Gritty Fatigue

I've been working through the First Law trilogy for a while now and I'm finally on the last book, The Last Argument of Kings. I find myself tiring of gritty fantasy. I took a break and shifted to comics to read some of Tom King's Batman and Gotham Central. Not really a break from the gritty, but still good stuff. Gotham Central has me wanting to rewatch The Wire again. I also picked up Lumberjanes and I (and the twins both) loved it (see below Owen making a goofy forced smile, caught reading through it the second time). It was a taste of the break I was looking for. I've been meaning to reread The Black Company and The Scar but I think I need to find something a bit less grim as a palette cleanser. Maybe A Closed and Common Orbit. I was reminded recently how much I liked The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and one of the things I enjoyed about it was its overall optimism.

The Forests of Leng

I'm only 1 episode in on True Detective Season 3 but it's got my attention. Mostly because I want to know more about this book.

Friday Night!

Sussing out Mothership whilst piled with movie-watching kids.

Dad'ing in Silence

Last night my son and I laid around in bed for an hour or so quietly reading comics (him: Calvin & Hobbes; me: Batman) and it was one of my best moments of being a parent.

Rare southern NM snow.

Took the girls for a walk to my mom's house.

Gandalf

Put on the extended Fellowship of the Rings today, and while I was moving around doing laundry and stuff during a lot of it I made sure to stop and watch the "what to do with the time that is given to us" Gandalf speech. Love it.

Eye-roll

Me: You think there's a dungeon back here?
Paige: Whatever, dad.