Still pushing, still caring, still not getting much done. Getting more done, though, in some ways. I'm reading more, enjoying things more. I'm also playing video games significantly less. Perhaps there's some correlation there.... Writing, though, has seen an even greater drop-off in output, lately. I wrote and uploaded a sort of micro-story a while ago, but I'd wager that, between songs, stories, rants, and Bluesky posts (is there a cutesy little name for those, yet?), I've written less than 2000 words since my last update. And probably half of them in the homework story I put up today. I am learning that I can't expect myself to keep on top of everything as much as I want to and as often as I want to, simultaneously. I'm learning that I need help to reach that benchmark. Conversely, I'm learning that there may not be any help out there. But, the days don't stop comin', as the song goes, so I do what I can. I've been experimenting a bit more, in the kitchen, having tried my hand at making marmalade and mayonnaise, and testing myriad mixtures of meatless-loaf. I'd like to add a new section or seven to the website to showcase my recipes, as well as other articles that don't fall into the four main categories. Keeping track of my culinary endeavours might help improve the results, as well as provide some motivation to continue. Whatever helps, I suppose, but that would mean further website overhauls, and that's just more energy to invest. I did try something to expand the site to accommodate the extras, but I just got into the weeds of building a carousel-type interface, and lost the will to see it to completion. There're still a lot of things I want to do to improve this project, and it's difficult choosing which to do and to what extent to do them. I'd also like to have the site be as accessible as possible, but it turns out that, too, is mind-numbingly complicated and energy-intensive. Not because accessibility is, in and of itself, but because HTML and CSS really weren't designed with that as a priority. Seems like some changes are being made, but the foundation remains. Anyway, all of which is to say, I have a lot to do and it will take a lot of time to do it, and far more time, probably, than I even now expect. But, having stuff to do isn't such a bad thing, I guess. I'm just uncertain of how much longer I can push myself to do enough of it to keep the boulder moving uphill. Stay tuned, though, if anybody even is. Updates to follow. Today I slept in, made coffee, read, had breakfast, then did this business. Hopefully I'll get some writing done. The twiddling and tweaking of the CSS continues, as it likely ever shall. + /tales/homework.html