Reading has slowed down as of late, between Thanksgiving, weekend hikes, and another round of computer upgrades. I’m now running on a SSD, and was able to resolve a power issue that prevented me from playing PC Building Simulator or Civilization 6. I also have a little drawer in my computer to use to hold flash drives now! In book news, regular reading was paused for some new library acquisitions, and I’m almost done planning my Classics Club Strikes Back bookist; I only need 1 more to complete the set of fifty, and I’m trying to decide between a few contenders. This one is less ambitious but more fun, with a lot of American and Southern lit, and a few SF reads. Next year’s science reading is already planned out, with no shortage of possibilities. Coming up this week: the last of the Saxon Chronicles, possibly something Adventy, and who knows?
Reading Freely 
I’m also making ‘plans’ for next year. I’ll see if I can actually *start* any of them this time! [grin] There will definitely be a few you’ll like. My ‘random’ reads will be including sea stories (alternating between sail & steam) for a while now. As to games: Still playing ‘Oxygen Not Included’ but am also playing ’10 Miles To Safety’ in co-op with a friend. It’s a pretty decent zombie survival game. Not sure of its repeat playability though… Oh, and SSD’s rock. I’ve had one for a while now. Even if its only a little one.
Definitely interested in any and all navy books! I haven’t heard of those games, oddly enough,. but these days I tend to stick to RDR2, Sims 4, and a little Among Us. I’m still trying to finish the Mafia remake, and now I’m having fun with the Tony Hawk Pro Skater remake, but RDR2 is just so…..good. Comfortable. I love exploring its world and replaying its story.
I can’t see the photos for some reason, but the SSD upgrade sounds exciting. đŸ˜€ Looking forward to your new CC list and end-of-year pie charts (it feels weird that 2021 is only a month away!).
I was afraid of that…they’re linked to my Onedrive storage. I figure I’m paying for it, I might as well use it for hotlinks? But apparently that’s Not The Way, and embedding didn’t work. I’ll edit with pictures uploaded to wordpress proper. Thanks!
I’ve edited the photos’ source and added a few. Thanks for the heads up!
Looks like a great hike!!
It was! Getting to the bottom of that stream to see the waterfall was a good workout…quite a bit of actual rock-clambering.
The photos are beautiful. Even though it is getting colder here (we had a spurt of snow yesterday) I should get out and walk along the lake. Your plans sound ambitious – any I try to make (aside from group/class reads) seem to get derailed, and I haven’t been on a train in years.
Thank you! Cool weather is my ideal get-out-and-hike time, so I’m hoping to continue finding spots or revisiting others as we get further into winter.
splendid pictures… lots of pump jacks in that area? oil, i presume…
There are several of those in that area, yes. The waterfall is in a wildlife reclamation area, so I assume it was originally used for oil taps, and after they went dry the area went into conservation, something like that. It’s not a marked trail and has its risks..