Ramblings

This page is the primary location for my regular posts. Here I discuss events or ideas that I’m dealing with at the moment. I’ll log trip data here – like an explorer’s journal. I’ll write regularly about a variety of things that interest me and are relevant to my journey. Here, I’ll keep you, my reader, up-to-date on what I’m up to and what I’m thinking about.

Changes coming soon

There will be some minor restructuring of The Lunatic Ltd, coming soon. They are not huge but the aim is to tighten my brand and better define who I am as a blogger and what this blog is all about. Been working on it…that’s why I haven’t posted lately…and it’ll be revamped soon so stay [...]

Expectations of getting busy

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Reading Michel De Montaigne for myself

Today I got a book in the mail. It was one I’d ordered about a week ago…”Michel de Montaigne: The Complete Essays.” It is a tome of over 1,200 pages and is the collected works of the man who coined the term ‘essay.’ For most people, the word ‘essay’ probably brings back horrific memories of [...]

Blogging by candle light

Who said that blogging was a 21st century activity? I can blog while sitting in my living room illuminated only by candle light. I’m doing it now. You see, Texas is in the grip of a horrific winter storm. Blustering winds and an arctic cold front have dropped local temps so low that the power [...]

Writer's block or just the don't wannas

I’ve been struggling this week with a major article I have to write. It’s a key part of my job and an important piece for the next issue of my magazine. But I can’t seem to get a handle on it. I’ve read through my notes, almost 50 pages. I’ve started retyping those notes, trying [...]

Revised on January 3, 2011