The backyard and driveway are covered with maple tree seeds. The tree in my backyard made more seeds than usual and they are all over the place. It was fun to look outside on windy days over the past few weeks and watch the little helicopters twirling all around.

Recently read: Cities of the Red Night (William Burroughs). The first two-thirds or so of the book seemed to have a mostly narrative structure, which made for an easier read than the two books of the Nova Trilogy that I read a few months back. But then something switched and I mostly lost the plot. It wasn’t quite as jumpy as the cut-up sections in the Nova Trilogy, but …

I signed up for The Lovecraft Investigations: Crowley kickstarter this week. They hit their target in less than 24 hours and are now focusing on what they are calling “stretch goals”, like a new Mythos episode and a feature-length audio show about the Department of Works. I enjoyed each season of The Lovecraft Investigations podcast and am looking forward to this new project. Only a year to wait …

Recently watched: Only the River Flows (2023), The Amateur (1981, not 2025), Babylon A.D. (2008). Can’t say that I’d recommend any of them.

Recently read: Finished The Living Great Lakes (Jerry Dennis), which I had been working through for quite a while. I learned a lot about the Great Lakes and it is well-written, but for some reason I had troubles picking it up. I’d read it for a few hours, and really enjoy it, but then somehow not pick it up for another week or two.

Also finished The Red Goddess (Peter Grey) and started a reread of The Worst is Yet to Come: A Post-Capitalist Survival Guide (Peter Fleming), which I read a few years ago after Warren Ellis reviewed it in his online "writer’s notebook".

Recently read: The Chaos Protocols (Gordon White). Still reading The Living Great Lakes (Jerry Dennis), started The Red Goddess (Peter Grey).

Recently watched: Twin Peaks: The Return (2017), Thief (1981), Space is the Place (1974). Got interested in watching Space while listening to a Weird Studies podcast during a train ride across Michigan.

(By the way, you should subscribe to Weird Studies. It is really good.)

It’s that time of year again…

First we get the buckets ready, clean the pans, gather firewood. Late in the winter, it’s maple syrup time…

Recently watched: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Twin Peaks seasons 1 and 2 (and started season 3 last night), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014).

Reading: The Living Great Lakes (Jerry Dennis) and The Chaos Protocols (Gordon White).