Visions of a trip to Florida are dancing in my head. I go for two weeks to visit my mother.

Writing: I make lists. Mundane items like picking up milk and making bread out of old bananas are written alongside of revising my query and research for the next book. Some chores take a minute while others take hours. I write best when I should be mopping the kitchen floor and vice versus. Perhaps that's the yin and the yang of writing. With the list, I get a sense of accomplishment when I check off routine chores while I'm pushed to write. Eventually it all gets done--the banana bread, the query, the next list...