Adventures in Sleep(ing)
Late in 2018 (yes, almost a year ago) I was talking to a friend about how I keep waking up around 3am every night, and some nights I don’t go back to sleep. I mentioned how frustrating it’s been to try...
View ArticleEnd of Life: Musings
This posted originally started with “A friend of a friend was just diagnosed with lung cancer.” But in the week it’s been rolling around in my head, the opening has changed. “A friend of a friend just...
View ArticleReviewing the Year (2018-2019)
Each year I like to look back over the previous year, and then set goals for the coming year. Many people do this on Jan 1st; I prefer to do it on my birthday. I often refine the accomplishments and...
View ArticleCurrent and Future Goals and Dreams (2019-20)
Each year I like to look back over the previous year, and then set goals for the coming year. Many people do this on Jan 1st; I prefer to do it on my birthday. I often refine the accomplishments and...
View ArticleYou haven’t missed much . . .
. . . I just got too busy to write for awhile, which is a little strange. Not the too busy part, but the not writing part. Although, I am working on a writing project, more on that in 2020 when I’ve...
View ArticleUpdate: Top 100 Sci Fi & Fantasy Lists
At the end of 2018 I set a goal for myself of reading all of the books on the Top 100 Fantasy and Top 100 Science Fiction book lists. It was ambitious, and I will not succeed by the end of 2019. I am...
View ArticleAll 200 Sci Fi and Fantasy Books
Sorted and presented in alphabetical by author level. Fantasy: Watership Down Adams, Richard Anthropomorphized rabbits flee the destruction of their home to seek safety. Just thinking about the tale...
View ArticleBirthday Tarot Reading (2020)
Every year I do a tarot reading for myself to get an idea of what the coming year might bring. Here it is, presented (as usual) without comment. Rider Waite deck, Celtic Cross layout (no significator,...
View ArticleCurrent and Future Goals and Dreams (2020-21)
Each year I like to look back over the previous year, and then set goals for the coming year. Many people do this on Jan 1st; I prefer to do it on my birthday. I often refine the accomplishments and...
View ArticleBooks I Read in 2020
Brown wooden shelves packed with books I read, A LOT. Several hours every night. I always estimated I go through about a book a day. Granted some of them are cookbooks not novels, and there is a large...
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