Now
(This is a now page, inspired by Derek Sivers’ now page.)
I live in Durham, NC, now retired as a contract software technical writer for a federal agency.
- Busy working with my neighbors on Bull City Commons, a cohousing community that we self-developed and self-manage. I write and maintain the Bull City Commons Blog, am the lead of the Building Maintenance Circle (hah!), member of Marketing Circle (hence the blog + marketing emails), member of Building & Grounds, help maintain the public website and internal Google Sites intranet pages, manage the Service Requests form for non-emergency requests from residents, serve as an internal facilitator for our Plenary meetings, and am on Team D for our quarterly team-cleaning program. Is that a lot? It sounds like a lot.
- I did not buy new books from January to March, but did start buying new ones in April on our trips to Savannah and Pawleys Island.
- In April, I finished reading Robert Shearman’s 3-volume short story collection We All Hear Stories in the Dark, which I started reading in January. I will miss starting my day with coffee and one or two weird Shearman stories. A great reading experience.
- Next up: a book I bought in Georgetown SC, God’s Children by Archibald Rutledge.
- On TV: Finished “Shrinking.” We’re keeping up with “Abbot Elementary” and started “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.” I’m looking forward to starting “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast,” from the creator of “Derry Girls.”
- Using a 3x/week kettlebell workout (Kettlebell Burn 2.0 by Geoff Neupert) at the Duke Fitness Center. Putting the workout on the calendar and actually going to DFC are helping me stay consistent.
- Prepping for a long trip with Liz to Nova Scotia and escaping the madness of this country for a bit.
- Creative projects: none at the moment.
I can be contacted at brownstudy+microblog at the domain gmail.com.
Updated: 2026-05-02