Last year, I kept track of how far I ran (miles), how much I wrote for fun/free (words), how much time I spent playing RPGs with friends (hours), and how many books I read. The very first thing I wrote for this site back in 2022 was a post about the creative fulfillment I get from playingContinue reading “2024 – Games with Friends”
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My 2024 in Writing
Last year, I kept track of how far I ran (miles), how much I wrote for fun/free (words), how much time I spent playing RPGs with friends (hours), and how many books I read. I am lucky to have a full-time job that involves a lot of writing, but sometimes that means it’s difficult to sitContinue reading “My 2024 in Writing”
My 2024 in Running
Last year, I kept track of how far I ran (miles), how much I wrote for fun/free (words), how much time I spent playing RPGs with friends (hours), and how many books I read. I kept a physical log, but after comparing it with my Garmin data, I failed to log several runs with penContinue reading “My 2024 in Running”
Books I Read in 2024
Last year, I kept track of how far I ran (miles), how much I wrote for fun/free (words), how much time I spent playing RPGs with friends (hours), and how many books I read. So here are the books, in order from January:
Taylor Swift: Eras and Adventures (Booths’ Version)
Gen X’ers: Travel back with me to the early 1980s and recall the likes of Van Halen, Duran Duran, and Madonna at their commercial peaks. Now imagine that after they wrap up a sold-out worldwide stadium tour, they return to the studio and eight months later release an album that will go triple platinum. BeforeContinue reading “Taylor Swift: Eras and Adventures (Booths’ Version)”
Let’s Dance in Style, Let’s Dance for Awhile
Alphaville’s “Forever Young” album is 40 years old this fall. I don’t remember hearing the iconic title song until fall 1989, when I was a freshman at Bowling Green State University and it grabbed my guts and heartand squished them to a wrenching pulp while still filling me with wonder and hope and possibility everyContinue reading “Let’s Dance in Style, Let’s Dance for Awhile”
Orion
When I was a kid, I had a subscription to an astronomy magazine called “Odyssey,” and I loved it: Articles about NASA; pictures of other planets, moons, nebulae; do-it-yourself science experiments; monthly guides on stargazing with cool charts introducing me to the constellations. (True story: “Odyssey” was the home of my first published work ofContinue reading “Orion”
A Brief Adventure, Shared
It was hot and sunny, and there was a scrabbling in the downspout. I’m sure over the years, more than one small creature has met its unfortunate fate in any one of the gutters on our house and garage, washed down into the buried sewer pipes. But this one I heard. Okay, then. Let’s seeContinue reading “A Brief Adventure, Shared”
“The Resurrectionist” – NYC, 2024
Last week, Jenn and I went to Manhattan to see the world premiere of “The Resurrectionist,” a play produced by our daughter Kelsey and her two co-founders of Rally Point Productions, Cat and Taylor. We got to see two of the show’s three performances at The Tank, an off-off-Broadway theatre in the Garment District, andContinue reading ““The Resurrectionist” – NYC, 2024″
Memento Mori – Depeche Mode in Cleveland, 2023
I first heard Depeche Mode around 1986-87, close on the heels of secretly embracing the Pet Shop Boys and New Order. The girl I was dating at the time introduced me to songs from Some Great Reward – Blasphemous Rumours, People Are People, Master and Servant – and I enjoyed them well enough. My freshmanContinue reading “Memento Mori – Depeche Mode in Cleveland, 2023”
John Booth Writes 