Looking for a lighthearted swords-and-sorcery book along the lines of “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser starring Gwendoline Christie and Maisie Williams”.

Finished reading The Orphan Tsunami of 1700, finally. I’d put it down for a while, but the subject and presentation are like catnip to me: a popular explanation of the 1700 tsunami with the meticulousness and rigor of an academic paper. (It’s available as a PDF for free if you’d like.)

The dude is reading, and delighting in, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.

Tonight’s dinner discussion: the bambina asked about patents.

Today’s cooking and baking: pancakes, bread, a giant quiche Lorraine, vegetable broth, and banana bread.

Last night’s kitchen victory was a month and a half of planning meals in advance.

Somebody planted a bunch of little flags in our front yard overnight.

Walked down to Mom’s to give her a face mask that Meghan sewed. Got more steps than any day since [checking notes] last August.

Gave myself a buzz cut, with help/cleanup from Meghan. My hair hadn’t been this long since my long walk.

Tonight’s kitchen victory: the dude’s reaction to his first ever chili dog.

I’ve started writing my long walk journal, a mere three years later. I’m averaging about one day written up per day I spend writing, but I’m not writing every day, so I don’t expect it to be done before, oh, the end of summer or so.

Last night, I helped Meghan make a face mask for me. I’m still not cleared for sewing machine duty.

Tonight’s other kitchen victory: Meghan made herself and me each a mezzo e mezzo (“half and half”): half bourbon, half Amaro Amarino from local Letterpress Distilling. (They ship, or deliver locally.) (Thanks for the tip, Amy.)

Tonight’s kitchen victory: risotto that the bambina liked.

Tried to sew a cloth face mask, but my sewing was bad when I last tried about 35 years ago, and I’ve never used a sewing machine before. I’ll try again tomorrow.