A new books and reading publication now open for your submissions — A while back I decided to create a publication for my articles about books as a way to separate those from the other random articles I write. When I created the publication I wasn’t sure I would ever ask for submissions from others. …

Hello, I’m Alan aka Tater, Nice to Meet You An Introduction to Me Updated 12/8/21 About Me I am a 52-year-old semi-retired/on sabbatical librarian. I left my job of 25 years one year ago this week because it was destroying my mental health. I am one of those writers who…

My weekly recap of what I read and watched — Another Saturday edition of my weekly recap. I’m still working out my writing schedule now that I’m back to my old volunteer schedule. I’m still thinking about a way to continue some form of this but in a better way. Movies We watched the latest Scream movie. My daughter loves the…

A look at the music I listened to this year — Spotify Wrapped has been released so I guess it is time to start my year in review posts. Here is my year in music on Spotify. My total play time on Spotify was 11,966 minutes. According to them, that is more than 61% of other listeners in the United States My Top 5 Songs …

My recap of a very slow month in reading — According to Goodreads, I only finished two books this month. I knew it would be a down month, I didn’t realize it would be that low. …

Some things I realized when I worked briefly at the farm where I volunteer — I wrote recently that I had accepted a job where I was volunteering and that it lessened my stress about Medium earnings. It turned out that I was not the right fit for the job and that I was stressed out because of it. I have since returned to volunteering…

My weekly recap of what I read and watched — I’m still considering revamping this weekly post in some way. I have no idea how, but it feels like I need to change it up a little bit. We will see. Here is what I read and watched. Movies We watched Miracle on Disney Plus last night. It is the story…

In Response to Dancing Elephants Prompt 8 of 52 — I have meant to participate more in the Dancing Elephants prompts, but life keeps getting in the way. This is a good one for getting started as I try to remember to take the time to look for the good each week. …