I don’t have a lot to catch up on this year, since I’ve been posting about my writing every week since January. But it’s traditional to start out Holidailies with an introduction, so here’s mine.
An Inroduction to Me:
Here I am. I am me. I am a human being in my late 50s (huh?). I hate generative AI because I feel it sucks the soul out of the writing and art it supposedly emulates. I also am not a big fan of my body at the moment because I have asthma which is starting to flare (yay cold weather, which I otherwise enjoy) and a tension headache which has been bothering me off and on since August.
I am a writer, though, unfortunately, rarely published. On the side I dabble in Linux server administration and web programming, which I enjoy. I built the Holidailies website myself from scratch, though I plan on rebuilding it sometime during 2026.
I also like cats. My wife and I have four resident cats (Guffaw, Sherman, Timmie, and Ruby) and two permanent foster kitties (Potpourri and Cartwheel). We also foster kittens through a local shelter, which means we have a LOT of chaos in our house I enjoy it, but then the kittens don’t bother me at night the way they bother my wife.
And I like reading. And table-top roleplaying games. And board games. I’m a simple man, with simple tastes. I do wish I could travel more, and I also wish I were in better shape.
Overall, I like myself and my life.
A Holidailies Prompt:
The Prompt functionality on the Holidailies site isn’t working right now because I forgot to activate it when I opened it to registration back in November; I’ll take care of that this evening. But here’s a prompt anyway:
What have you been most looking forward to this holiday season?
One of the things I look forward to are the presents, of course. I enjoy getting presents — who doesn’t? — but I also enjoy giving them. So that’s one things I’ve been looking forward to. I also like holiday music, especially classic choral music. Weird, right? I’m also looking forward to reading some of my favorite holiday stories, especially A Christmas Carol, which I try to read each year.
I’m not a fan of the crass materialistic consumerism that has swallowed what is ordinarily supposed to be a spiritual season of giving and love. I’m kind of a Scrooge in this regard.
Anyway. If you’re participating in Holidailies, I hope you enjoyed this entry. I won’t be posting it to my socials, since it’s just for Holidailies, so there.
