I posted a little thing over at librarian.net and I figured I should pop over here also and say hello. There’s been a lot of talk, in these weird and troubling times, about “owning your own content” which is what this blog does, though it’s doing that through a CMS that is itself sort of weird and troubling.

Anyhow, I am fine but like that kid with the oatmeal, I just haven’t had much to say. Been doing stuff locally. Getting my work (mostly) done. Writing my book reviews. Chatting a bit on social media (I’m on Mastodon and Bluesky with some regularity) but not much here. No real reason. Some of it is vaguely negative stuff I haven’t wanted to talk about (house stuff getting resolved, health stuff I am working through, more elders in my life who have died, the state of the US) because I don’t really use this space for that. If I see you in person I am happy to talk about it. Mostly.

It’s been porch weather which is terrific. The parade came through as it regularly does and we all enjoyed it. Half-year JIMSMAS happened, though I haven’t gotten any pictures of it up yet. I put a landline phone in my house and connected it to my cell via bluetooth and have started enjoying making telephone calls. Sometimes. Hoping to check back in here more often than every six months. We’ll see what happens.