Writer, Dabbler In Things
Okay, I didn’t change the theme of my website for the season — although Toronto is finally getting some genuinely spring-like weather, which is very welcome — so much as hoping to post shorter stuff more often, so wanting a website look that would lend itself to (at least some) shorter content. Not yet sure … Read more
May saw me able to listen to more books, while also continuing to read some older ones, and starting to read some newer ones at the same time. A bit crazy, particularly for me. Here’s what it turned out like: ReadSomeday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways To Propel Your Creative Life – Matthew DicksThe … Read more
I heard about Matthew Dicks and this latest book of his when he was interviewed on a podcast series I listen to, and some of his ideas intrigued me. In brief, Dicks has asked himself — and asks the reader — to think long ahead to being very old and lying on our deathbeds. Consider, … Read more
A slim month, given various and sundry other things going on, not the least of which is actually working toward getting my voiceover side hustle going. But I managed to get a bit of reading in. Always enjoyable and always something I hope to get in more of. ReadThe Salt Grows Heavy – Cassandra Khaw … Read more
My family and I finally cleaned out my mother’s storage locker this past summer. She’s still living but in a long-term care facility for the foreseeable future, so hasn’t had, and won’t have need or for pretty much any of the stored material. And among the many (many, many) old school items saved there (much … Read more
Whoa. I’ve just had perhaps the most Can’t See The Forest For The Trees moment of my life, if it proves to be true. I’m back to baby-stepping my way through Natalie Goldberg’s book Writing Down The Bones — Freeing The Writer Within, which is a collection of thought-chapters about the process of writing. This … Read more
Back in February, Steven Lawson, a gent I follow on Mastodon, had a brainstorm to start up a Monochrome March movement. The idea, as he put it, was for anyone interested in participating to post monochrome photos that were newly taken. I immediately knew I was going to join in. I told him that I … Read more
A bit tight on time due to expected busyness and the family being home for March Break — as I’ve mentioned previously, it’s ironically when my wife and teen are home that I get the least progress made there on work and preferred passtimes — but I still managed to start a couple of new … Read more
February became an unexpectedly busy month, but I managed to get one important book under my belt: ReadThe Let Them Theory – Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins ReadingWrite Down The Bones: Freeing The Writer Within – Natalie Goldberg The Let Them Theory caught my eye at a book store not long ago, and the blurb … Read more
Bit of a slow month, reading-wise, largely due to trying to catch up on some podcasts, thanks to the focus being a big push at the end of 2025 to ignore other passtimes and finish those 50 books. Here’s what this month looked like: ReadBossypants – Tiny Fey Started and stoppedWhy Nobody Understands Quantum Physics … Read more