…and some weeks you turn your alto saxophone-playing son into The Fifth Beatle.
This was a Fifth Beatle week. I regret nothing. 
Yes, yes, I know I have been very absent from this blog lately. And I’m sorry.
I have reasons, though! I’ve been teaching writing classes. (Fun!) I’ve also been making quixotic attempts to meet deadlines for a new MG series. (Less fun!)
And, well, I wanna go sleepy all the tiiiime.
BUT! A new Debatables is coming.
And I promise more blog post-y shenanigans in two shakes of a lamb’s tail. (Or, at most, four shakes. Or maybe five. Five lamb tail shakes, tops!)
See you again soon!
Hey, Look! A Writer Fellow! 
“Quixotic.” Well! Someone’s is using his thesaurus. Now I’m going to spend the week trying to work that into a sentence.
Just don’t be louche about it.
Definitely, no regrets!
Excellent, Melissa. Regret nothing!
What a great tagline for life!
For non-jerky people, yes.
So, for you, absolutely! A perfect tagline!
How kind you are! I’ve been confronted with a surprise conflict suddenly, and have been asking myself if I’m in the right or am I the jerk!
Take it from me. You are jerkless.
🙂 🙂
I have grown a complex. It is worrying me. I need at least a weekly dose from Scamper’s Papa. Can we do that at least???? Please………………z.z.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oh, I am trying, Boo. Whatta month I’ve been having!
I know. My month from July 20th to Aug 20th sucks. But I’ll start getting better now again.
Groovy.
No doubt you found time to read up on Word Nerds and apply your new found knowledge. BtW—nice sax blast pic…
I always dig your Word Nerd info!
Yay!
Nothin’ wrong with alto sax. Cool.
Nothing wrong with it at all!
When you need to go sleepy, you need to go sleepy! Don’t fight it! 🙂
But I got so much work to dooooo….zzzzzzzz.
On another note, now that you’re a bestselling author (WOO!), I would like to invite you over for an unprecedented second Waffles With Writers interview! Do consider it.
Yes! 😀
Good… I’m glad it wasn’t me this time! I was wondering why no blog posts lately! Hope you have had a great summer! 🙂
So, you either have to post a great doodle, or get on the stick and write one, my friend. 🙂
Maybe, Pam, I’d be more energetic and ready to write if I drank some weird tea at five in the morning.
MOST LIKELY!
An exhausting summer, but not bad.
And I, too, am delighted that my bloggy posts are coming your way! Woo!
The only (two) reasons that I’m letting you get away with your post tardiness is that (1) you shared a delightful doodle here and (two) you used the word “Beatle.” Oh, and of course your Fifth Beatle is musically gifted, for sure.
I thought you’d like the the Beatles reference. Drawing in the Yellow Submarine style was fun, but a lot more challenging than expected.
You met the challenge – maybe you could add ‘album cover artist’ to your retinue of talents.
I think I have a ways to go before I’ll consider adding “album cover artist” to my resume.
I’m surprised you chose lambs tails over goats…traitor!
You’re right. That was an unforgivable mistake.
oh, but, Mike—your busy with SUCH good stuff! And…it’s summer! By the way, love your “St. Pepper/Yellow Submarine” art 😀 By the way, my son played the sax in school too 🙂
Summer is part of my problem! I am always grumpy and tired in the heat. Give me a nice autumn, with its crisp, chilly breezes and the pumpkin spice everything. That’s when my mood begins to turn.
I loved summer when I was young and we had a pool or I was able to go to the beach. Now I can do without it and am very grateful for AC (just wish they’d figure out how NOT to damage the planet with it 😦 ). And the autumn was ALways my favorite season. I used to watch the leaves turn from August! I knew how to time my long drives for when it was peak, then maybe about 12+ years ago, several years in a row, we no longer had peaks here. I eventually stopped even paying attention because I was tired of the disappointment and wasted time. Now I’m grateful when I catch little spots that resemble the breathtaking peaks we used to have
And it seems winter has become my favorite season simply because there are no landscapers making noise and stirring things up. I’m able to go outside and not get zapped as often! Life was simpler for me decades ago lol
Winter is my second favorite season because no allergies. I also don’t mind shoveling if the snow isn’t too wet.
yep…large area to shovel here so if it’s powdery OR under an inch when not, it’s fine 🙂 Agreed about winter due to allergies, including the landscaping fumes! And snow helps keep things more at bay 🙂
I’m thinking Yellow Submarine…
Well, yeah!
Entertaining as always, Mike. Happy saxaphoning, goofing off, and writing.
Thank you! And you, too! (If you saxophone, that is.)
Very Beatle-like. Nice work. Clearly a worthwhile use of your time.
I thought it was a good use of my time, too!