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On Death, Grief and My Mental Health

Content Warning – This post talks about heavy topics like death, grief, burnout and mental health.

Anyone who’s gotten over a heartbreak or a bereavement knows that there aren’t five stages of grief you pass through like they were five whistlestop towns on the train route. You are more this way one day and more that way the other, looping and regressing, and maybe building reconciliation or acceptance like a log cabin while living in sorrow, rather than sliding into it like you were stealing third base.

Rebecca Solnit, Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

H/T to Kottke for sharing this on his blog.

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Review: Alan Wake 2

Some official key art from Alan Wake 2.
Some official key art from Alan Wake 2.

First game of the year and first game review of the year! Starting off with a release from late last year: Alan Wake 2 developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Epic Games Publishing.

I started this game on January 1st, 2024 and finished it on January 13th, 2024 with a total in-game playtime of 23 hours and 14 minutes. Game was purchased from the Epic Games Store and played on PC.

Let’s get into it!

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Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

A square version of the book cover of Emily Wilde's Encylopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.
A square version of the book cover of Emily Wilde’s Encylopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.

I think I first put this book in my wishlist sometime last year after I saw cari of the cari can read channel mention it in one of her monthly book list videos (I forget which). I saw it mentioned again in Cindy’s My Best Books of 2023 video a week or so ago and decided it was time to actually pick it up, especially after the quote Cindy read in her video.

Let’s get into it.

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