Jim DeVona

Two years hence from my last SSL certificate goof, I’m back up after another weekend website mix-up.

Here’s a list of what I’ve been reading this year.

Here is another visualization of my books of 2025.

My books of 2025 list is complete.

As a fan of wordplay and crossword puzzles, I enjoy the New York Times’ seasonal Puzzle Mania section.

I just read China Miéville’s Kraken.

A few spells I overheard in recent wanderings through the hinterlands of the written world: sepultured: buried.

Eight new-to-me words I recently encountered: hebdomadal: “a rare and curious term” for weekly; a hebdomad is a group of seven [days]. descanted: to descant is to sing or play a musical counterpoint. hortatory: of prescriptive or persuasive speech; langua…