Winter 25/26 Activity Log

Expenses

Hotel/rent: San Jose 240, 200 rent Baltimore, 240 San Jose

Train/bus: rail pass 499 December rail pass, 499 January/February rail pass, 250 March rail pass, metra Joliet to Chicago 7, Pittsburgh sedan 50, Baltimore sedans 100, hotel 200, 50,

Food: Portland 60, 20, 20, San Jose 40, train 95, Lancaster 35, 200 for Xmas dinner, train 10, 20,10, 20, 10, Portland 55, 20, 10, 20, 25, 12, 60, 20, 30, 10, train, 10, San Jose, 12, 8, train 20, 18, 10, 23, Kansas 50, Missouri 16, Chicago 12, Baltimore 90, Train 90, Portland 50, 16, 20, 40, 40,

Medical:

Books: 17, 23, 8, 24,

December

Goals to Complete Moonstruck Trails/Tales, MRE and Of A Naked Land

-1. 1946, 1312

-2. proof yesterday’s posts, check notes in Hammond, email, 1174, 1320,

-3. 1051, 1518, bad sinus infection, red Cherokee insect Plants and Arnulfo and the Pitcher Plants, crock potted pork, potatoes and kraut

-4. made 60 pancakes to freeze, 1068,

-5. 1720, pack, email,

-6. train to San Jose

-7. arrive in San Jose, skim and organize plantation america scans, arrange and proof complete portions of MRE, 1446 [MRE 6] arranged text for Diagnosis Graphomania at 30,689 words

-8. 1379, 1569 MRE 7 & 8], training Gina, found and read translations of Sophocles minor verse at book store, pack back up

-9. up at midnight, 1164 [MRE 9], edit MRE 7, 8 & 9, 5 am walk to train station, 6:18 train to Emmeryville, train to Chicago

-10. on train, read TB Wright and Andrew Edwards for reviews

-11. Chicago, read Sophocles

-12. Pittsburgh, Lancaster, read Sophocles again, videos with inthesegoingsdown

-13. butler for Queen Ruby, train with her Driver 1117,

-14. 1384, to New Jersey

-15. 1522, 14 emails, 592,

-16. 1834, to Long Island for meet up

-17. 1474, training with Jack, Meet Big Jack,1167, 279, videos with Mister Grey

-18. 1157, 10 videos with Mister Grey, nap, drinking with old dames at bar,

-19. 1365, 1186,

-20. 1409, 1447, wash clothes, pack,

-21. train to Baltimore, visit with Megan

-22. physical therapy, training with Ax Grit & Big Ben, symposium with Cory, Jason, Jay and Nadia

-23. shopping for Xmas dinner, a night of cheer at Brickmouse House

-24. 1169, begin Beer Dealership, the

-25. 1630, Christmas with family

-26. 1875, outline hardback history series, Hobo Historian interviews with Incognegro

-27. Alexander interviews, to Erique’s

-28. Coffee with Scott Grumman, train to Pittsburgh

-29. Train to Chicago, Train to Portland, read The Wager

-30. Read It Came from Del Rio, begin writing on training, reread MRE draft, 1339, began writing on train again

-31. 1579, Arrive in Portland, read

Articles/Chapters: 30

Complete Books: 1

Journals: 1

January

Goals to complete, MRE, Bondage & Carnage, Moonstruck trails & tails

-1. 1854,

-2. 1879, cooked ham & beans, hot cabbage soup, potato & sausage stew,

-3. 1179, 1227, clean

-4. 1357, 1105, framed Carnage & Bondage and remainder of Plantation America to 22 volumes, to Washington by car

-5. sick with another bronchitis, read Kingsnorth, bought rail pass, scheduled out until February 13

-6. 1445 MRE #11, watch fight videos of Sean’s possible opponents

-7. 612, emails, 1424 MRE#12, train cancelled from 10th to 11th,

-8. 1334 MRE #13, home depot, groceries, winterize Dog Soldier’s shed, cards and dominoes

-9. complete MRE at 29,992 words,

-10. train canceled, posted fiction for April into May, train, read Kingsnorth, cooked chili

-11. 1096, began Zoomtime, cooked pasta sauce,

-12. train to Oakland, CA, read Against the Machine,

-13. 1586, listen to Plutarch’s Lives

-14. 987, read Mathew, listen to Plutarch’s Lives, worst eye attack in a year, nightmares

-15. Incognegro calls about Hobo historian TV videos, pack, train to LA, Read Foust,

-16. LA

-17. Leave LA

-18. Read Foust on train

-19. Kansas, 931, 964,

-20. 1497, 748,

-21. 1200, outlined Skinnies!, Montius and I meet Paul for lunch in Winfield Kansas, Paul and I drive to Exeter Missouri,

-22. 1359, 1405, meat a classical horse

-23. send files to TBW, 1241, 1263, spar in driveway

-24. 1053, spar in kitchen, watch fights, bad eye attack

-25. 1294, 1151, visit with Binghams, podcast with Richard Barrett, wash clothes

-26. to Bluff Springs by truck, meet with T B Wright

-27. 1227, planning publications with TB Wright

-28. to Joliet by train, to Kanakeke by truck, train with Vanilla Gorilla

-29. to Joliet by truck, train canceled to Chicago, take Metra to Chicago, read Olaudah, to Pittsburgh by train

-30. Pittsburgh 5:30 am, Big Jeff takes me to Punky’s, organize quarters, move refridgerator, check for trip hazards, read Daniel twice and annotate, read minor prophets to Gospels

-31. writing at Punky’s, outline 1 history and 5 travel articles, visit with ladies, Tom, train with Jeff, visit with brother

Articles/Chapters: 26

Books completed: 1

Novels 1

February

Goals to complete Planting America, Norns of Aryas, Of The Naked Lands

-1. To Harford County, Maryland by car with brother, family party, outline 3 articles, emails, read Ghosts

-2. 1176, 1057, 1190, to Baltimore by car, train and coach at Towson karate boxed 3 hours, no est no water, heart must be okay, stick one hour

-3. 1323, 1027, Visit Megan

-4. 1043, visit Brickmouse, lunch at The Raven, to Lancaster PA by car, 12 videos with Mister Gray

-5. 1106, stay with Mister Grey, wash clothes, go to Ruby’s martial arts class, cooked mac and bfeef, mac and cheese, beans and sausage and chili, freeze for Mr Grey.

-6. 1183, to Pittsburgh and Chicago by train, canceled

-7. begin train trip to Portland, Read a Genius for War and Digital Anarch

-8. read To Hell and Back, Olaudah Equino, train

-9. read the Scythian Empire,

-10. read greek poetry and Ghosts of the Sunset World,

-11. arrive in Portland, outline writing

-12. sick,

-13. begin writing, outline articles, 1021, proofed 7 journal articles, make action list with wife, 1204, cribbage with Dog Soldier

-14. 1318, worked on Dog Soldier’s shed, 1142, 1109, meet with gutter guard contractor with wife,

-15. 102, 1526, visiting more widows, banished Dog Soldier

-16. 1179, 1321, finished reading Ghosts of the Sunset World

-17. 1663, new stove to install,

-18. 1304, new fridge installed, read a Land without Shade, 861

-19. 638, frame Intermunde, buy shoes, 239, arrange text for winter journal

-20. 1446 bad eye, listen to Aeschylus

-21. 1227, 205, arrange Norns of Aryas to 79,123 words over 495 pages, proofed to page 194

-22. 1222, help Carol make soup, proof Norns to page 370, eye blew up, medicine, complete proofing Norns of Aryas at 79,162 words and 470 pages

-23. wife had cat scan, 1142, set up coffee station, go to phone store to activate Rick’s phone,

-24. enclose back porch, fall off roof, catch my cracker ass and discover it can still do a pull up, and swing monkey like to the patio… get drunk…

-25. 471, discontinue 5 book outlines, waterproof back of porch, transplant sod, bad eye seizure, wife’s rear left tire stolen, went out and put spare on, 28,492 words Moonstruck Trails for TB Wright, arrange text for Bondage & Carnage to 73,048 words over 439 pages,

-26. complete Intermunde assist, 1644, 481, 406, arrange Intermunde contributions at 6,904 words,

begin writing Bisch, 157,

-27. Wife’s heart procedure, 1126, proof B&C,

-28. 1,295, Complete and send Bondage & Carnage at 73,080 words and 400 pages, and Across the Face of A Notion at 30,369

February

Articles/Chapter = 34

Books = 4

Journal = 2

History = 2

Winter

Articles/ Chapters = 30 + 26 + 34 = 90

Books = 1 + 1 + 4 = 6