Must-read books for 2024
Looking back, 2023 was pretty wretched. One bright spot? I hit my “read 100 books” goal for the first time! Praise be …
Must-read books from 2022
Looking for a good book or two or 80? I’ve got plenty of great reads to recommend from the 87 books I …
21 Goals for 2021
When I wrote my “20 Goals for 2020” last New Year’s day, I had no idea how prescient some of my plans …
I read 85 books in 2019. Here are my top 24.
For the last few years, I’ve had “read 45 non-school books” on my annual goal list. (Yes, current Shawna wonders why past …
My 2017 top five
I usually spend January 1 wrapped up in reviewing last year’s accomplishments and plotting for the future. This involves generating upwards of 60-80 …
Here’s to actually achieving goals in 2015
On New Year’s day, I read a short article about how of the people who make resolutions in January, more than half …
10 things I want to accomplish in the next 57 days of 2014
On the to-do list: Planting Fall flower bulbs for Spring beauty! Picture by Aurelie Jouan via Life of Pix. Used with permission. …
Thursday 13: Confessions, volume VIII, the Fall edition
For the first time in months and months, I woke up to the sound of rain in Sacramento. Aside from a smidge …
Thursday 13: On my mind
Played grease monkey with my father-in-law last month as he taught me how to conduct the annual inspection of the Cessna 182. …
Thursday 13: Late winter life and times
Let the world rejoice, it’s almost Daylight Saving time! Okay, let those of us who work between California and Arizona rejoice, at …