2025 StoryGraph Reading Summary
I set a goal of reading 50 books in 2025, and really enjoyed using StoryGraph to track my reading metrics. While I didn’t hit the 50 books read mark, I di...
Category: Notes
Briefly Noted…
“…I said that I had typed up something I wanted to show him. I had found notes that I had taken after 2 interviews with the UC psychologist I saw in...
Fortnightly Dispatch No. 12 — Dispatched
Issue No. 12 is now out in the world. Highlights include: A visual diary of our trip to San Francisco to celebrate the wedding of our friends Frank & Celest...
An “Impossible Project”
Long live analog! This is one of the best things I’ve watched (on a screen) in a while, and an encouragement to not lose hope, as the digital world threat...
Read: Lessons by Ian McEwan
The focus on piano lessons is what initially drew me to this book. I “read” Lessons via Audible over the course of a few weeks, with many of those l...
Read: Sage by Chris Bruno
I can’t remember which podcast interview featuring Chris Bruno (author) I listened to — it was one of many in the stream that accompanies me at the ...
Read: The Road to Character by David Brooks
There’s an overarching theme that led me to purchasing this book … it’s the distinction between “resume virtues” and “eulogy...
Sketch: Vacation Rental Oceanside, Calif.
Reminiscing on the many memories made in this wonderful vacation rental…long and lingering home-cooked meals, walks along the coast, morning green juice, ...
Read: The Household & The War For The Cosmos
My friend Barnaby recommended this book (so far, all of his book recommendations have scratched an itch, including Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life and The ...
Read: Interior Freedom by Jacques Philippe
This book quickly became the most scribbled-in, highlighted, earmarked, among my collection of recent books read. Marginalia galore! I’ll be referring bac...