November 2018

  • Done. Ish.

    Done. Ish.

    I reached my 50,000 word goal today, and thus won NaNoWriMo 2018. I love the idea…

  • Paper vs. digital options

    Paper vs. digital options

    I am considering writing today about choosing between a paper-based journal versus digital options for creative…

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi

    So I woke to the news this morning that a miracle did not occur in Mississippi…

  • 5k to go

    5k to go

    Only five thousand words to go to reach the 50,000 word goal for National Novel Writing…

  • Back to work

    Back to work

    The days before and the day immediately after a break tend to wreak havoc on my…

  • How to articulate democracy

    How to articulate democracy

    I am trying to gather my courage to call my Senators tomorrow to urge them to…

  • The ride

    The ride

    When I was young, grocery stores often provided a mechanical cartoonish animal, sometimes a horse or…

  • Reading notes: The Fifth Risk

    Reading notes: The Fifth Risk

    What is most remarkable about Michael Lewis’s The Fifth Risk is not that he makes us…

  • The Appreciative Lens

    The Appreciative Lens

    I believe I mentioned that I tend to be a glass is half full type person,…

  • Reading Notes

    Reading Notes

    Announcing in this quasi public space my reading goals and delays seems to have aided me…