Mind the Gapp – 'Heart of Gold’ put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore, so I headed for the ditch.” – Neil Young, comments written for the liner notes of his 1977 compilation, Decade.

Meet Koi

We’ve had Koi since September 2024 (Sept. 4th to be exact). The only way I can describe her is joyful.

January 14, 2026

Vacation time…

I’m heading off on a week’s vacation and looking forward to it. Hoping to be able to get a jump on this year’s book list. I’ve got quite a few candidates which I’ll list out later.

January 14, 2026

2026 – Book Completed – Clown Town

This is the ninth book in the ‘Slow Horses’ series. I enjoyed it but it is not as good as the others in the series.

January 14, 2026

2026 – Book Completed – Hell is Empty

Another Craig Johnson book. Love his style of writing and I enjoyed the story.

Note that the cover is wrong. Netflix dropped the show and Paramount picked it up.

January 6, 2026

2026 – Can I read 52 books in 52 weeks?

In 2025 I read 32 books… so I missed my goal of 52 by quite a bit.

For 2026 my goal is to, again, read 52 books in the calendar year. Some of these are fast reads others…not so much.

Also; the links below are to Amazon but they are not affiliate links so you can’t make me rich this way.

Hell is Empty, Author: Craig Johnson – 01/03/2026
Clown Town, Author: Mick Herron – 01/12/2026
Abundance, Author: Ezra Klein, Derik Thompson – Reading
Brothers, Author: Alex Van Halen – Reading

January 6, 2026

Book Completed: Cassino ’44: The Brutal Battle for Rome

The Italian campaign was just absolutely brutal. This book outlines this up until the capture of Rome. The fight for Cassino was just two forces bashing their heads together with the resulting casualties. Terrible.