We were in such a hurry to hit get out of Dodge for the holiday, that I haven't had a calm moment until now to mention our absence from both airwaves and blog this week (above and beyond a quick mention in my posting of… · her, week, before, year, she

Look out, two blog posts in the same year, slow down "me". Speaking of slow though, it's been anything but slow the past few weeks. Fortunately I've been able dedicate quite a bit of idle time into the #badge and am… · been, look, slow, badge, project

If you’re here, you must be seriously lost. I’m sorry for your misfortune. That said, if you’d like to hang around a while and see what’s here, then feel free. But be warned, I’m pretty damn good at wasting other people’s time. Also be advised that without the burden of an editor I take far

First of all, dang! It has been more than a year since I have posted. I guess life is really preoccupied with other things, and there isn’t much time for the introspective blogger to pour out nonsensical musings on the… · cover, song, think, there, really

Hey there! Thanks for dropping by. We're still setting things up, so there's nothing to explore right now. Please check back a little later. Hey there! Thanks for dropping by. · there, hey, thanks, dropping, still

How've you been? Keeping on keeping on? Crazy year huh? So the reason I haven't been writing much is... actually, I have been writing a bunch, just not here. I spent a whole bunch of time writing a book. Significant… · writing, account, been, times, want

I receieved an email yesterday with lots of Blogger messages which have been posted over the two years and have all just arrived. I can't do anything with them. Weird! So I'm sorry about that. What's also weird is the… · there, lots, posted, years, weird

Hey. I can’t believe I haven’t been here in so long. I neglected this space, for a bunch of reasons you may or may not want to hear. I just can’t believe it has been a full year. This is probably the longest I have gone… · been, there, haven, long, without

Third of how the fuck many posts, I dunno. Note: I was reluctant to write this post for many reasons, the first was probably its subject of “leavetaking.” I’ve covered this before in this blog, in pieces such as… · many, its, leavetaking, goodbye, everyone

You can continue to the blog where all of the talky-talky goodies are. Or you can pop me an old-fashioned message at mattj@cimota.com which I will endeavour to reply to unless it vanishes into my junk folder. At the blog… · lands, distant, tales, stories, blog

So I kind of forgot to come back from my break.... Ooops! Hey, but I'm here, even if late. HUGE APOLOGY to the usual linkers! I don't have anything today because I'm speed writing this at work. BUT.... I do think I'm… · love, come, back, link, kind

It has been forever since I posted to this, and it is darn time I got started again. Since my last posts I've: I think my book writing kind of sucked up any initiative I had for writing anything else, but I think I've… · since, got, think, writing, been

wrote a blog about it...like to hear it? here it go'!

I’ve been quiet on this here blog because I am doing most of my personal writing and updates over on my Substack these days, where there is more community. While I’m mixed on how the platform’s trying to turn into… · been, here, writing, there, cat

I'm… kind of entirely done with having any of my life on display. Honestly, I don't know if I even want to re-publish any of my blog. This may or may not be a "so long, and thanks for all the fish" moment. · may, maybe, kind, entirely, done

Sorry for the long absence. Not only have Roo and I switched hemispheres again, I’ve been crazy busy trying to get my latest sci-fi book finished. I know, I know! But don’t worry, I’ve still got plans outside the realm… · missing, book, know, got, wasn

I must have fallen asleep for the past year according to the date of my last post. I’m like the Rip Van Winkle of blogging. That’s not the standard I’m striving for. But I’ve got big plans for this year — writing more… · read, noob, she, year, post

Hey everyone! Long time, no see. And it's all my fault. I haven't been posting very often at all and it's partly because of laziness, partly because I didn't have a proper device to talk to post with, partly because I… · reading, partly, because, time, haven

I'm excited to start blogging again!! Please follow me on Blog Lovin' ! I'm so excited to be back on Blogger!! Sorry, Bluehost and Wordpress.. but I'm just not a fan!! Can't wait to get this new blog up and running soon! · excited, blog, start, blogging, again

ugh .. what are you still doing here?

Hi there, it’s been a while since I last wrote. I’ve been quite busy and I haven’t really had the time or energy to update the blog. I have a little bad conscience because I just disappeared from the blog without saying… · there, she, been, vegas, trip

Man, has it really been this long? Where has the time gone? I guess the whole Covid thing screwed up my blogging as well. It’s been an interesting change in reality working from home fulltime now. I’ve been wanting to… · been, time, covid, working, take

I’m gonna’ (try) get straight to the point here and skip right through the fact that I’ve been MIA for some time and that this is my first post on this blog in over 2 months. Because I have a ton of excuses but none that… · say, read, post, here, there

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season–I took a nice little break from blogging in order to do my annual holiday stress out, complete with traveling, spending time with family and… · year, nice, house, like, gravy

I got really sick of blogging. I missed the feeling of community. I was feeling very “get off my lawn” and felt like I had to keep up with The Joneses to stay in the blogging community. I’m really terrible at keeping up… · like, had, here, really, blogging

I just realised that I haven’t posted anything here in some time, Its not for lack of intereting things to write about - just been pretty busy. I’ll endeavour to make a better effort in 2022. I just realised that I… · realised, haven, posted, anything, here

all sorts of account weirdness lately. this is back. i'm obviously not really back. deadlines. i wish i had more time to post here. If you've given up on me i understand. I just ask that you check in once in awhile to… · back, had, time, post, awhile

Hello, everyone! Yes, yes, I know it’s been quite a long time since my last post (warning: it’s going to be a long one)… If you follow me on ANY other social media platforms, then you know I haven’t had time to blog… · post, continue, reading, hello, time

Hello. I’m doing something a little bit different this year for my year-end wrap up post. I’m going all-in with recommendations this year, rather than releasing another boring post listing stuff I’ve created, sharing… · year, little, bad, read, books

There’s no time like the quarantime to write my annual blog post. Here’s a glimpse into what is happening around here… LaundryLots of it. Not sure how we are wearing so many clothes, considering no one has gone anywhere… · time, like, here, cooking, since

So remember when I started this blog series months ago? And then I said I had another post I was going to run that week? Bet that was the longest week of your

Hello friends, I’ve decided to move my blogging activities over to Substack, so you can now find me writing all my usual Nothing good rhymes with Charlotte-style posts on a new blog I’ve called While I’ve got you. I’ll… · read, she, learnt, decided, substack

DEBUT DAY!!! 💖🥳🎉💖🥳🎉💖🎉🎉🥳🎉💖💖💖🥳🎉 It's finally hereeeeeeeee!!!! 🥳🥳 I really don't know what to say for this moment. I had the idea for NOT THIS DEATH at the end of 2020, so that's two and a half years ago… · much, thank, end, pages, everyone

I don’t tweet anymore, I’ve yet to join Threads or Bluesky, and I never really got into Mastodon. You would think that might lead to more blogging, but I don’t often find myself with something significant or coherent… · don, find, share, blog, myself

The sad truth of the matter is, you don’t matter. I don’t matter. In the grand scheme of things, our lives are meaningless. Now if that isn’t the most fucking depressing start to a blog post that anyone has ever written… · don, matter, know, lives, talk

Um, testing, cause what the hell happened to last month's? November. Wow, where did October go? Bloop. I keep messing these up and doing them late. Sorry! · last, testing, cause, hell, happened

Um, testing, cause what the hell happened to last month's? November. Wow, where did October go? Bloop. I keep messing these up and doing them late. Sorry! · last, testing, cause, hell, happened

I don’t like writing about bad things, which is probably why this blog has sat silent in recent months. Life hasn’t been all bad, it’s just caught me off guard with a few more challenges than I expected. But today I… · today, bad, been, off, planning

it's been a while, huh guys? i feel like it's time to give you a real explanation for where i've been and why i've stopped blogging and where i plan to go from here. so i'll start with saying I MISSED YOU. a lot. like a… · real, been, like, time, blogging

It's been years since I've posted anything, so I decided to declare blog almost-bankruptcy. I've thrown out almost all my old posts, keeping only those with some sentimental value to me (mostly memoriam posts from the… · enough, blog, last, passed, his

i haven’t been using my blog much these days as i’ve been pretty busy in life should i make the conscious effort to post more or should i just keep posting whenever i feel like it? Pretty interesting that the new pope is… · pretty, should, been, day, haven

September kicked my ass, so I didn’t have a chance to update as much as I’d like. I’m still kind of easing myself back into things, I admit. I want to do something bigger scale soon (particularly finishing “A Lack of… · still, working, back, things, soon

Hey everyone , i suck at keeping up with this thing. Sorry about that. I have tried to write this post several times now. I'm not here today to make a huge post, just something I desperately need to put out here and… · had, him, post, here, finally

Here’s a little lecture I got bullied into doing a few weeks ago: Here’s a short talk I gave to some of our Shamashe (subdeacons/liturgical servers) a little while ago that I thought might be edifying enough to share… · here, little, lecture, ago, talk

I was on blogging leave last week. Not my usual no-writing-today-so-fuck-right-off-and-read-someone-who-cares leave — actual medical leave. I was confined to the hospital for more than a week with acute appendicitis… · hospital, leave, week, doctor, her

Dunno what I'm doing, but here's some blog or something. Dunno what I'm doing, but here's some blog or something. · dunno, doing, here, some, blog

I really wanted to use this blog to document things I didn’t want to lose, but I just don’t have time, and I am like a train. I’ve backdated this post to align with when it actually went inactive. ... I’ve been building… · been, blog, time, post, like

It’s Friday and I couldn’t be happier!! Chris has been gone all week on business in Atlanta - so I’ve had no one keeping tabs on me around here. He’s always good for making sure I do things like eat, sleep, drink…. basic… · around, like, upgrade, been, had

I want to apologize for not posting much this past month. I am in the middle of making some big changes to the blog but promise you are going to love all the new content coming to the blog this year. Super excited to… · life, share, making, give, there

Can’t decide which one/ones to leave behind so I just got all. Set me back more than ₱2K, yup 😩. I’m never stepping inside a Fully Booked (a local bookstore) again… The WIP that’s been taking all my time after I cast it… · sweater, back, time, came, mind