Seemingly because I’m on a roll and want to catch up on all the ‘responding to monthly challenges’ fun I’ve been missing out on due to my lack of internet activity this last while, I’m parti...

I haven’t participated in one of these since I hosted the first one several months ago…never mind! I’m here now, writing my entry.
Unlike most times I submit to blogging chal...

Wow! I haven’t participated in one of these for a while. This is my entry for the October 2026 edition of the IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Marisabel on the theme of ‘pages.’
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James, Joel, and I had a discussion about favorite foods, which devolved, as it often does among folks who like writing, into an idea for a ‘blogging challenge.’ If you’re unfamiliar with what s...

After a discussion with Joel and James, the latter had a bright idea. Guess what? Yet another fun blogging questions challenge. This one, as the title suggests, is about food.
If y...

This is a 'title trade': where folks interested in writing collaboratively in a style I'd describe as 'alone together' trade a title for the other to write about. I've done several over the last two y...

An Australian's answers to the questions Americans keep asking: no, it won't all kill you, the food's worth the trip, and there's far more here than red dust.

This is another title tr...

A typography tasting menu, poems written in HTML, silk-printed t-shirts, and a collage that turned into birds.

HTML Day fell on Saturday, and I hosted two online sessions for it: one ...

Ten random facts about the human behind the blog.

I'm skipping ahead in the Blaugust prompts, because some of the week one questions don't apply to someone participating for the first...

Come write HTML with me this Saturday.

HTML Day is an annual celebration of getting together and writing HTML, created by Elliott Cost and Laurel Schwulst. Saturday, August 8, 2026, i...

A Blaugust swap: James writes here, I write there.

A Note From Me First

One of this year's Blaugust prompts is to write ...

By pure chance, I found myself witness to the most delightful of unexpected scenarios: a fascinating conversation about a topic I knew almost nothing about.

All I have to do in these ...

While I abhor plans and get myself into holes of spur-of-the-moment decisions…

I'm participating in Blaugust this year.

Perhaps I'm not fulfilling the requirements,...

This is my entry for July’s IndieWeb Carnival. True to form, it was written right at the eleventh hour (dictated, in this case.) I’m trying something new: drafting while I go on my morning walk.

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Notes

I picked this up because it's this month's IndieWeb Book Club pick. Wouldn't have found it otherwise, and that's exactly why book clubs matter. If you've got a place on the internet, why don't you joi...

Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by Chad Comello. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit his site and say hello!

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This is an entry (just in the nick of time) for May 2026's IndieWeb Carnival, with the theme of 'a love letter' chosen and hosted by Juhis. It was very much inspired by Brennan's entry.

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This a (super) short experimental piece, perhaps a prose poem, inspired by: 'sticks and stones will break my bones' as suggested by Ben Werdmüller for the 'IndieWeb Fiction Carnival.'

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Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by Bats. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit their site and say hello!

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Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by Bats. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit their site and say hello!

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Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by Tom MacWright. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit their site and say hello!

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Not every book and I are right for each other or right for each other at this particular moment. Here are the ones I set aside, organized by genre. Perhaps some will get a second chance.
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For so long I've tracked books I wish to read via Goodreads alone, despite having a perfectly suitable book blog for the last seven years. I'm remedying that here. This combines my general to-read lis...

Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by Tom MacWright. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit their site and say hello!

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Some books aren't meant to be enjoyed. They're meant to be survived.

Review
Written by a Chinese writer who grew up inside the Cultural Revolution, wh...

The IndieWeb wiki is a collaborative space for people who own their slice of the internet.
Joining gives you a profile page, lets you edit articles, and connects you to a community of ...

Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by packetcat. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit his site and say hello!

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Shelf Source talks to readers who share books they love on their sites. Today I'm joined by packetcat. Hope you enjoy reading, and do visit his site and say hello!

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Returning to this world was like putting on my favorite hoodie: warm, super comforting, and so beautifully soft.

Review
Same Old Hollywood. Same quiet...