1 pm yesterday, home by 2:30. Snacking, off to McClure's for Coke Zero, then back here for working on “Road Tripping”. And that was what pretty much all I did last night. When Firefox crashed at 8:30, I called it a night. I watched a little of Rachel Maddow, then fell asleep.

Up at 4:15, I fiddled with “Road Tripping”, started dinner in the crock pot, and doing this post at the last minute.

Counselor today, won't be back until maybe 5 pm.

Met a new neighbor this morning, a yellow cat who was too friendly and me without anything to feed it.

A bit of shock arrived in yesterday's email:  "Problem Solving” rejected:

Thank you so much for sharing your work with us during our spring open reading period. We want to acknowledge the unusually protracted publication timeline and the length of time it took to update you on the status of your submission. As we mentioned in our last update, the number of submissions received during this reading period was much higher than we anticipated, and we experienced several delays in our publication process. We sincerely apologize for this and aim to do better in the future. After the publication of this issue, we will take a hiatus from open submission periods until we have adequate resources to handle a high volume of submissions.

We are truly grateful to have had the chance to encounter so many unique perspectives and styles. Unfortunately, your submission wasn’t selected for this issue, but we wish you the best of luck with all your creative endeavors.

Your Old Pal,

That had gone out November 2, 2022. I still have not seen where the story is being published, even though it was accepted. I need to check on that.

Oh, yeah, I got a new insurance card. I need to get back on the hunt for a doctor.

 

Some recent readings:

 An attack on no-fault divorce is another attack on the core rights of women 

The Next Target in the War on Affirmative Action? Law Firms 

The Hoosier Group: Artists who made a lasting impact on the Indiana art scene

The Hoosier Group was a group of five impressionist artists from 1880 to 1915. This group of artists, T.C. Steele, William Forsyth, Otto Stark, J. Ottis Adams and Richard Gruelle, got their start in Germany. All studying in Munich, Germany in the 1880s the group returned to Indiana to continue their careers.

When in Indiana the group fell in love with landscape artistry, many making a living off of landscape paintings created around their homes. Some of the artists also became teachers, creating some of the first art schools in Indiana.

Steele founded the Indiana School of Art, while also painting portraits of wealthy families. Steele was one of the most famous founders of the group due to his start of the school as well as his later famous landscape work. Adams was one of the founders of the Herron School of Art as well as a teacher and eventual principal at the school.

What to read: the history of sex and Nick Cave-inspired short stories

 I was listening to The Cadillac Kings last night, and I want to recommend them to you.

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