@EpiphanicSynchronicity I know what you mean. I moved to Things from OmniFocus and missed some of the power user features and especially the Review function. I set up a weekly recurring Project in Things I use now for that weekly review every Sunday morning. It’s not the same as OmniFocus, but I’ve tailored it to suit me. I’ve been doing weekly reviews with it for seven years now. It’s kept me on the the rails for sure.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/96070819","date_published":"2026-08-20T03:52:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"03:52","date_timestamp":1787197968,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96066525","content_html":"@rscottjones We can dream!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/96066525","date_published":"2026-08-20T00:59:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"00:59","date_timestamp":1787187564,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96065996","content_html":"I’ve been using Things as my task manager since 2018. I love this beautifully designed app. One universal gripe from Things users: make it easy to complete or reschedule recurring tasks before they’re due. That was solved today. And of course the UX is genius. Well done, Cultured Code!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/08/19/ive-been-using-things-as.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T00:45:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"00:45","date_timestamp":1787186715,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pkm.social/@Robertbreen/117125069964067052","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n5anip6zb7tmhgtpyriiikaa/post/3mthzfggzy52d"]}},{"id":"96065523","content_html":"@cliff538 Great review, Cliff! Claire Keegan is amazing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/96065523","date_published":"2026-08-20T00:29:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"00:29","date_timestamp":1787185792,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95982621","content_html":"@jimmitchell I love this, Jim. It’s one thing to add so much functionality to a blog, but it’s a whole different thing to make it look so good. You’re an artist!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/95982621","date_published":"2026-08-18T16:34:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-18 16:34","date_timestamp":1787070895,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95949026","content_html":"@cjhubbs I read Blood Meridian over six years ago, and there are parts of it that still haunt me. Powerful writing.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/95949026","date_published":"2026-08-18T03:21:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-18 03:21","date_timestamp":1787023286,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95840617","content_html":"@cliff538 Ha! But money on books is always well spent!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/95840617","date_published":"2026-08-15T22:54:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 22:54","date_timestamp":1786834447,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95832822","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780393063820/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently re-reading: Far Side of the World by Patrick O’Brian 💙📚
\nAh, the Aubrey/Maturin novels. This is my 4th time through the 20-volume series, known as a circumnavigation by O’Brian aficionados. I love these books so much. I wrote this tribute after my third voyage. Books can be dear friends.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/08/15/currently-rereading-far-side-of.html","date_published":"2026-08-15T19:28:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 19:28","date_timestamp":1786822121,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pkm.social/@Robertbreen/117101176651520836","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n5anip6zb7tmhgtpyriiikaa/post/3mt5ftyjufv2d"]}},{"id":"95831155","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781942658603/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Tinkers by Paul Harding (Book details) 💙📚
\nUniversal themes run through this spare novel—fathers and sons, memory, mental illness, the mystery of existence—but the storytelling felt disjointed, and I never found the thread to connect many of the fragmentary passages. ★★★☆☆
\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/08/15/finished-reading-tinkers-by-paul.html","date_published":"2026-08-15T18:43:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 18:43","date_timestamp":1786819439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pkm.social/@Robertbreen/117101002905974782","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n5anip6zb7tmhgtpyriiikaa/post/3mt5dexmlux2o"]}},{"id":"95656077","content_html":"@braindump This one sounds similar to Shteyngart’s most recent novel, Vera, Or Faith, which is a near-future dystopian novel told by a gifted ten-year-old girl. The mixture of perfectly normal, relatable, everyday life with a reasonable extrapolation of a concerning trend (AI, right-wing politics, government surveillance, etc.) makes books like these so alarming. Thanks for sharing this.
\nGreat blog by the way!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/95656077","date_published":"2026-08-12T18:34:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-12 18:34","date_timestamp":1786559667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95595951","content_html":"@chrisd WAIT … WAIT … WAIT! You have to read Song of Susannah (Volume 6) before you climb those steps to the Dark Tower! I’m sorry, but you have forgotten the face of your father!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/95595951","date_published":"2026-08-11T18:48:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-11 18:48","date_timestamp":1786474125,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95550191","content_html":"@rscottjones I went my entire adult life without a single rock chip, and then I moved to Arizona … just had my windshield replaced for the second time in two years. They make rocks bigger here!!!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/95550191","date_published":"2026-08-11T02:27:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-11 02:27","date_timestamp":1786415255,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95391251","content_html":"@cliff538 Ah, that’s very cool. This makes me miss Seattle!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/95391251","date_published":"2026-08-08T06:37:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-08 06:37","date_timestamp":1786171027,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95322297","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781627790550/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 📚
\nA sobering look at the inevitable and merciless certainty of our mortality. No matter how much we exercise or how carefully we eat, death is unavoidable—and growing old is not for the faint of heart.
\n\n\nOld age is not a battle. Old age is a massacre.
\n
Gawande, a practicing surgeon, argues doctors are good at fixing specific ailments but often do more harm than good with a dying patient. Not an easy read, but the lessons are essential for all of us. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/08/06/finished-reading-being-mortal-by.html","date_published":"2026-08-07T00:22:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 00:22","date_timestamp":1786062167,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94700972","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781501141201/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Firestarter by Stephen King 📚
\nSeeing the awful movie many years ago spoiled me from reading this book until now. As with most Stephen King novels, the depth of characters and human themes transcends the genre. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/07/26/finished-reading-firestarter-by-stephen.html","date_published":"2026-07-26T20:06:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-26 20:06","date_timestamp":1785096369,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94118714","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781668214381/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Nonesuch by Francis Spufford 📚
\nThis novel had all the elements of a terrific story: a strong, conflicted female protagonist, a menacing Nazi villain, Narnia-like magic, time travel, all set in wartime Britain. Sadly, the book couldn’t live up to the premise. ★★☆☆☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/07/16/finished-reading-nonesuch-by-francis.html","date_published":"2026-07-16T17:12:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 17:12","date_timestamp":1784221957,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93379992","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781982181314/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson 📚
\nTimely review of the Founding Fathers’ debate and intentions for the formation of the United States. An easy read, but it will leave you with lots to ponder. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/07/03/finished-reading-the-greatest-sentence.html","date_published":"2026-07-03T16:42:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 16:42","date_timestamp":1783096979,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93209895","content_html":"@timmymac ah, this was one of my all time favorites. I’m jealous you’re getting to read this gem for the first time. Enjoy!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/93209895","date_published":"2026-06-30T20:55:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 20:55","date_timestamp":1782852903,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93203588","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780547345666/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 📚
\nFinally read this dystopian classic. Five years ago it would have felt wildly imaginative; now it feels all too plausible. Atwood’s prose is cinematic, her warning timeless. ★★★★★
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/06/30/finished-reading-the-handmaids-tale.html","date_published":"2026-06-30T18:35:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 18:35","date_timestamp":1782844556,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93096698","content_html":"@cliff538 I love everything about this, Cliff. So many wise words. What a way to coach and motivate yourself! I’m definitely borrowing this practice …….
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/93096698","date_published":"2026-06-28T23:47:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 23:47","date_timestamp":1782690422,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93033648","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593653142/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Hidden Potential by Adam Grant 📚
\nA breezy book about the importance of character, persistence, and passion in how we learn, grow, and ultimately reach our goals. Not much new territory explored here. Some interesting stories, but probably better as a TED Talk. ★★☆☆☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/06/27/finished-reading-hidden-potential-by.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T17:56:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 17:56","date_timestamp":1782582962,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92672715","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780142437988/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene 📚
\nThis classic novel explores the fine line between love and hate in post-war London.
\n\n\nI have never known a woman before or since so able to alter a whole mood by simply speaking on the telephone, and when she came into a room or put her hand on my side she created at once the absolute trust I lost with every separation.
\n
Short chapters, crisp prose, suspense-novel feel, but the real punch is in the questions it raises: fate vs. free will, faith vs. doubt, romantic longing vs. jealousy’s corrosiveness. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/06/22/finished-reading-the-end-of.html","date_published":"2026-06-22T16:48:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-22 16:48","date_timestamp":1782146894,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92624092","content_html":"@lmika I think I have the same keyboard. Are you using it on a Mac with a Bluetooth connection? If so, I had the very same problem. A firmware upgrade fixed it for me.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/92624092","date_published":"2026-06-22T01:07:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-22 01:07","date_timestamp":1782090452,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92291380","content_html":"@Eyebeemania I hope you enjoy it!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/92291380","date_published":"2026-06-16T14:44:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 14:44","date_timestamp":1781621093,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92192763","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780312424091/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson 📚
\nHousekeeping is a novel, yes, but also a ruminative meditation on grief, loneliness, and memory. A book to take slow and let it flow over you. The perfect ending made up for the challenging parts. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/06/14/finished-reading-housekeeping-by-marilynne.html","date_published":"2026-06-15T02:52:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 02:52","date_timestamp":1781491975,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91705285","content_html":"@chrisd Ah, the Dark Tower series. Long days and pleasant nights.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91705285","date_published":"2026-06-07T16:21:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 16:21","date_timestamp":1780849308,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91681493","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781583485095/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: My Ántonia (Great Plains Trilogy, #3) by Willa Cather 📚
\nA literary classic set in rural Nebraska during the 1880s. It’s a coming-of-age story of friendship, romance, and small-town values, but also a quiet meditation on place and memory. I enjoyed this one. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/06/06/finished-reading-my-ntonia-great.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T04:22:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 04:22","date_timestamp":1780806178,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91677661","content_html":"@philbowell Things could not be better with my vision. I feel like I’ve been given a new lease on life. Thank you for reading the post—that was a LONG one!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91677661","date_published":"2026-06-07T00:54:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 00:54","date_timestamp":1780793679,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91658247","content_html":"@philbowell looks terrific, Phil!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91658247","date_published":"2026-06-06T17:27:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 17:27","date_timestamp":1780766829,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91544939","content_html":"@cliff538 What fun! I love the idea of sticking photos in my physical journal. I might have to get one of these … Out of curiosity, what is that ringed notebook you’re using?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91544939","date_published":"2026-06-04T20:12:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 20:12","date_timestamp":1780603931,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91534983","content_html":"@AnthonyBaker Whoa! You’ve been pushing! Have a great time on the STP!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91534983","date_published":"2026-06-04T16:05:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 16:05","date_timestamp":1780589133,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91505545","content_html":"@cliff538 Thank you, Cliff. I am not usually much of risk-taker, but this was one of those times where I had to go all in. I am so glad I did!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91505545","date_published":"2026-06-04T03:45:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 03:45","date_timestamp":1780544729,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91505445","content_html":"@jean Thank you!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91505445","date_published":"2026-06-04T03:40:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 03:40","date_timestamp":1780544431,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91499798","content_html":"New Blog Post: Double Vision: A Personal History\nrobertbreen.com
\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/125484/2026/sarashadows-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/06/03/new-blog-post-double-vision.html","date_published":"2026-06-03T23:31:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 23:31","date_timestamp":1780529487,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91442641","content_html":"@bradleyandroos happy birthday!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/91442641","date_published":"2026-06-03T05:04:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 05:04","date_timestamp":1780463080,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91336414","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593854280/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: A Marriage At Sea by Sophie Elmhirst 📚
\nOrdinarily, I’m a sucker for first-hand accounts of enduring the perils of the open ocean on a small boat. This wasn’t that. ★★☆☆☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/06/01/finished-reading-a-marriage-at.html","date_published":"2026-06-01T16:37:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-01 16:37","date_timestamp":1780331835,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91277852","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593734636/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad 📚
\nA great book to establish or reinvigorate a journaling practice. I got a lot out of this collection of one hundred writing prompts. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/31/finished-reading-the-book-of.html","date_published":"2026-05-31T17:58:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 17:58","date_timestamp":1780250280,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90858024","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781501111686/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King 📚
\nWide range of styles, but most of these stories were just okay. My favorite was UR, a novella about a Kindle with access to the multiverse. Fun references for Dark Tower fans. ★★★☆☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/24/finished-reading-the-bazaar-of.html","date_published":"2026-05-25T03:30:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 03:30","date_timestamp":1779679849,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90806304","content_html":"@cliff538 Ha! You’re the reason I picked this book up in the first place. So thank you!!!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/90806304","date_published":"2026-05-24T04:54:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 04:54","date_timestamp":1779598486,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90798299","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593689004/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Raising Hare - A Memoir by Chloe Dalton 📚
\nChloe Dalton rescues a baby hare and, in raising it, finds her way back to herself. Luminous, meditative nature writing. I loved this one. ★★★★★
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/23/finished-reading-raising-hare-a.html","date_published":"2026-05-24T00:38:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 00:38","date_timestamp":1779583104,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90657342","content_html":"@birming Yes, that’s a great comparison!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/90657342","date_published":"2026-05-21T19:18:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 19:18","date_timestamp":1779391114,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90643413","content_html":"A reminder to fully embrace life on our own terms. One of my favorite passages from an all-time favorite book. Thank you for the kick in the pants, Readwise!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/125484/2026/181b5b0df1.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/21/a-reminder-to-fully-embrace.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T16:05:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 16:05","date_timestamp":1779379558,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90429896","content_html":"@brownstudy I like your approach. 50 pages every morning, plus maybe an audiobook on commutes or during chores, and a little reading before bed really adds up. A few years ago, I set out to read the 11-volume opus of Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Civilization. I’m a slow reader, and history has never been a riveting subject, but reading just 30 pages a day helped me finish this incredible journey in a little over two years. It’s a nice habit to form, especially when your mind is fresh in the morning. Enjoy!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/robertbreen/90429896","date_published":"2026-05-18T17:32:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 17:32","date_timestamp":1779125577,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90307289","content_html":"The Guardian just released a list of the 100 best novels of all time. I like how they arrived at the list. It’s interesting to click through and see who voted for which book. As it turns out, I’ve read just 35 of these. I sense a shuffling of my TBR list! 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/16/the-guardian-just-released-a.html","date_published":"2026-05-16T18:13:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 18:13","date_timestamp":1778955194,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90193837","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780375725456/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Good Life by Jay McInerney 📚
\nThe second book in McInerney’s Calloway saga. Not as ambitious as Brightness Falls, but moving all the same. ★★★☆☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/14/finished-reading-the-good-life.html","date_published":"2026-05-15T00:07:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 00:07","date_timestamp":1778803643,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90096733","content_html":"\n\nWriters are addicted to the particular kind of pain you feel when you’re at a loss for words, and to the relief that comes from finding them.
\n
— Adam Mastroianni
\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/13/writers-are-addicted-to-the.html","date_published":"2026-05-13T16:42:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 16:42","date_timestamp":1778690527,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89742741","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780099339212/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The First Forty-Nine Stories by Ernest Hemingway 📚
\nRereading Hemingway one story a night — pure, punchy prose with deep emotions tucked just below the surface. Favorites: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hills Like White Elephants, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/05/06/finished-reading-the-first-fortynine.html","date_published":"2026-05-06T23:37:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 23:37","date_timestamp":1778110675,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88493988","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593804513/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Departure(s) by Julian Barnes 📚
\nThis latest novel from Julian Barnes resists easy classification — memoir, literary analysis, meditation on friendship, memory, and the finality of death. Dark wit throughout, melancholy just beneath, but somehow still hopeful? Like I said, hard to pin down.
\n\n\nIt seems to me that humans are often so busy living that they forget they are human – or at least forget what it is to be human, and what its consequences are – and therefore what it means to be dead.
\n
Barnes says this will be his last book. I hope he’s wrong. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/04/17/finished-reading-departures-by-julian.html","date_published":"2026-04-18T03:36:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-18 03:36","date_timestamp":1776483372,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88134788","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781421838953/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Roads of Destiny by O. Henry 📚
\nTwenty-two stories, all good, and nearly every one ending with a trademark twist. The language is wonderfully vivid:
\n\n\nI never saw him looking so much like a tiger-lily. He was as beautiful and new as a trellis of sweet peas, and as rollicking as a clarinet solo.
\n
After the first ten stories the formulaic style becomes a little tiresome, but there’s real genius here. Best dipped into when the mood strikes. ★★★☆☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/04/12/finished-reading-roads-of-destiny.html","date_published":"2026-04-13T02:12:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 02:12","date_timestamp":1776046348,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88076968","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781101665398/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚
\nThis classic Nebula and Hugo award winner drops you in the deep end of an alien world — strange vocabulary, gender-fluid inhabitants, a perpetual chill you can almost feel. The world-building is astonishing; the writing borders on poetry.
\n\n\nLight is the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light. Two are one, life and death, lying together like lovers in kemmer, like hands joined together, like the end and the way.
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The ideas on gender and society still feel fresh and important. A good read. ★★★★☆
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://robertbreen.micro.blog/2026/04/11/finished-reading-the-left-hand.html","date_published":"2026-04-12T00:17:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Robert Breen","url":"https://robertbreen.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F06%2F1496714.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"robertbreen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 00:17","date_timestamp":1775953031,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}