I apologize for the radio static lately. It’s just that I don’t like January. As Januarys go, 2024’s January isn’t terrible. I am not very depressed; I’m just dull and flat and not very creative. I’m not having panic attacks; I’m just a little bit anxious now and then. Besides the fender bender, nothing has gone terribly wrong since the spring of 2023. I can’t remember another year of my life without a catastrophe. Somehow, it took until I was... Read more
Notes Ahead of an Election Year
I don’t want it to be an election year, but it is anyway. In case you’ve just joined me, I became a writer and somehow got big-fish-in-a-small-pond notorious in an election year. When I got this blog in 2016, I was registered to vote but I don’t think I was registered as a member of any party. I had always voted for Republican presidential candidates before, on the vague idea that they were in favor of unborn babies, and... Read more