I’ve had my previous website design for several years and it was getting a little unwieldy and inflexible. So over the recent holiday I ported my custom + MovableType installation to WordPress.

The port itself was not too bad—I exported my old blog files and imported them rather painlessly into …

Here are four books on writing I just finished reading that you may find of interest. These books give insight into the nuts and bolts of the writing life, fill in the backstory of how writers craft their ideas, show how to read critically, and discuss why books and writing are important.

How to be …

A month or so ago I found a little bird in my basement. I wasn’t sure how he got in there — maybe he came in when I had the outside door opened for a couple hours? I am not a biologist, so I don’t know what type of bird it was, but if I had to make a guess, I would say some sort of nuthatch? He had …