For what it’s worth, retail in general is down. People simply aren’t buying now, my own Etsy views are at their lowest in a year (sales? ha). Just the economy at the moment all around.

You are devoted to the savored esoteric. Myself, I am the same. -Phillip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

savoredesoteric.com/2024/08/20/t... I try to understand why the spirit of an act or thing matters to me. Or if maybe I am still locked in to black and white thinking.

Variation on a theme. Books I've read more than five times: Atlas Shrugged Diamond Age Snow Crash Going Postal Zen Master Raven

(cont) Robert Asprin Martha Wells Ray Bradbury Terry Pratchett Jonathon Stroud J K Rowling Robert Howard Christopher Moore Catherynne M. Valente I know I'm probably forgetting some.

Authors I have read more than 5 books from, in no particular order: Kurt Vonegut Robert Anton Wilson Aleister Crowley John Scalzi Charles Stoss Stephen King Dean Koontz (not proud of this) Neal Stephenson Neil Gaiman Tom Holt (as Tom Holt and K J Parker) Lon Milo DuQuette (cont in thread)

Trite answer: Not with that attitude. You can learn anything from YouTube. Or a book. Or at a community college. Or a local arts center. It's all attitude, it's all possible. It will take time, it's not easy, and that's the hardest part. The interminable waiting for peace with the quality.

savoredesoteric.com/book-corner/ My reading list, so far for this year.