A quick snapshot of the year:

35 posts
3200+ views
1600+ visitors
7900+ words
112 likes
13 comments

I can’t quite grasp how I feel about those stats, mostly because aside from the post count, it all feels fairly intangible. Three posts a month isn’t too bad. Looking over the list most of the posts were about miniatures I had painted, which is interesting because a lot of my hobby time was spent doing lots of other kinds of things as well: drawing and illustrating, making notebooks, and most recently getting into doing woodworking again. I will see about adding some photos of that work soon.

I also have not written a lot about my Dungeons & Dragons game that I am running (mostly because several players read the blog). That campaign has been a real source of joy for me this year, full of

Over the next day or so I will be figuring out my painting goal for 2026. It likely won’t be a big change from this year, although I noticed that in 2025 a lot of my miniatures were duplicates, monsters (undead was a common theme), and speed painted. I have been thinking about doing more individual miniatures just to mix it up a bit.

Mostly, I just want to enjoy my hobbies, keep my expectations reasonable, and continue the ancient and forgotten art of blogging.

Thanks for reading! Comments always welcome!