Sunday, November 16, 2025 — Orlando, Florida

Hello, Constant Reader.

Today is a day of relative rest. Aside from this post, I don’t plan to do much writing. Most of my energy lately has gone into the release of Comings and Goings’ audiobook. I don’t yet have a clear vision for “The Next Big Project,” and I’m holding fast to my No Unnecessary Work on Sundays rule. That anthology of Jim Garraty stories waiting in my Kindle Create queue will simply have to wait until tomorrow. Truth be told, I don’t sense a tidal wave of demand for it right now—and I’m tired. Leisure feels less like indulgence and more like necessity, a way to replenish the creative reserves.

Normally, I’d be watching one of the several hundred films in my physical media collection. Unfortunately, most of those—along with my books, music, and other personal belongings—remain stranded in Miami, nearly three months after my move. It’s a frustrating limbo, one that narrows my entertainment options to computer games or whatever Amazon Prime Video happens to offer.

Still, I’m not entirely bereft. I managed to bring a handful of books, movies, and CDs during Phase One of this drawn-out relocation. I’ve also picked up a few new treasures: James Gunn’s Superman, several books in both print and Kindle editions, and Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary on the American Revolution, which arrives on Blu-ray later this week.

So, with that in mind, here’s what I’m reading, watching, listening to, and playing:

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📚 Reading

• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (25th Anniversary Edition) — Stephen King
• The Fate of the Day: The War for America, 1777–1780 – Ticonderoga to Charleston (Volume Two of the Revolution Trilogy) — Rick Atkinson
• The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 — Christopher Clark
• The Best and the Brightest — David Halberstam

🎬 Watching (the most vexing category, hence the shortest)

• The War: A Ken Burns Film
• Superman (2025), written and directed by James Gunn
• Summer of ’42, written by Herman Raucher, directed by Robert Mulligan

🎵 Listening To

• Barber’s Adagio and Other Romantic Favorites for Strings — Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic
• An Innocent Man — Billy Joel
• Kiri Sings Kern — Kiri Te Kanawa, Jonathan Tunick, London Sinfonietta
• Pops in Love — John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra
• The War: A Ken Burns Film – Original Soundtrack — Various Artists
• Comings and Goings -The Art of Being Seen – Alex Diaz-Granados (Yes, I’m listening to my audiobook!)

🎮 Playing

• Regiments (2022) — MicroProse/Bird’s Eye Games
• Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age (2024) — MicroProse/Triassic Games