Well, let’s try this again. It turns out that starting a blog because I was housebound after heart bypass surgery in 2022 was overly optimistic. I didn’t have the energy to stick to it – I was doing very little reading, much less wanting to write about it. Then, late in the year, Ann’s mom died (she made it to age 102, still relatively healthy, until a stroke took her out). Ann ended up being the executor of her estate, which turned out to be much more of a hassle than we anticipated, and that took care of most of 2023.

2024 was pretty much a recovery year. We slept in late, went out to get something to eat (our kitchen got very little use throughout the year), got home and puttered around a bit, then watched tv for hours in the evening. I was getting a lot read, though, and just piling the books up in the living and dining rooms in case I ever got around to writing about them.

I’ll try and tackle some of these piles, and see how far I get this time.