We should appropriate the "protect and serve" motto and give it to bartenders instead

On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.

Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years.

same methods, different era

Marching orders from Timothy Snyder’s
On Tyranny.

I've been wanting to start reading again for many years, since I lost my stamina in a tragic book-related accident. Recently this has looked like starting *many* books and not finishing them.
Proud to say I finished a book recently.
It was not very good, but it was an easy read. Working my way up.