Will Simpson's Notes

Now

My Now Page

Last Updated: 2026.04.12

What I’m Doing Now.

  • The first few months of this year have been a blur of transitions. My routines are settling. I'm making new friends with the neighbors. Our health is up and down. Overall, life is good. It’s been a balancing act, but I’m learning to navigate it with more grace.
  • Slowly getting my shop together.
  • I am giving a guest presentation at the University of Idaho EDIC4370 class on my work on "A Thread of Light," a YA novel with a protagonist who is a low vision high school student.

READING

  • Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising by Rob Burbea
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. 1st Vintage International ed, 1990

HEALTH & VISION

  • I've been focusing on my step count — 12,770 average steps per day this week. This is something I want to focus on and keep up. This will mean I will be walking without Zivon and Mary, taking the bus downtown and walking back.
    • "I have two doctors, my left leg and my right." – George Macaulay Trevelyan, Walking, 1913
    • "Your feet are your best friends. They tell you who you are." - Erling Kagge
  • I am becoming more and more of a caregiver to my wife, who has Parkinson's and the beginning of dementia. This is challenging my abilities to be the person I want to be.

WOODWORKING

  • I'm focusing on the current projects I'm working on to help guide tool acquisition. A table saw is the next step in my shop.

Hat tip to David Sparks for the idea for this “Now” page. I’m not great at social media, but this page lets me check in with the world and update you, as David recommends, just as I would when catching up with an old friend.