Naked Came I, subtitled "A Novel of Rodin", is a biography/novel of French sculptor and artist Auguste Rodin, by American actor and author David Weiss. Published in 1963, the novel was a commercial success, and it is one of the books I've seen regularly over the years at thrift stores and in garage sales. It was also apparently abridged in Reader's Digest. After many year's of seeing this book around, I found a free copy in my library's gazebo, and brought it with me to Costa Rica. With almost 600 pages of history and dialog, I thought it would keep me busy for a while, and it did.

The book follows the life of Auguste Rodin and contemporaries, and also on the history of France and Europe. Born into a poor family, Auguste Rodin discovers a passion for drawing early in life. This meets with the disapproval of his family, who wish for him to have a better career, but Rodin perseveres in his work. As he gets older, despite having support from a mentor,

This is mostly a life update, I suppose, and I'm going to try and establish a journaling routine for my new oncology adventure starting with today's cardiologist follow-up post my last heart attack on December 19, 2024, with its resultant cancer diagnosis on December 23, 2024. Not sure what it might mean in the grand scheme of things, but am hoping it'll give me a point-of-focus for staying sane while traversing

In short, we want your writeups, 300 words or fewer.

"February is the shortest month."
— T. S. Eliot, probably

It's the shortest month of the year! Time for the wee madness that is Brevity Quest. The rules are pretty standard, write something good in 300 words or less.

• The quest starts on Saturday, 1st February at 00:00:00 and ends on Friday the 28th February at 23:59:99 (