January was filled with good intentions. Intentions to do better. Intentions to drink less or not at all. To be less online. To write more, to read more. To spend more in-person time with friends and family. Intentions to not have any intentions. None of these were my intentions, but I finally gave in and even spent an evening drawing out my Big Intention For The Week and coloring it in with some colored pencils my teenager rustled up for me.

These days a lot of us are considering leaving social media platforms. With good reason for sure, but I think we should stay.

I didn’t watch the inauguration today. I was busy.

As a little kid, my parents bought me the Michael Jackson Thriller album (on vinyl! CDs didn’t exist yet!) and I loved it so much that I immediately donated it to the library. I just HAD to share it.

Read for fun. Read to learn. Read to get better at reading.

I don’t believe in reading goals, but I do carry a book with me always (a kindle these days). And here are the books I read (and loved) in 2024.