I’m not sure what to write, but here I am writing.

October was a full month. November was chill.

Here’s some of the stuff I’ve been up to.

Hutchmoot Homebound

I have a group of friends that call themselves the Geek Family. Ever since Oct. 2020, my friends have hosted a Rabbit Room’s Hutchmoot Homebound, a 3-4 day gathering with art, music, lectures, and crafts. Not to mention the generous spirit of hospitality. Ask me about the Hutchmoot meatloaf, it’s the only meatloaf I’ll eat. It’s delicious!

This year, we gathered from Oct. 9 to 12 and had a wonderful, relaxing time. Folks came when they could. We had a book haiku scavenger hunt, which our Overlady included my Writers Of Meaning book. Which was really sweet of our Glossary Librarian.

LionHawk Legacy Keepsakes

Last month, I launched my new business, LionHawk Entertainment, a Legacy Keepsake recording service.

LionHawk was my family’s old production company that we used for client production services.

It took me several months to figure out the details and tech know-how in setting up a WooCommerce online store. I figured it out on my own. Tech stuff is challenging for me, so I was rather encouraged at this accomplishment.

The process was organic; as I created the website, I was simultaneously figuring out the business and the information to explain what the business is about.

Even if this business fails, I’ve learned some valuable skills and am proud of the website and business I created.

To me, it’s a creative way to make money from home. More importantly, it’s something meaningful to do.

Ever since I created the website for the Writers of Meaning book project, I have decided that I would “pursue meaning” in my endeavors.

Yes, it would be nice and helpful to make money. I want to meet kindred spirits and good-hearted people doing things I want to do. Seeing where the open door leads me.

There’s a lot I can’t do because of our health conditions and disabilities. But there are options, and October was the month this journey started for me.

If you or someone you love would be interested in my Legacy Keepsake services, here’s a special discount code for 10% off any of the recording services.

To redeem this Discount Code: LionHawkLegacy10, visit: www.LionHawkEntertainment.com

Kickstarter

After watching Dale Robert on Michelle Buck’s live Substack interview, I subscribed to his Substack, and boy, is he tapped into the pulse of the self-publishing world.

I had learned about his Kickstarter that was ending and decided to check it out.

For the first time in my life, I donated to a Kickstarter! It was only for a smaller amount, but it felt nice to support Dale in wrapping up his nonfiction author journey.

CAP - Christ Above Politics

Back in June, for my 50th birthday, I joined a senior membership organization that calls itself Christ Above Politics, it’s an AARP Christian alternative, which I found in one of my Rabbit Trails.

The owner is a really nice, supportive guy and gave me helpful feedback on my LionHawk website while it was in development, plus told me of a thing called ethical wills, which I had never heard of. After researching it and implementing his advice for the website, I asked if I could be added to the membership discount directory.

He checked everything out and said yes! So I got my CAP October newsletter in my email, and there was my LionHawk information! I even took a screenshot, I was really happy about it!

If you’re 50+ or better, I definitely recommend joining. Here’s CAP’s website.

The Silver Nest Network

On Saturday, October 25th, I went to a local networking meeting with my friend. And it was one of the most enjoyable networking meetings I’ve been to!

The food was beautiful, plentiful, and delicious. The people were welcoming and down to earth. I ended up with two leads for my LionHawk business.

On Thursday, I had coffee with 2 people from the event. Both were long-term friends from the Church where the event was held. The owner and creator was a down-to-earth, lovely woman who shared the purpose and drive for the senior networking group.

I’m looking forward to helping out and going to the next event.

If you’re in the northern Colorado area and want to help seniors or are a senior, check out and follow their Facebook Group.

Christmas Play

A Geek friend of mine auditioned for a play and got a part in “One Christmas Eve at Evergreen Mall“ at a local community playhouse. It was a fun and cute play. Our friend did a good job! We enjoyed seeing it.

Rabbit Trail Findings

Free Font for Low Vision

My Mom has low vision and discovered this new font designed specifically for Low Vision people called Atkinson Hyperlegible created by Braille Institute. Please help spread the word to Substack, Kindle, other folks to try to incorporate this into their materials for accessibility reasons.

My Mom can see a dramatic difference in helping her to read her documents and other writings. We installed it into her browser as the default fonts so her web browsing will be dramatically better.

Download it from their website: Click Here.

Tentonic School

I interviewed Michael Satori about his “Tents Before Temples” book and Tentonic School. His aim is to mentor and help young men gain practical life skills and frameworks to build a better future for them and their future families.

10 Core Principles of Tectonic School Substack post

Interview with Michael Satori

Stationary Freaks

In one of my Commonplacing rabbit trails I discovered this gem of a podcast and Substack, called Stationary Freaks

I don’t really listen to podcasts too often, but I was glad I tuned in to this episode:

The Art of Commonplacing : Curating a Life – Richard Barnard on Collage & Commonplace books

I really enjoyed this podcast and Richard, their guest, had some interesting things to say on commonplacing that I didn’t know about.

Waste Books

One of the things I discovered from Richard was the history of commonplacing started with Waste Books that were used by merchants from the mid 13th century onward for accounting purposes. Which I found quite fascinating.

They had a temporary log book for transactions during their day / journey, then the numbers would be added to the business book back at the office or home city. Over time it evolved from accounting to a catch all of notes, quotes, lists, recipes, etc. to what they had in the Victorian era.

What’s Next?

I’m not sure what I’ll find for the next newsletter for you. But, I think I’ll write on commonplace books and the online variety for those interested next. I might actually make a blog post out of it.

I don’t know what I’ll write about here next time.

• Do you have questions for me about these various organizations, people, or activities?

• Do any of you have or use a commonplace book?

• How long have you been using it?

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