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Another night of weather, of watching a live feed of local news station, midnight tornado warnings and storm warnings resulting in... pretty much nothing. Other than a lack of sleep. And a fascination with the head meteorologist's water-down-a-cutting-board / tornado formation analogy.

Potential for a good mail day = solid. MABUSE postscript coming later this morning, once I take another post-food crack at it.

Think I want to officially title these morning posts which are seeming to become a thing. Not sure what. For now, sticking with the zettelkasten ID... thoughts welcome.

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Still learning to be bald, still liking it – though my head does get cold, which is a new thing.

Moderately exciting weather last night, severe storm warning, et al: ended up being nothing major but we did have a definite downpour along with some flashy lights and the occasional gust. Power went out for a second or two (having gone out for about two hours yesterday afternoon) overnight, long enough to make one clock blink but not enough to require re-setting. Seems as though I won't need the chainsaw today but I won't be surprised if I do; can only see so much with a flashlight at 0500 and heavy leaves and broken tree limbs do, after all, have a precedent in this yard. While we had no indoor flooding or anything like that (yay windows), we did have a terrified Morkie (thunder scares the literal piss out of her).

Postscript on DR MABUSE, THE GAMBLER coming later today (or perhaps tomorrow, depending on if I can find the words to say what I want to say). TLDR version: loved it.

reMarkable 2: six weeks later

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Despite the occasional nostalgic yearning for and effort to return, haven't rushed back to paper journals as I found that, as soon as I used the reMarkable 2 for work, I missed using it for everything and went back to its digitally papery embrace, a combo of writing with a thick fountain pen and a Papermate Flair.

(Rite in the Rain index card wallet more than fills the handwriting capture void – though I've shifted from pencil to a Rite in the Rain pen; prefer the clicky on the go).

Present function is as combo daily note, journal, and scrap workings, all scrawled across a single infinite scroll page and moved into Obsidian as a PDF at the start of the next day, rinse/wash/repeat. Tried the Typefolio again, but, as my wife said of hers (she bought an rM2 a few days after mine arrived, and has been loving it for teaching), the instinct is to write by hand and so I do. Pen remains the Lamy EMR nib / top half with my Lamy Studio bottom half (prefer the weight) and posted cap. Don't feel a need for erasing since I did everything in pen before anyhow. Only complaint is that I wish there were more highlighter color options.

Still in love and don't see that changing anytime soon: easily the best work purchase in ages. Essential.