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: Finished: How I Make Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz πŸ“š That was good! It’s been a while since …

: Finished: The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda πŸ“š I was pretty disappointed in this book. It’s …

: Year in books for 2023 Here are the books I finished reading in 2023. Lots of good reads last year!

: Finished: How to Think Like Shakespeare by Scott Newstok πŸ“š I read this over the summer. I tried to …

: Finished: How to Be Interesting by Jessica Hagy πŸ“šalso read this the other day, it was fun.

: Finished: The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit by John V. Petrocelli πŸ“š ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ highly …

: Currently reading: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov πŸ“š

: Finished: Wool by Hugh Howey πŸ“š The short version: this is a book that takes the idea of “good …

: Currently reading: Wool by Hugh Howey πŸ“š

: Finished: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu πŸ“š it was ok. I don’t plan to read the sequels, I’ll …

: Finished: The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt πŸ“š πŸ‘

: Finished: How To Think: A Survival Guide For A World At Odds by Jacobs, Alan , 1958- (author.) πŸ“š πŸ‘

: Finished: Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat πŸ“š πŸ‘

: Finished: The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin πŸ“š good stuff, recommended πŸ‘

: Finished: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman πŸ“š This was very good.

: Finished: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges πŸ“š I actually only read Ficciones. Where have I …

: Finished: The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien πŸ“š Rereading it after a while.

: Finished: The Return of the Shadow by Christopher Tolkien πŸ“š Much more interesting than I expected, …

: Finished: The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin πŸ“š It was good πŸ‘

: Finished: How To Think: A Survival Guide For A World At Odds by Jacobs, Alan , 1958- (author.) πŸ“š

: Finished: 300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso πŸ“š It was interesting, I had a few thoughts in response. I’m …

: Finished reading, with satisfaction: The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker πŸ“š Dang, that was a much …

: Reading "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Return of the Shadow" in parallel Currently reading: The Return of the Shadow by Christopher Tolkien πŸ“š and Currently reading: The …

: Finished reading, with satisfaction: Blindsight by Peter Watts πŸ“š Well that was rather excellent. I …

: Finished reading, with satisfaction: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott πŸ“š What a good book. This is …

: Currently reading: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott πŸ“š Why did I wait so long to start reading this? Why …

: Finished reading, with satisfaction: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin πŸ“š Good story, it really …

: Finished reading, with satisfaction: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin πŸ“š 100% …

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: Currently reading: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin πŸ“š This is going to be a page turner, I can …

: This morning.

: From the archive.

: Some cool frost from the other morning. Fairly rare around here.

: Something I saw earlier today. It’s just clouds. I mean, I know sunsets are cliche. But I …

: From the archive.

: Saw a cool cloud this afternoon. Actually, there were a bunch of cool clouds. The light in the late …

: Sunset yesterday.

: Lovely sky at sunset this evening.

: Was discussing names that stretch the limits with a friend tonight. A person he knew had used a …

: What’s new today? Getting my running going again. Aiming for 3 runs this week of 20 minutes …

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Finished reading, with satisfaction: A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich πŸ“š

: Finished reading, with satisfaction: A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty πŸ“š 5 out of 5 …

: On Making My Writing Less Hard

You probably remember that I recently said I was revising the plan. Well, that was saying that I …

: I added How to Know Everything by Elke Wiss to my Want To Read shelf πŸ“š I saw this book before …

: Just finished Sable. What a cool game. What a great soundtrack.

: Finished reading, with satisfaction: The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, …

: Revising the plan

OK, so what have I learned from the longer and the shorter recent blogging chain? And what am I …

: Question: has anyone tried combining bullet journal collections and johnny.decimal? Too fiddly or …

: In light of today’s news, which I strongly disagree with, I am keeping my distance from the …

: If you find that you are doing too many things, do fewer things.

: I took BART today for the first time in, well, ever. I am actually quite impressed. It was a smooth …

: Just Journaling

I am ambivalent at best toward online Bullet Journal culture, more often I find the ferver off …

: I was going to write about my busy day today. I started writing it, in fact. But I wouldn’t …

: Currently reading the audiobook: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and …

: This Week In Captio Captures

Some things I quickly captured this week with Captio:

: Bullet Journaling? Just doing a quick tour through this. I kinda feel like my notes aren’t gelling, and …

: On setting aside The Discourses of Epictetus

I’ve had to move Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford Worlds Classics) by Epictetus πŸ“š to my …

: Thanks @jean for the stickers!

: Too Many Words

Again, with the power prompt today there was too much material. Here is the current recipe:

: End of day ramble Time is running out and I haven’t thought of much to write here today. I did use my power …

: June Rain It’s a really nice day to share an all too brief and far too rare June rain with some friends …

: TIL: a powerful journaling prompt There was a comment on a hackernews post this morning about journaling that I thought I would give a …

: Gosh this is difficult.

: Journeys and Stories and Secret Destinations

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

Martin Buber …

: I’m starting a new daily blogging chain today. I had done really well with the pin for 30 days …

: I have found an unknown treasure right in my own backyard. Excellent backpacking is a truly short …

: Writing blog posts is difficult when there is a lot going on and I have weekend plans to prepare for …

: Two random... realizations(?) today, I guess I won’t make a big thing about this. Because I commuted to the office today, I have less time …

: A couple of phrases that I noticed while reading lately

It’s fun to notice the shorter and longer phrases that you’re noticing while reading.

: Planning to write, writing a plan For the last couple of weeks βŠ• Actually 4 weeks.I’ve been planning out my writing schedule. …

: Pinnacles National Park I had a brief visit to the West Division of Pinnacles National Park this morning, to hike the …

: hmm, this is why I don’t have tea after noon.

: β˜•οΈ tea time!

: Happy long weekend everbody! For folks that get a long weekend, anyway.

: Oddball social media

I thought I would do something a little lighter today, so I’m sharing some of the other takes …

: Too many inboxes?

I mean a different type of inbox in this post, not the email inbox. Well, not always.

: Getting my email back A couple of years ago I noticed that I actually wasn’t the owner of my email inbox. My email …

: Quieting the Noise Sometime last fall I made the effort stop multitasking at work. Rapidly switching context had …

: Reporting from the road: finale

Not the finish I was expecting

: Reporting from the road: the return

Today’s drive was the reverse trip of part 2, Portland to Ashland, 285 miles (460 km).

: Masks, 2 of 8

In which another mask is described.

The second mask is similar in overall structure to the first. …

: Powell’s Books (Hawthorne) keeping it πŸ’― I’m still impressed, even after all these years. …

: Dracula Daily May 9-18

Spoiler Warning.

: Masks, 1 of 8

The house I am staying in has a few masks decorating the walls. There are 8 masks in 3 rooms, I …

: Do y’all know this book? The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker πŸ“š I love this book. Anyone know any …

: Brunch Brunch at home is such a good meal. Even if home this week is a rental in the next state. Overnight …

: Portland, OR recommendations? I’ll be in town for the next week. What’s good these days? …

: βŠ• Tree in SE Portland, OR. Portland has great trees. πŸ“·πŸ“±

: Reporting from the road II: destination reached

More miles more smiles. Or, in our case, less miles less weird stuff.

: Does anyone get Apple Shortcuts the app on iOS? I am trying to grok it but maybe I am missing …

: Reporting from the road

The road is a great place see things.

: On getting out of town

I’ll be road tripping north today, and on past trips I noticed that some towns feel faster to …

: Dracula Daily is taking off? I didn’t have this on my bingo card. @cobblystreet on Twitter has …

: Started reading: A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty πŸ“š for a book club.

: What makes a good first sentence work? πŸ“ In Writing Life Stories: How To Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays And Life Into …

: It was chilly this morning, but the clouds were cool. πŸ“·πŸ“±

: Dracula Daily 3-8 May

The events of the book so far are summarized and discussed. Spoiler Warning.

: Pardon my dust

While I experiment with Micro.Blog and the Tufte Theme

I will be editing and republishing this same …

: Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching by U. Le Guin Finished reading, with satisfaction: Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of …

: Reflecting on the week It has been a busy week, but a good week. There were plenty of moments that I took time to think, to …

: It’s been a heck of a week, so I made the fanciest coffee I can at home. Cheers! β˜•οΈ

: Evening Links

Some links from my nightly RSS news feed.

: A few quick thoughts after having just finished The Grail by B. Doyle Finished reading yesterday, with satisfaction: The Grail: A year ambling & shambling through an …

: Passwordlessness is coming! I hope this is a good thing.

: Too Much to Know by A. Blair

In which I report a couple of very interesting things I found in the book, and why I ultimately …

: The piece of news from the day, βŠ• PDF of the front page of the New York Times. about the leaked …

: The intellectual is, quite simply, a human being who has a pencil in his or her hand when reading a …

: Is it just me, or are phishing text messages really getting out of hand? Used to be they were only …

: Oh oh, oh! Dracula Daily began today! I don’t know why I am so excited about this! Maybe …

: What is the right etiquette and way to Micro.blog this? I really enjoy these comic-commentary types …

: Lena @ Things of Interest is a short-ish piece of sci-fic posing as something like a Wikipedia …

: I was frankly relieved to discover on Sunday night that there are no follower counts on Micro.blog. …

: Yesterday was one of those rare days with a mild persistent headache and achy teeth. That is despite …

: Started reading Writing Life Stories: How To Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays And Life …

: Started reading The Grail: A year ambling & shambling through an Oregon vineyard in pursuit of …

: Started reading Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford Worlds Classics) by Epictetus πŸ“š on …

: Abandoned reading: The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul …

: Found out about Dracula Daily, a Substack that will mail out the contents of the book on the dates …

: Introduction Hello new friends. Let me do a short introduction here. I like to write πŸ“ and want to get better at …