(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.
- For January to March, reading or re-reading only books I already own. The one I am enjoying the most is Rob Shearman’s 3-volume short story collection We All Hear Stories in the Dark. I’m reading at least one story a day.
- On my Kindle, I’m flitting through a variety of things:
- The Ink Trade by Anthony Burgess
- The Journal of Jules Renard
- Supercoach by Michael Neill
- Simple Marketing for Smart People by Billy Broas
- (I really do need to commit to a novel or other long work.)
- On TV: we’re keeping up with “Abbot Elementary” and “The Studio”.
- Putting a 3x/week kettlebell workout on my calendar, to be done at the Duke Fitness Center since I can never get the traction going working out at home. Also attending tai chi and yoga classes at DFC, along with a Saturday morning Tabata class.
- Creative projects: none at the moment.
I can be contacted at brownstudy+microblog at the domain gmail.com.
Updated: 2026-02-21
