That's winter here in southern NY. We get cold weather, of course. Lately, it's been in the mid to upper-twenties. We did have a winter thaw a week or so ago when temps got up into the 40s. (That's Fahrenheit, of course) But the snow--- oh, the snow. What we get is dribbles. An inch … Continue reading Like Being Nibbled to Death by Ducks
Month: January 2026
My Year In Reading, 2025
It was another rather poor year in reading, I am sorry to say. I read a whole eleven books in 2025 (twelve if you count the one DNF). There were many reasons for the slow year, but I think one of them was a bit of burnout. As I said in this post from last … Continue reading My Year In Reading, 2025
2026 Word of the Year
As I have every year for the past few, I am choosing a word for my new year. It's not a resolution, as such, but more of a direction or reminder of how I would like this year to proceed. I had a list, but in the end, it was a word that I saw … Continue reading 2026 Word of the Year



