My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.




Saturday, August 1, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

 OIG Hotline, please see the following recent emails to your Office:

August 4, 2026

  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Request for Intervention, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 4:59 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 4, 2026, Conditionally Confidential,  sent at 3:46 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: A Timely Manner, sent at 3:38 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as you can,  sent at 2:01 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 1:17 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: Guest Safety Issue at Home2 Suites... sent at 1:07 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Lawful and Complete Reporting... sent at 12:37 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Apparent Heavy Equipment at Home2 Suites, August 4, 2026, sent at 11:30 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Itinerary and Meijer Receipt, August 3, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 10:39 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Workout at Home2 Suites in Springfield, Illinois, August 3, 2026, sent at 9:46 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Double Green Light at Intersection, August 3, 2026; Request for Investigation, sent at 6:25 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Class 4 Felony by Driver of Illinois Vehicle Concerned, sent at 5:49 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: GTM Texts, sent at 5:17 AM Central Daylight Time.


August 3, 2026

  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Important Concerns: Request for Intervention, sent at 2:58 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 1:39 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Avoiding All Conflict of Interest, sent at 1:36 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: No Surveys, sent at 12:25 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 11:47 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 3, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:03 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, August 2, 2026, 11:39 PM, sent at 12:07 PM Central Daylight Time.

August 2, 2026

  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Best Western Corrected Bill, sent at 11:37 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Leased Cherry Picker... sent at 11:26 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Bxxx Wxxxxxx Managers Apparently Directed to Stage Young Child's "Stranger Greeting," sent at 10:29 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Drop Off of MB EQS 450 4Matic, sent at 10:06 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 10:00 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 2, 2026, sent at 9:57 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Health Update, August 2, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 9:42 AM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: August 1, 2026 Update, sent at 9:26 AM Central Daylight Time.
August 1, 2026
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 7:49 PM Central Daylight Time.
  • ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 1, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 9:07 AM Central Daylight Time.

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