In NYC for a few days, meeting with agent, editor, publishing and publicity people, etc.  Exciting.  Trying to see friends where I can, but most of the time here was accounted for before I got on the plane, so if you’re in NY and you didn’t hear from me, my apologies.

Have not been sleeping enough and have been waking up exhausted, so this week I’m reposting a pic from the SD wild animal park, where three pudus have just been awakened and chased from their enclosure at the crack of 10 am by a keeper who startled them into budging by dragging a rake on the ground.  “Rise and shine, kids!” she said cheerfully.  “Time to be pudus outside.”

So out they all came, tumbling over her feet, a little confused and bleary-eyed and stumbling around.

Most mornings I could use a keeper with a rake myself.