Maybe this is a little premature but I'm already kinda writing off this year, at least from a political and social perspective. I expect nothing good to come from our election cycle and the world feels like it's already fallen into an inescapable well of climate-related despair. These are grim times to be living in. Now from a personal perspective, things look a little brighter. I made it to 40 locally out and trans, enjoying a stable relationship, am back to being employed again with better pay than I had before, finally not sick anymore (other than a recurring cough here or there thanks to lingering pulmonary adema) and I feel reenergized with how Kim and I are coming up with more ideas for the Gateworld and other creative projects. Does that mean I'm finally finishing Crownstone? Well... I'd like to be able to say, but there hasn't been much movement on it for a while. I notice that people are more interested in the worldbuilding these days and not my rather stiff writing, so the