Posted on January 30, 2020

#21: Read 14 additional novels
A bit uneven, but I still enjoyed.
Posted on January 27, 2020
Posted on January 19, 2020
Completed 57% of my goals for 2019. Not as good as last year, but slightly above average.

Started off by ringing in the New Year in Hollywood with our family.

Celebrated Kaden and Kennedy’s 13th.
Visited my favorite US city.

Enjoyed a bunch of Supper Club events.

Joined a club.

Celebrated Rosie’s 25th in Dallas.

Bowled a bunch. Brit joined the 200.

Completed a half dozen courses.

Hemingway played plenty of ball.

Found a happy place in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Went to a few museums .
Went on a couple of pub crawls.

Went on some hikes.

Enjoyed plenty of pool days.

Hemingway beat cancer for a third time.

Paintball.
Loved Austin, Texas.
Stayed in an airstream in Yosemite.

Alex made the all star game and a promotion to Double A.
A great weekend in Kenwood.

Read more books in a year than ever.

Celebrated George’s 28th.
Celebrated Brittany’s 24th in Springfield, Missouri to almost see Alex pitch.

Didn’t sell the bronco.

Saw some good movies.

A few visits with Mom.
A couple of trips to Vegas.
And saw a Beatle.
And Stapleton, Eric Church, Mumford and Sons, Lionel Richie and The Rolling Stones.

Beaches.

Fell in love with Korean BBQ

Another special trip to Spain and Portugal.



That included top bars, beaches, and book stores.

Built our clientele.
Palm Springs.

Christmas photo
Holidays with the family.
A staycation with family to finish off a beautiful 2019.
Posted on January 16, 2020

#21: Read 14 additional books
Read my first Murakami book. A metaphysical mind bender.
In an interview posted on his English-language website, Murakami says that the secret to understanding the novel lies in reading it several times: “Kafka on the Shore contains several riddles, but there aren’t any solutions provided. Instead, several of these riddles combine, and through their interaction the possibility of a solution takes shape. And the form this solution takes will be different for each reader. To put it another way, the riddles function as part of the solution. It’s hard to explain, but that’s the kind of novel I set out to write”.
Yeah, I didn’t get it. Loved the writing though. Won’t read it again, but I’ll read another of his.
Posted on January 13, 2020

#48: See ten movies in the theater.
Brutal war. Good movie.
Posted on January 10, 2020

Alex’s spring training will come a bit earlier this year as he has been invited to the Cardinals major league camp.
Posted on January 10, 2020

#20: Read 4 Pulitzer winning/finalist Fiction Novels
A beautifully written novel about our relationship with trees. I took more away from the writing than the actual story. I also learned that even though a lot of people can hate a book, the author can still win the Pulitzer Prize.
Posted on January 2, 2020
Posted on January 1, 2020