2026 Reads: And the Dragons Do Come Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America by Sim Butler 📚

A practical, honest voice. A lot of feelings that are familiar to me as the parent of a nonbinary kid.

2026 Reads: Prairie Fires The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser 📚

Having grown up with the Little House books, this thoroughly-researched biography puts them in quite a different light.

An amazing collapse by the Spurs. 76 points in the first half and only 30 in the second. Kudos to the Knicks for hanging in there. Brunson just refused to be stopped.

This just in: #WNBA officiating is still hot garbage.

2026 Reads: The Violins of Saint-Jacques by Patrick Leigh Fermor 📚

Ran the 10k this morning as a part of the Cedar Rapids Marathon Weekend. 21st overall, first in my age group, and improved my PR by more than 3 minutes!

A marathon event kit includes a bib, a medal, a snack pack, and a decorative finisher's sign.A person wearing sunglasses and a blue sleeveless shirt stands near a marathon event with other participants in the background.A package of Almost Famous Popcorn caramel cheddar mix is awarded for 1st place in a Bankers Trust 10K for males aged 45-49.

2026 Reads: God’s Homecoming by N. T. Wright 📚

Wright’s prose is clear as ever, his theology fine, but he leaves some big gaps that leave me less than satisfied overall.

The Cubs disaster continues…

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2026 Reads: A Systematic Theology of Love - God and Creation by Thomas Oord 📚

The #Cubs are such a disaster. For two weeks the offense couldn’t manage to score. Tonight they finally score a few runs and the bullpen gives up 2 in the 8th and one in the 10th, and the Cubs can’t plate a run from 3rd with one out in the bottom of the 10th. Miserable. #MLB