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The Next Season of Stray Thought

07 Oct 2025
Closeup of the roots of an enormous fallen tree. The roots are dried and weathered from exposure to the sun, and moss has started to grow on some of the more sheltered surfaces.

A few months ago, I laid out a plan for slowing down posting on this blog for the summer. That break has gone largely as I expected it would, giving me the chance to focus on a couple of other projects. Throughout September, when I had originally planned to get back to regular updates here, I was instead preoccupied with getting one of those projects over the finish line. Though I didn’t quite manage to complete it—and I’ll write more about it here when I do—I am close enough at this point that I’m ready to get back into more regular Stray Thought updates.

Here’s the Posting Plan

I intend to write here on a regular schedule for the rest of 2025. About every other week, I plan to post a piece along the same lines as the other bits and pieces on the site.

I’m also going to start a new series of posts. Each week, I plan to post a collection of links to things I find interesting. I’ve come to the conclusion that if I don’t want algorithmic social media feeds to drive everyone’s experience of the Web, I should try to provide an alternative, even if only in some small way.

So, over the course of the week I’ll keep track of worthwhile articles, videos, podcasts, interactive tools, and whatever else I happen to come across, and then drop a little bundle of goodies on the site. Human-curated online content for human consumption, just like an old-fashioned weblog. I haven’t decided on the best day to post those, so I may play around a bit at first, but I’ll get the first one up this coming weekend.

Topics to Look Forward To

A few topics I kicked off 2025 with will likely be making repeat appearances sometime around the New Year. I plan to do the Advent of Code again this year, and while I don’t think I’ll post through that event, I will gather my thoughts into a wrap-up post afterward. I’ll also be posting a 2025 ludography reviewing my board gaming activity.

That’s in addition to some reflections I hope to share about the side projects I’ve been working on over the summer. Right now I’m too engaged in the “doing” to be doing much “reflecting,” but I’m fairly certain that there will be something worthwhile to write when the time comes.

Thanks

Thanks for sticking with me as the site grows through these seasons of activity. I’m feeling recharged after the break, and it’s so fulfilling to share my renewed creative energy with you.

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