January 1, 2023

Here's the way this will work:


I'm here and now declaring that every month I will  post a chapter of the book shown below, Notes to Self.  which is a collection of essays 12 essays. They will be distilled from my daily journal writing, a 5 page a day habit that I began in on New Year's Day of 1983, which math tells me, and I have to believe is true, was exactly 40 years ago today.




What is going to happen is that this book will be released one essay at a time and you will be able to purchase it at the publication party on New Year's Day of 2024. You won't want to miss this party. It will be very special. I can't go into all the details here because I haven't imagined them fully at this point but there will be music and refreshments and I'll have a Sharpie with me to personally autograph copies of the book.

Another thing that will happen in this very ambitious multi-purpose blog is that I'll post a new song.  So at the end of the year I will be also releasing an album of 12 songs. But as a monthly reader of this blog, you will be able to hear each of these songs as they are released.

Finally, I will post a concise video diary entry for the month that covers what I've been thinking about, trying to figure out, finding interesting, or just experiencing, as a monthly summing up. 

So these are my forms, and I have just signed a 12-month contract with myself to produce 12 essays, 12 songs, and 12 video diary entries.

Here is the January 2023 essay:

Here is the January 2023 song

And here is the January 2023 video diary entry:

 

 

Happy New Year,

Michael




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