My weekly recap of what I read and watched — Everything is out of whack this week with the combination of a sick dog, lack of sleep, and an extra afternoon shift at the farm. Hoping for a normal week next week. Movies We still didn’t watch a movie this week. I’m so tired by the time my wife finishes working…

A look at my first day as a barn volunteer — The Write Here prompt from Amy Shearn at Creators Hub this week asked about memories. One of the prompts asked about what we remember from last week. I was ready to delve further into my past than that, but then I remembered I did have a big event that stood…

A summary of the winning titles The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced this morning. Below are the winners from a combination of my poor note-taking and the ALA website. I am only listing the winner for most awards. I do have the honor books for the Printz, Newbery, and…

My thoughts on including the pandemic in fiction — I wrote before about TV portraying the pandemic. TV and the Pandemic Broadcast network TV has returned. There has been a mix in the way shows have dealt with the pandemic . Some shows(Seal…link.medium.com We are now getting to the timeframe where books that were written during the pandemic are being published. Some authors have decided to include the pandemic in their stories. I get the decision. If you are writing a book set in the…

One book, one movie, and a lot of TV this week. — Movies I recorded Love Actually when it was on before Christmas since I had never watched the entire movie. I was surprised when I watched it that I had seen more bits and pieces of it than I realized. It has a great cast. I liked some of the stories more…

How my reads in 2020 have been nonexistent — I have noticed a depressing trend here on Medium. I had two very good months when I first started writing regularly here. I had a couple of articles that got a lof of reads and made a decent amount of money. I wrote some articles for a publication in repsonse…

My attempt at reliving the magic of one of my favorite books — The latest book prompt by Marrisa W. asks us to think about a book we wish we could read for the first time again. I thought this over and had a few options, but none of them seemed quite right. Any Stephen King book? Not really. Christopher Moore? I kind…

My guide to becoming a mediocre blogger — There are plenty of posts out there about being a successful blogger. This one will show you how to fail. Enjoy! Start a Blog and then Ignore it For Years – I signed up for WordPress a long, long time ago. I posted a few times a year and never…

My recap of what I read and watched this week This week was mostly TV viewing. My typical afternoon reading time is now watching TV with my daughter. Maybe my reading will pick up when she goes back to school next week. Movies Another week of not watching a movie. All of my viewing has been trying to keep my DVR from being so full that it randomly deletes shows. Maybe I will watch movies again this summer.