Yard Stick
We used this yard stick (actually it’s 2 yards) to measure my daughter’s height from 1 week to 18 years old. I like to photograph important objects in case they are lost. This was a bit of a challenge, given…
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Stoicism and the Art of Happiness
I recently finished Stoicism and the Art of Happiness by Donald Robertson, a Scottish-born CBT practitioner and student of both Stoicism and Buddhism. I came to this book having read enough about CBT to be familiar with its main concepts,…
Music Finds, November 2025
Here is my belated list of music finds from last month, November 2025. So much good stuff, coming in at a whopping 19 tracks. This is a playlist I can just listen to on repeat lately. If you want to…
A Leaf from the Tree of Songs
“A Leaf from the Tree of Songs” is a poem by Adam Christianson. I put the words to song years ago but never recorded more than a rough demo of it. The melody always stuck with me, so I finally…
Before That
This is my entry for November’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Alex Siraç on the topic of cycles and fluctuations. It’s also my second attempt at flash fiction, coming in at 819 words.
Every Concert I’ve Been To
I mentioned to my daughter and frequent concert buddy a while back that I was thinking of making — or trying to make — a list of every concert I’ve been to. She ended up beating me to it by…
Music Finds, October 2025
October was a big new music month. Here are 14 songs I’ve had on heavy rotation from October. If you prefer Spotify over YouTube, check out the Music Finds, October 2025 playlist.
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
I just finished this book, the first I’ve read from this author. It’s an incredibly deep and quietly disturbing book. The kind of book I’d have loved to write a paper on in college. There are a lot of themes…
Blowfish
Here is my latest Bitwig Studio creation.
Happy Halloween
Looking at this from my porch on this cool, dry, windy and dark Halloween.