Sunday, February 18, 2018

Well, Hello There

I'm hoping this little blog will help me to organize my thoughts about the stacks of books, magazines, videos, podcasts, etc., that march through our apartment here in Henderson, Nevada. Then there's everything that's in the cloud, virtual stacks of newspapers and books and TV shows and other media. 

For instance, a little over a year ago The Teaching Company started a service called The Great Courses Plus, which allows you to stream from hundreds of their courses for a set fee, paid monthly or annually. We love it and watch several lecture series at a time, so we don't get burned out on any one topic. We've settled into a routine in which we watch lectures from one course at breakfast, from a different course at lunch, and then another with mid-afternoon coffee. So we have three courses going at once and watch maybe a total of 45 minutes or so a day. We've completed dozens of courses over the past year, and started quite a few that we bailed out on too.

What I plan to do here is to write about what I've read and watched and listened to since the last time I posted and perhaps see if there are any interesting connections to pursue. Connections between the books and magazines, etc., or connections between my life and the books, or maybe even connections between this blog and the wider world out there. Who knows? It just might work!