Writer, Dabbler In Things
A few days ago I wrote about the personal issues I’ve dealt with of being full-to-overflowing with news and social media for years, and the peace and enjoyment I found in October in unplugging from all of that. But reality does have a nagging habit of encroaching on one’s ideals. The U.S. election was held … Read more
Today marks the last day of my month away from Twitter and Mastodon (and Tumblr, which I recently realized I was still on). What I will or won’t do with Twitter aside, I’ll likely be going back to Mastodon (and Tumblr?), just to touch base with the few people I’m connected with there and poke … Read more
I heard that phrase recently in regard to a new podcast that’s out. With apologies, I don’t recall which podcast it is, but I loved the phrase because it succinctly encapsulates my approach to writing (and various other things) that I’ve been using for a while. Life and everything in it will rarely be perfect, … Read more
… by which I mean that progress is a good thing as well as that I’m making good progress. In this particular case, on the planned novel. I had another 2000+ word day, perhaps even a new personal high at around 2200 words, which felt both unexpected and pretty good, given the usual slow down … Read more
Social Medialess October isn’t a thing. But perhaps it should be. I finally quit Facebook a handful of months back after long intending to ditch it for good. It was more problems with the company’s unethical practices than anything. (What those specific items are aren’t particularly important; suffice to say, if you do even a … Read more
This morning I read with some happiness that various film publications are refusing to review Disney’s ‘New Mutants’ until they can do so safely. It seems that Disney hasn’t sent out the common “screener” links for critics to watch the movie at home (a tactic sometimes used when production companies don’t anticipate great reviews), which … Read more
Hmm? What’s that you say?“Congratulations”? Oh… oh, I see… thanks, but no, this isn’t a good thing. I haven’t won the lottery, or any such happy event. No, I’ve breached (whale terminology not accidental) the limit I set for myself for weight gain. Like many of us in these Covid times, I’ve put on some … Read more
I write this shortly after my nine-year-old has been dropped off at a summer day camp. Your reaction to that line will range from some variation of “Hey, that’s super!” to “What the hell are you thinking?” And as a parent in these pandemic days, I’m rolling up and down through the range of those … Read more
**HERE THERE BE WEE SPOILERS*** I’ve was finally getting around to reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig, and was really enjoying it but then a couple of things happened. First, the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Not full-on at first for us here in North America, as we all know, but it was clearly spreading farther and farther … Read more
I’ve written about our Good Stuff Jar previously, wherein you write down good things that happen through the year and then jumble them up and read them out loud at the end of the year so you and your loved ones can enjoy the good times all over again. Well, as anyone can tell you, … Read more