November Update

Nov 19, 2025

A forest scene with snow on the trees and the ground. — Our recent snow - photo by R William Parmenter

It has been a while! What started as a brief break to focus on settling into the house and all the other adulting stuff, turned into a much longer hiatus. Within that time, I also took a break from social media. Essentially, I broke off contact with everyone but family and friends.

I had hoped that this break would spark some writing or art creation. But it didn’t, which I’m a bit sad about. However, instead of beating myself up over it, I realized perhaps I needed that break from everything. To simply exist in life and use my brain space for the here and now. It was nice not having to think about creating posts and making content.

To be honest, I was in a depression. My usual cycle of waxing and waning. Perhaps it is fitting that I’m writing this on the cusp of a new moon. I’m coming out of inner reflection and ready to start anew — ready to build toward glowing bright and full. A stark contrast to the physical darkness deepening as we draw closer to the Winter Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere.

Speaking of winter, we’ve had some snow already where we are in Michigan! It was exciting, and I fed off the kids’ excitement. What’s great is that it inspired a new poem! Once I feel it is ready, I’ll share it.

And here’s something wild: next month, my debut poetry book will be turning one! I don’t have anything planned other than taking the time to realize I have a book out in the world and people have read it.

In other news, we now have two cats! They came to us as little kittens and now they are already small cats. Or kitten cats as I like to call them! They are awesome and everyone is having so much fun with them. There are some photos of the boys below including one with our dogs. Most of the photos are of them sleeping because they’re usually zooming around the house!

I hope everyone is well.

As always, thanks for reading!