Greg Moore

Managed to catch the dramatic part of today’s sunrise before it was reclaimed by the grey.

We’ve entered that part of the season where I can’t tell if it’s time to put my shorts and t-shirts away for the year or not?

Many fun cars to ogle at this year’s Detroit Auto Show.

The concept cars are always my favorite part…

but the classics still impress.

Delicious lunch in Mexican Town, Detroit

A fun start the Detroit Auto Show was meeting at the giant duck. 61 ft (18.59 m)

My first thrown pottery! These two cups are the results of my first pottery throwing class. Much like the first leather goods I ever made, these cups are amazing to hold with the knowledge that I hand threw them. If you want to change your life, make something with your hands.

I attended my first fencing class tonight. My wife has fenced for many years but this is the first time we’ve lived near a class that accepts total newbs like me. It was far more fun than I expected and I’m looking forward to going back!

Time continues its spiral with the year anniversary of our move to Michigan. It’s been a joy to feel the temperatures slow drop and celebrate the closing out of the outdoor season with all the fall, jazz, and heritage festivals.

Learning how to turn foam into mountains because it’s a much cooler bookshelf display for my character minis than a clear box. I’ve made it to the black-wash stage. Dry brushing is next and then I can figure out where to put foliage.

Lots of fun at the 2022 Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village.

Lots of families in period dress, ragtime music, and old cars galore.

Amazing to see so many old cars functional and driving.

Creativity begets creativity. It started with drawing my D&D characters, then I learned to paint their minis, and now it’s progressed to me carving places for them to live.

How to make me leave your website, in one picture.

Today is a sad day. It’s difficult for me to think of England without Queen Elizabeth as the two have been inseparable my entire life but here we are.

Threw my first pottery tonight.

It was a lot of fun but way trickier to get right than I expected. I can’t wait to try it again.

Starting my day with some sunrise appreciation.

Yesterday’s wasn’t bad either.😃

The autumnal temperatures are slowly showing in the trees which means I’ve been in Michigan for a whole year now. I’m excited to be able to enjoy my favorite season of the year.

My office once held a multi-year D&D game that quickly became the most popular way to create community between teams. It brought more disparate people together than all the sports and drinking events ever did. Sadly, COVID abruptly ended it and my office is lesser for it.

Current mood

My daughter’s art camp was a great success. She was nervous about it but, when we arrived to pick her up, she was in a big group of girls all hugging and crying for having to leave. One of her new friends told me she ran a giant 10 person D&D game that she made up for them.

🖖 My whole family enjoyed Strange New Worlds enough to rewatch it with multiple people. Sadly, can’t say the same for the first seasons of Discovery or Picard. Really struggling.

These violet beauties just popped up seemingly overnight and I can’t stop taking the time to stop and appreciate them.

I keep trying to take photos of something other than sunsets but I can’t help myself. Dramatic lighting transforms the most pedestrian of views into something spectacular.

All of my D&D characters get “trophies” so I spent the afternoon painting their minis. They’re a small accomplishment (literally) but it feels so good to be doing something creative again.

I am thankful to be in this special place, at this special time, with these special people.

Still testing positive but my overall health has improved massively over the past couple of days. Fevers are gone, I’m breathing through my nose again, and I’m thankful I never lost my smell or taste because earl grey has been my best friend throughout this thing.