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  • No Known Grave

    I finished the Tom Tyler series by Maureen Jennings about a week ago (forgive me, I've been redesigning, so posting has been slow). It's much better than the second book, but the first book is the real star of this series.

  • Freshening up

    A few weeks ago as I was trying to fall asleep I got an idea for a redesign of this site. And I got excited about it. I promptly fell asleep and then woke up and was <em>still</em> excited.

  • Housekeeping

    And, as was the case with <em>Gilead</em>, Robinson's writing blows me away.

  • Daily Drawing 2017: A quarter of the way in

    On January 1, 2017 I started the first month of prompts using the first set of materials, watercolor brush markers. Yesterday I finished the third month of daily prompts and materials, drawing with white, gold, and silver pens on black paper.

  • Freeing

    Doing more to meet people who have nothing to do with tech has been hard, but so good.

  • Beware this boy

    I really enjoyed the first book; the pacing and story were well done. But this second one is a bit of a mess.

  • Yoga app

    I'm an avid yoga person. I really love it.

  • The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

    Olivia Laing is a fascinating writer, mixing her own experience with that of artists and her reflections on the city to create a book that is hard to quantify and describe.

  • Alone time

    Alone time, focused time, not multitasking, it was sooooooo good and it reminded me that I need to do it more.

  • Postal

    Another find from the library, <em>Postal</em> is a strange story, involving a small town where a sheriff and mayor rule the town completely and the mayor's son, who has Asperger's Syndrome, starts to wonder about some of the things happening.

  • Daytripper

    I know last year when I read <em>Nimona</em> I said it was in the running for my favorite book of 2016 and honestly, it was the best book I read. <em>Daytripper</em> is in the running for my favorite comic of all time.

  • Season of Darkness

    When a Land Army girl is murdered, he's sent headlong into learning about many of the things that are simmering under the surface of the small village.

  • Oryx and Crake

    And right now I find a bit of comfort in Atwood's writing.

  • Travels with Charley

    I'm so glad I read this book.

  • Public transit

    I've seen talk about how instead of promoting car services such as Uber or Lyft, we should be investing in public transit instead. And while I'm a huge fan of public transit and use it for probably 90% of my transit around Portland, I also realize that it doesn't service every area well.