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…

A brief look at my week in life, movies, books, and TV — Happy April Fools Day. I can’t believe it is April already. Here is a look at my week. Life It was a rather uneventful week here in Tater Town. I did my two shifts at the barn. I went to Panera for coffee. Not much excitement. My church search continues. I…

A short review of the books I read this month — I’ve still got two more days left in the month, but I won’t finish another book and today is the best time to write, so here is my March in books. I finished 6 books this month. It helped that I read most of one of them last month. 1…

A look at my week in life, TV, and books — Yet another week without watching a movie. I did finish two books. Life Kentucky lost to Kansas State in the NCAA tournament Sunday. My only rooting interest in March Madness now is to cheer for all upsets all the time. That’s working out pretty well. Still searching for a new church…

I heard the song Live Like You Were Dying on TV last night. Right before the pandemic, I heard the news that a friend from high school’s wife had died suddenly That same day, I heard that song and it prompted me to write about living like you are dying…

Some thoughts on how you can support your writer friends above and beyond reading — Last week I wrote an article on the church and gay marriage. I then posted the link on Facebook. I usually get a few reads from links on Facebook, but this one did a little better. As of this writing, 35 people have read the article from the link on…

A look at my week in life, TV, and Books — It was a pretty standard week for me. I didn’t watch a movie, I finished one book, and I spent a lot of time trying to keep my DVR from getting so full it started deleting shows. That was made more complicated by the start of March Madness. Life Monday was…

Some thoughts from a Christian and long time church attendee — I mentioned in a previous post that the United Methodist Church is dealing with churches disaffiliating over the issue of gay marriage and gay clergy. I am no theologian, but I have some thoughts on the issue, and how I find it interesting how people focus on rigidly following some…

A summary of my picks for March Madness — The NCAA brackets were revealed last night. In past years, I would have spent the day studying the matchups, reading up on the teams, and making what I thought was an informed decision. Those days are long gone. The brackets were revealed at 6. CBS had the bracket games open…