Essays

There are things that we need to do every year to prepare for the colder seasons. I figured I’d show you some of what we’re doing this year. Little Greenhouse This isn’t a proper greenhouse. It’s just some shelves with plastic around them. But it has been keeping the plants warm enough that they might […]

A couple of weeks ago, I finished my sixtieth novel. Sixty. 6-0. That’s also my age at this point. As many novels as I have years of life. As I’m writing this after that milestone, I’m already planning novel number sixty-one. I plan on finishing two novels this year, which will bring the total up

While this essay will be published later, I’m currently writing it while down on the Oregon coast, sitting and watching the ocean, listening to the waves and the seagulls. There’s a good breeze, as always, so it’s a bit chilly, and it smells like sand, salt, and seaweed. This has been something of a writing

It’s Thursday! I have a new essay up on Patreon.   I’ve started a new pattern of Patreon essays. First, a DIY or farm update. Then a lifestyle post. Then a writing post. Then back to another DIY or farm update. And so on. This sort of loose structures helps me figure out topics I

My last Medium Post I started posting to Medium almost exactly two years ago today when I post this entry. My intention was never to get rich, but to open up another revenue stream, as well as another path of discovery. At first, I was moderately successful. I was making coffee money every month (that