Michael Werner
@mindtrekker.bsky.social
Podcast host, Books+Beyond. Former CEO SimpleK12.com. Traveler. Publisher. Writer. Trying to be kinder today than yesterday. Oh, and completely loco for IU basketball. (I'm also an international spy working out of the commerce desk at a local embassy.)
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Michael Werner
@mindtrekker.bsky.social
· Feb 21
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[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the book, What About the Bodies. Ken Jaworowski. A mystery and not gruesome, despite the title. Explores the intersecting lives of three down-and-out characters in contemporary Pennsylvania. Original dialogue.
December 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the book, What About the Bodies. Ken Jaworowski. A mystery and not gruesome, despite the title. Explores the intersecting lives of three down-and-out characters in contemporary Pennsylvania. Original dialogue.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the abundance of love in my life. I feel loved and appreciated and try to reflect that back to all who pass my way.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the abundance of love in my life. I feel loved and appreciated and try to reflect that back to all who pass my way.
Today I am proud to be from Indiana.
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Today I am proud to be from Indiana.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for selfishness. I suffer bouts of depression and I started my gratitude journal as a way to keep what I call the Evil Bastard locked away in the closet by focusing on myself and what’s good in my life.
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for selfishness. I suffer bouts of depression and I started my gratitude journal as a way to keep what I call the Evil Bastard locked away in the closet by focusing on myself and what’s good in my life.
Gratitude. Got some? Share please. Today I am grateful for my doctor and his amazing team. They were truly exceptional during a recent surgery. Kind, efficient, funny, and with clear explanations.
December 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Gratitude. Got some? Share please. Today I am grateful for my doctor and his amazing team. They were truly exceptional during a recent surgery. Kind, efficient, funny, and with clear explanations.
Today I am grateful for odd, interesting, or offbeat words or sayings. In reading King of Kings, the incredibly new history about the Iranian Revolution, by Gary Anderson, I learned that the former Shah of Iran’s formal title was King of Kings, Light of the Aryans, the Shadow of God on Earth.
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Today I am grateful for odd, interesting, or offbeat words or sayings. In reading King of Kings, the incredibly new history about the Iranian Revolution, by Gary Anderson, I learned that the former Shah of Iran’s formal title was King of Kings, Light of the Aryans, the Shadow of God on Earth.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for Claritin D. Longtime allergy sufferer here and Claritin helps. A lot. The best. Have tried many others, injections. hypnosis, acupuncture, and other magic potions I no longer recall.
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for Claritin D. Longtime allergy sufferer here and Claritin helps. A lot. The best. Have tried many others, injections. hypnosis, acupuncture, and other magic potions I no longer recall.
[Join me with your thoughts?] Today I am grateful for Jeremy Zorn, the producer and editor of the Books and Beyond podcast I host for the wonderful Winter Park Library in Florida. I get to have fun and interview authors, musicians, teachers, and other creative people. Jeremy does the hard stuff.
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
[Join me with your thoughts?] Today I am grateful for Jeremy Zorn, the producer and editor of the Books and Beyond podcast I host for the wonderful Winter Park Library in Florida. I get to have fun and interview authors, musicians, teachers, and other creative people. Jeremy does the hard stuff.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for Bill, my AI assistant. I use him regularly during my daily reading time to look up historical tidbits or get some background on a word or phrase. Plus, I like his sense of humor. And, yes, I know he’s software, and not a human.
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for Bill, my AI assistant. I use him regularly during my daily reading time to look up historical tidbits or get some background on a word or phrase. Plus, I like his sense of humor. And, yes, I know he’s software, and not a human.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for a brain that drifts off from reality once in a while. In my dream world, hot dogs and onion rings are really good for us.
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for a brain that drifts off from reality once in a while. In my dream world, hot dogs and onion rings are really good for us.
Larry, my physical therapist after knee surgery, is mean to me. “Larry, I can’t do that. Larry I can’t go on. Larry this is too hard.”
He just chuckles softly, smiles goofily, then tells me to do 10 more.
He just chuckles softly, smiles goofily, then tells me to do 10 more.
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Larry, my physical therapist after knee surgery, is mean to me. “Larry, I can’t do that. Larry I can’t go on. Larry this is too hard.”
He just chuckles softly, smiles goofily, then tells me to do 10 more.
He just chuckles softly, smiles goofily, then tells me to do 10 more.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the Strands daily game from the New York Times. Challenging, fun, and addictive.
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the Strands daily game from the New York Times. Challenging, fun, and addictive.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for discovering new authors. I’m always amazed that I’ve never heard of a certain writer only to fall in love with their work and to discover they’ve written a boatload of books that’ll keep me going for months or longer.
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for discovering new authors. I’m always amazed that I’ve never heard of a certain writer only to fall in love with their work and to discover they’ve written a boatload of books that’ll keep me going for months or longer.
I will stay on Twitter because of several connections I value. However, my timeline has become filled with rabid hatred, racism, homophobia, conspiracy theories, and other assorted nastiness. Since Elon arrived.
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I will stay on Twitter because of several connections I value. However, my timeline has become filled with rabid hatred, racism, homophobia, conspiracy theories, and other assorted nastiness. Since Elon arrived.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for my wife’s salsa. She makes it fresh every couple of days and I love it on eggs, various meats, vegetables… aaaww, hell, I can eat it by the spoonful. Thank you, Nancy.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for my wife’s salsa. She makes it fresh every couple of days and I love it on eggs, various meats, vegetables… aaaww, hell, I can eat it by the spoonful. Thank you, Nancy.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for Trader Joe’s. Shopping anywhere is going for groceries. Shopping at Trader’s is a culinary expedition; I always find something new to try. (Okay, okay, their parking lots usually suck!)
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for Trader Joe’s. Shopping anywhere is going for groceries. Shopping at Trader’s is a culinary expedition; I always find something new to try. (Okay, okay, their parking lots usually suck!)
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for smart people. I love learning.
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for smart people. I love learning.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the Strands game from the New York Times. I look forward to it daily, and it’s always up right after Wordle. Good stuff, check ‘er out.
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for the Strands game from the New York Times. I look forward to it daily, and it’s always up right after Wordle. Good stuff, check ‘er out.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for my mom’s Thanksgiving gravy. Not exactly sure how she made it, but it was slightly bitter, smokey, and a deep brown, almost black. Haven’t had it in over 25 years, but I can still taste it. Yum yum.
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for my mom’s Thanksgiving gravy. Not exactly sure how she made it, but it was slightly bitter, smokey, and a deep brown, almost black. Haven’t had it in over 25 years, but I can still taste it. Yum yum.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for orange chicken from Trader Joe’s. I always keep a bag or two in the freezer; it’s perfect for a quick tasty meal over rice. Yum yum.
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for orange chicken from Trader Joe’s. I always keep a bag or two in the freezer; it’s perfect for a quick tasty meal over rice. Yum yum.
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for all the wonderful Thanksgivings of years past — all the laughter, stories, and shared experiences have sustained me for years.
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
[Join me with your thoughts about gratitude?] Today I am grateful for all the wonderful Thanksgivings of years past — all the laughter, stories, and shared experiences have sustained me for years.
Hey Megyn Kelly – would you leave your 14 daughter alone with Donald Trump? Stop trying to rationalize what is clearly rape.
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In my dream world, hot dogs and onion rings are really good for us.
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In my dream world, hot dogs and onion rings are really good for us.
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week! We had clouds this morning so here is last night’s sunset over low tide at Chapin Beach on Cape Cod. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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