One More Kitty Post
Today is the day that I always celebrated as Kiera’s birthday. It was the day that I was able to take her home from the no-kill cat shelter where we’d found each other.
I’d gone to the shelter just to look.…
Essay – Nine Recommended Books from 2023
According to my records, I read 48 books last year. For the last couple of years, I read 38 books over the course of a year, so go me for reading more!
I’ve talked about most of these books in my newsletter, but they were good enough that I wanted to talk more about them in this year-end review.…
Word Count and Planning 2024
I figured I’d start the year with some numbers.
Last year, my word count goal was 500K. I didn’t make it. When I look at the planning that I did for 2023, I had estimated that I would only reach 450K words and that I’d have to do a writing marathon sometime during the year to make it to 500K.…
Making Adjustments
Making Adjustments
This is somewhere between an essay and a blog update. It’s the best I could manage this morning.
As you may or may not know, my cat died on November 30th, one week ago. She was my constant companion for 17.5 years.…
Bestest Kitty Girl Ever
My darling Kiera passed this morning, Thursday, November 30, 2023. She was at least eighteen and a half years old. I adopted her in March, 2006, from a no-kill cat shelter. They estimated she was at least a year, possibly a year and a half old at the time.…
Essay – Water Witch Mysteries Kickstarter Post Mortem
I recently finished the Water Witch Mysteries Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835431132/the-water-witch-mysteries
Here’s my analysis of how the campaign went.
Overall, I think this campaign was much more successful than the first campaign I ran for Paper Mage.
There are several reasons for this.…
All About the Eyes. Again.
Six months ago, I had cataract surgery on both eyes, and new lenses put in.
Since then, I’ve had three issues with my eyes.
- Glare. Every bright light source has glare. It isn’t just at night. Driving on a sunny day, the brake lights on the car in front of me will have a large halo and glare.
Essay – Fall Prep 2023
I am glad that I live in the times that we do, for the most part, jokes aside about this being the worst timeline possible.
I think about this, particularly in the fall. While there are some fall preparations that I need to do, I’m not spending time hoping that I’m harvesting enough food to see me through the winter.…
Essay – Knee Replacement – Two Year Anniversary
October 4th, 2023, marks the two-year anniversary of my full knee replacement. I figured I’d talk about what I’ve done, and where I’m at with it.
Has my knee healed one hundred percent at this point?
No.
I’m close to one hundred percent.…
This and That and Stuff
Because of my change of diet, I’ve had long stretches of feeling good, of being able to write. This has spoiled me, at least in terms of writing essays.
Used to be that I’d always write my essays on Sundays because I never knew if I’d be able to produce them on Thursdays.…