Best of April 2026
ROTE EP by The Sulac System (read a lot of books as well, but they don’t even have covers yet, I don’t think. and, have been rereading the whole Sin City series, too)
etc
Blue Butterfly Land
few things I thought sort of funny and save-able, from BlueSky, the only place I am—except for here. And, you know: life, the world. “Colorado,” I guess, sometimes. Less often than I want, really.
Whole Shelf’ing It
I always think it’s the coolest, walking by an airport bookstore and seeing my books there. But having nearly a WHOLE SHELF at B&N is pretty great, too. And, they said that before they put that shelf-talker up and sold through their Chainsaws this weekend, it was the whole shelf. Anyway: “Oh, the places you’ll
Blue Butterfly Land
(probably never said: I always scroll back through these to make sure they’re as, you know, necessary as I may have thought they were while standing in some boarding line. so, all of these? so necessary)
Back from Stanford
Was a great time. Had never spent any real time in the Bay Area. Guess this is the . . . the third time I’ve gone somewhere else for a semester, to teach? University of Utah, University of Montana, and, now, Stanford. Who knows if I ever do it again, but this time, doing a
Blue light special
(probably not the first, or even fifth tie I’ve used some version of that for a post title)
Dogland
Y’all remember back when every third dog was named “Curtis Lowe?” I guess I don’t either—think it was forty-five, fifty years ago. And it was probably every 700th dog. But still, it was a thing, and it must have been cool. And? Maybe this is how it started:
Best Reads from Lately
Ten things I read (from . . . 500?) from lately that I think worth sharing. Doesn’t mean they’re good or even tolerable. But, chances are I saw something to them.
Blue butterfly land
Hey, remembered to stop this one at “10” as well. I’m getting better. Well, less losery?
The Best Kind of Clubbing . . .
. . . is BOOK CLUBBING! Well, so says a book dude, who doesn’t really go to club-clubs.
Best Reads from Lately
The world’s oldest rock art discovered in Indonesia | National Geographic Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE Welcome to the Camping Games (now please show up) | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 Years :
411, Finally
How had I not read all these before? So amazing. I couldn’t stop. Wanted more. I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell : r/nosleep I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 2!) : r/nosleep
Best Reads from Lately
(and . . . all these I been saving up, too) https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/30/fran-lebowitz-interview-love-novels-hiking-leaf-blowers-labubu Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness | Street Roots https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506650-asteroid-bennu-carries-all-the-ingredients-for-life-as-we-know-it https://www.sciencealert.com/curiosity-cracked-open-a-rock-on-mars-and-revealed-a-big-surprise Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability : ScienceAlert Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France This Weirdly Smart, Creeping
Blue Butterfly Land
(let these stack up whilst we were getting the new site ready, so . . . feels like a double triple dose . . . )
Hadn’t thought of it like this
I mean, in spite of wondering and wondering and not being able to figure out why all the intolerance we’re seeing, experiencing, trying to live through, are going to have to live down somehow: