• April Reading

    Okay great, I think this is month 5 of doing a monthly reading post. I like this. It motivates me to finish books and think about them for 30-seconds, instead… Read more

  • Part 2: Getting Started with Reading around the World

    Alright – Now that we’ve got the background out of the way, it’s time to read around the world. Passports and IDs out and ready everyone, shoes off, laptops in… Read more

  • My Reading Journey

    I’ve thought a lot about (am thinking a lot about?) starting a YouTube channel where I document my ~reading around the world journey~. I’ve even gotten so far as to… Read more

  • March Reading

    It’s basically half way through April, so it’s time to write about what I read in March! Which was…not much. I’m still not finished with A View of the River.… Read more

  • Ethiopia – The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

    I keep telling myself I’m going to start a YouTube channel documenting this trip-around-the-world-in-books. And I keep not doing it. So obviously, I don’t care that much. Anyways, I just… Read more

  • Probably All I will Say about Fundamentalism

    Part 1 – the long part I recently sat down with a mentor to talk about being burnt-out-on-being-burnt-out-on religion. I am at a place where I feel like I’ve read… Read more

  • February Reading

    After cranking through several books in December and January, I relaxed a little in February. The slower pace wasn’t intentional…really, I just got distracted learning how to knit socks. Now,… Read more

  • Serious Things and Substack

    I guess most people blog on Substack now. I like what I have here and I don’t want to switch to Substack. I’m suspicuous of Platforms(TM); although, arguably, WordPress is… Read more

  • Unfinished Projects

    I have a problem with finishing crafty projects. I tend to get to about 65% of the way done and then put it down for months. I have the same… Read more

  • December & January Reading

    In the last two years, I haven’t read as much as usual because I was studying for my private pilot certificate. Now that goal is accomplished and I can return… Read more

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