I have been (very) slowly teaching myself Spanish over the past few years, mostly by using Duolingo for just 20 minutes or so each day. But recently I felt comfortable enough to seek out more content to read. Because how better to learn a language than by just jumping right in? This week I reached …
Delicious salad
Despite evidence to the contrary, I am still writing. It's been a while, but I have a new story published at 96th of October, and you can read it here. I was prompted by the quote "Alcohol: because no good story ever began with someone eating a salad" to write a good story that began …
Psycho, in all its various iterations
I recently watched the A&E series Bates Motel, and was impressed by the acting of Vera Farmiga (Norma Bates) as well as Freddie Highmore (Norman Bates). The show did a good job of telling their story, which was intriguing and engaging. However, as with many of these TV dramas, they had to add in 78 …
Always be dreaming
I've been having trouble writing, because I haven't been thinking. Now, since I've started spending more time each day just drifting, mentally, I find I'm a lot more inspired. I think mind-wandering is important for me. It's hard when we are all currently surrounded by chaos, evil, and death, but all that stress and anxiety …
Dead authors
I noticed today that all my favorite authors are dead. Then I noticed that almost everything I read at all is written by someone dead. I decided to do a count, and in the past 3 years (counting back from today) I've read something like 95 books, and only 19 of them (by 16 authors) …
Jonas David 