The warm weather comes and goes, and it seems that all of winter was packed into a couple of weeks in late January. I have a friend, Mark, who I get together with weekly to practice martial arts. This is much easier outside, because we don’t need to worry about walls, ceilings, and cats. Of course practicing outside in the winter is difficult, except for this winter. Our last outdoor practice session for 2023 was the week before Christmas, and our first of 2024 was the second weekend of February.
Reading
Still working my way through short books. Currently reading Not One Day by French writer and Oulipo member Anne Garréta.
Writing
Not a lot to report, though I did come up with a couple of ideas for last week’s writing prompt (Genius Loci, Reincarnation, Lost City, War). There is something interesting to be mined from that particular random assemblage of words.
Subject: Colonization, Kaiju
Setting: Ship
Genre: Literary Fiction
Interesting Links
- “Michigan becomes 1st state in decades to repeal ‘right-to-work’ law” (PBS.org) – Workers claw back some rights from the Capitalist death machine
- “Several new laws take effect today in Michigan” (Cassidy Johncox, Click on Detroit) – Michigan gradually becoming a bulwark against the onrushing tide of Trump-led fascism.
- “34 Transformative Prompts to Unlock Your Writing, Courtesy Kelly Link“, (Kelly Link, LitHub) –