Transformative Explications

I have been on a bit of a sourdough journey recently. So I thought it might be useful to add a few pages to my site for those who might like to learn more. But if a picture is all you need (and i...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2024/02/09/sourdough-bread/

Another year when my reading totals were down, especially during the summer months when some challenging elder-care out of town meant that I got almost no reading done. That resolved itself satis...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2024/01/01/reading-a-year-in-review-2023/

My reading numbers are down again this year. Too many out of town obligations, I guess. But at least I read some wonderful books and not too many duds. As per usual I’ve posted short reviews on...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2023/01/08/reading-a-year-in-review-2022/

My reading numbers in 2021 are down a bit compared to the previous year. Not to worry, they bounce back. And I still had a good year of reading with very few weak books read and only one true dud...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2022/01/01/reading-a-year-in-review-2021/

A bit to my surprise I’ve committed to writing 50000 words of a new novel over the course of November. Thousands of people have done this in previous years and now I too am one of those taking ...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2021/11/01/nanowrimo-2021/

2020 was a very unusual year for reading. For everyone. When our local public library was forced to close its physical doors in late March, I was motivated to switch to their digital offerings. I...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2021/01/01/reading-a-year-in-review-2020/

My reading numbers are down for 2019. Only 56 books read this past year. In part that was due to a variation in reading habits — for example, spending a long time dipping into a large collectio...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2020/01/02/reading-a-year-in-review-2019/

2018 was a good year for reading. I discovered new authors whose work I enjoyed: Aleksandar Hemon, Sarah Meehan Sirk, Simon Armitage, and Rachel Kushner. I continued my affection for authors with...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2019/01/01/reading-a-year-in-review-2018/

Back in 2010, I wrote my first review on LibraryThing. It was for a book that I greatly enjoyed at the time called The Book Thief. I suppose I wrote that review for no better reason than to enthu...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2018/09/18/500-reviews/

Last month, a writer I knew passed away. It was a sadly familiar tale of misdiagnosis, radical and aggressive treatment, apparent respite, then recurrence, treatment, recurrence, and so on. Each ...

http://www.randymetcalfe.com/2018/08/03/a-writers-life-in-passing/