Here we are at the last day of June — the end of the sixth month in our 12-month calendar, or the end of the second quarter, if you wish — always not a bad time to assess how the year is going.
You probably don’t remember or didn’t see my post of Jan. 1, in which I wrote in part …
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“Man plans, God laughs.”
Still, if you were to ask what I hope to achieve in 2026, I would say:
• 365 more blog posts
• Two to six more books, including a novel or two, another collection of 96 flash-fiction stories, and at least a couple more collections from this space
• A recording or two of songs, including “Suite: Sarah and Her Children,” a collection of eight songs I wrote between 1984 and 1986 and then hid under a bushel basket
• Audiobook versions of my books
• Some of the home repairs and upgrades I intended to do in 2025
• 365 days in which I pursue the fruit of the Spirit as much as humanly possible, and to love God and love my neighbor.
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Progress report:
• I have maintained my daily blogging streak. This is the 2,160th consecutive day that I have posted in this space.
• For the first time in quite a few years, I have gone a full year without publishing a new book. This does not mean at all, however, that “two to six more books” with my name on them will not appear by the end of 2026. Expect some more specific information along those lines in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, please enjoy the lovely new cover to my Halloween fantasy, Dejah & Summer in the Time of Magic, which is so hot off the presses that it may not have appeared on the various sales pages yet.
• On the musical front, I hope you have been enjoying Crimson Sky on New Year’s Morn, which has been available at your favorite streaming and downloading services since May. I am still hoping to pull “Suite: Sarah and Her Children” out of the bushel basket and perhaps this year, although it’s possible another project or two may arrive first.
• Oh, look, Warren, you talked about launching your audiobook career this year. Well, there’s still a half-year ahead.
• I have made more progress on my home repairs and upgrades than on my audiobooks. We’ll leave it at that.
• I have indeed striven daily to pursue the fruit of the Spirit as much as humanly possible, and to love God and love my neighbor, with varying degrees of success depending on the day.
As we ease out of June and into the beginning of July, I hope and pray that you and yours are enjoying this fascinating year and moving forward with as much joy, love and peace as you can muster.
