January books: 4/4 (Love’s a Witch) You know how long I’ve had this blog, squider? 15 and a half years. That’s an insane amount of time to do anything, really. This blog is older than my children. Ha! Like any
Mid-January Check-In
Little early, but hey, why not. January books: Still 1/4 Reading As we can tell from my usual count, it doesn’t sound like a lot is getting done. But I’m still working through that Weird Parenting Wins book (and I’m
Goals and So Forth for 2026
January Books: 1/5 (Rose/House) Now that we’ve got last year’s reading stats out of the way, we can talk about 2026 and goals and whatnot. As you guys know if you were here over the last year, 2025 was rough,
Not-So-Liminal
Howdy, howdy, squiders. My coffee shop is so full that we’ve had to sit outside, even though it’s only 40 degrees out. Adventures! Historically the week between Christmas and New Year’s has been a weird, liminal time, where the old
Christmas Movies Now and Then
December books: 6/4 (A Wonderful Christmas Crime and Writing While the World Burns) The other night we watched the Christmas Chronicles, which, while not a new movie (it came out in 2018), was a new movie to us. This is
And Then We Promptly Gave Up on Everything
December books: 2/4 (Rockin’ Around the Chickadee and For Duck’s Sake) By which I mean I got sick and have thus not done any more writing, and, frankly, am unlikely to do anymore between now and tomorrow. (Maybe I will
Rollercoasters and Mindset
October Books: 3/6 (Death on the Nile and Rest in Pink) Howdy, squiders! Hope you’re doing well. Me, I’ve picked up a cold or allergies or who knows, but definitely involves sneezing and coughing and all that jazz. Last week
Committing to Spooky Season
October Books: 1/6 (a collection of local ghost stories) Life continues to be AAAHHHHH but the books are getting read, so that’s something, at least. October, being the best month of the year (this year’s data being an outlier and
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Howdy, squiders. Here it is, October, best month of the year and Spooky Season. September Books: 5/7 (Heir Apparent, Love Your Enemy, and Drinks and Sinkholes) So I need 14 more books for the year and have three months in
How Deep is This Hole Anyway?
September books: 2/7 (The Legacy) Yo, squiders. My emotions seemed to have stabilized, though we do seem to be anxious all the time this week, which is Not Fun and I need it to stop. Or maybe it’s time to
