My Grandpa Skip made this bust of my grandma and I finally found it at my dad’s place. What’s funny is in my memory, this sculpture was the size of a softball at least. I guess I hadn’t seen it since I was little.
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My Grandma Edna
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Writing Progress Update 2-14-25
Happy Valentines Day!2024 was a rough year, but things are getting back on track with 2025.
Editing Lyssa’s Revenge (which may become Lyssa’s Control). Currently at 72,000 words but I expect to add another 20,000 words through editing.
Signed a contract with Aethon Books for a Grimm’s War Spin-off novel due by June 2025.
Grimm’s War: Retreat Hell. I’m 25,000 words into this project.I’m still caring for my mom, and her dementia seems to have leveled for the time being. She had some big drops in awareness across last year, but now she’s generally happy and enjoys putzing around her cottage. We found a great caregiver that she likes, and I’m able to focus on other things during the day.
While I’m still not able to get long writing sessions in, I’m focused on more short bursts of work during breaks, in the morning before work and after work.
The biggest recent change has been cutting off social media during the day completely. I’ve moved to a dumb phone for most of my communication, and the iPhone has basically become an iPod. I can download media to it when I’m on wi-fi, but otherwise it’s a camera with podcast/MP3 player whenever I’m out of the house. This has been a huge improvement for my general focus.
However, I still can’t believe we’re in the middle of February already. I’m trying to stay focused on the things I can control, the people I love, and creating work I’m proud of. Onward and upward.
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Found on eBay: Palm Centro Nightmare Before Christmas 690 Sprint Wireless PDA Phone 3G
Condition: Used
Seller Note: “Complete With Box, Wires, SD Cards & Inserts. Tested & Works!”
Features: Nightmare Before Christmas
UPC: 0805931028044
Brand: Palm
Screen Size: 2.4 in
Network: Sprint
Color: Black
Model: LG Spirit
Memory Card Type: MicroSD
MPN: PTR690HKB, CENTROONYXBLKSPT
Storage Capacity: 64 MB
Product Information
Palm Centro gives you voice, text, IM, email and web, all in a phone that’s a lot smaller than you think. It even has a touchscreen and a full keyboard, so you can say L8R to those tricky keys on your cell phone. Carry names and numbers, shoot photos and video, and meet up with friends.
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The Royal Vista PDA
Just saving an interesting early PDA I found on ebay. #retrotech, #handheld, #cyberdeck
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What is a heterotopia?
These posts led to the question:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42425770
- https://mascontext.com/issues/trace/kowloon-walled-city-heterotopia-in-a-space-of-disappearance
- https://cohost.org/belarius/post/6677850-architectural-cross
- https://amzn.to/3BHmjqa
A heterotopia is a concept introduced by the French philosopher Michel Foucault to describe real-world places that function as “other spaces,” existing simultaneously within and outside of the usual norms and structures of society. These spaces are characterized by their ability to juxtapose or connect several different spaces, times, or meanings, creating a unique environment that challenges or reflects on the dominant social order.
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Software
Photo by Anton Savinov on Unsplash A list of the software and websites I use to accomplish various projects:
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Video
One of my goals going forward is to take more video of our lives.
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When I spent a whole days going through photo books from my mom’s flooded house, I was surprised to see how much the photos shifted in quality. The older photos were actually better. Brownie photos from the fifties and sixties had better color with sharper focus. The seventies were generally out of focus and sepia-brown. This might have been a byproduct of the cellophane photo books my mom used, but the clarity of the pre-seventies never returned.