#365ish

It was nice out after work, so we walked to our local pub for dinner. It’s an easy, ten-minute stroll each way. Dinner was fine, as it usually is there. On the way home, while we were waiting at the one stoplight on our route, three things happened quickly. A minor crash occurred about a hundred feet from us. (That unnatural sound of  a collision makes me wince every time I hear it.) The light…

On Saturday, we had not one, but two social engagements. One was a friend’s birthday brunch, and the other was dinner with my old comrade Sarah, her husband, and their adorable kid who I finally had the honor of meeting. A good day, but by the end of it, I was worn out from the socializing. To unwind, we fired up the Solo Stove, tossed in some color packs, and lounged beneath the darkening sky. I…

‘The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water’, J.R.R. Tolkien. August 1937 Finished THE HOBBIT yesterday morning, just before it was time to start working. None of my thoughts around the book are fully baked yet, but my initial reaction is I enjoyed it very much. I get why it knocked people flat when it came out in 1937 — Tolkien was just inventing so many of the epic fantasy tropes. Given how saturated…

We went to the Home Depot the other day and for a ridiculously cheap price picked up seven plants, including this Venus fly trap and a yucca for my office. Some days, the words flow so easily here. Other days, writing here feels like swimming in mud. Today is one of the latter, so I’m going to call it quits and go spend some time outside. READING: THE HOBBIT, J.R.R. Tolkien LISTENING: INDIANA…

For my birthday dinner this year, we indulged and had cheddar bay biscuits from Red Lobster, a petite filet mignon, and fried Oreos from Twist delivered to us. Each thing on its own was very fine, but the combination of the three was even better than the sum of its parts. It felt sort of like going to a really nice buffet, but without having to leave the house. The Galactic Projector continues to…

Woke up this morning to my phone politely notifying me that we were under a tornado watch until noon. This follows after having had several tornado warnings last month. This should perhaps feel more notable than it does, given Ohio’s tornado season doesn’t normally kick off until April. But as the Earth continues to get hotter, “normal” from a climate perspective will come to mean less and…