It's been exactly one year since Vol. 2... Duff 4 coming soon

Writer's block is very normal and happens to the best of us. To me, it is a symptom of life unlived. When my life is boring, when I’m not being outgoing, when I’m not adventuring, when I am consuming more than creating… I stop having interesting things to write about. My brain

Surviving in remote northern New Mexico mountains is more costly than you would expect. The previous owner left me with at least a winter or two’s worth of firewood, which I burned for heat most mornings. It warmed us up and left a pleasant smell throughout the cabin. However,

Chilly, atmospheric, always beautiful Billings, Montana. I rolled into town in the winter of 2022, taking my second stint in Montana journalism by accepting a position as editor of the Big Timber Pioneer. Billings would be my home base. I rented a two-bedroom house perched atop

The arctic blast has arrived in the Ozarks. Wind chill of -8, snowstorm is projected to begin any minute now.

Morning update. Not much snow but windchill hovering around -10F.

Blizzard conditions from Winter Storm Fern. Arctic blast moving through Lake of the Ozarks. Heavy snow has yet to fall, but sub-zero windchills and 5-8 inches of snow are expected overnight

My grandmother taught me this "wheel" method of gratitude. Before falling asleep, she spins a "wheel" in her head, going around in a circle of all she's grateful for. Powerful visualization and gratitude practice from an 80 year old woman. In a similar vein, I have used a

Frost smoke rising from Lake of the Ozarks

The Chuckwagon Cafe. A rustic themed restaurant in Camdenton, Missouri serving American comfort food

Checking in on the state of AI for rap and hip-hop samples

I no longer have any social media apps on my phone. I am only allowed to use Claude

Wealth is created. You have to spend money and enrich others in order to enrich yourself

Not checking email or social media and allowing myself to exist as a human without technology for a few hours in the morning has changed everything. No wonder I wasn't having any good ideas. I was allowing myself to be bombarded by the entire world's information as soon as I

The technical proficiency required to set up Clawdbot will keep 99.99% of people out of the game entirely. The rich get richer

Coding games with Claude has made me realize how insanely miraculous those Game Boy games actually were back in the day. Those developers were wizards