• Plain Text Accounting

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on March 31, 2024

    Whatever your philosophy, it’s important to keep track of your personal finances to understand what your spending habits are, how you move money, and why you spend. [Read More]
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  • Purge Excess Bulk from Your Gmail

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on March 29, 2024

    If you need to clear out messages from your Gmail try using this search to identify which emails are clear to go. This will identify any email with “unsubscribe” in the email, has no labels, and is not in your inbox. [Read More]
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  • Escape to the Oasis

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on August 1, 2023

    The two of them had been on the road, for five hours. He had spent the last two hours asleep. The old man’s dark hair had only recently started to gray, and his forehead had a few light wrinkles set across his forehead. Tlayolotl, sat, sound asleep, in the front... [Read More]
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  • Train Crossing

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on June 1, 2023

    Several hours had passed since they had hidden away in the thirty-third car of the cargo freight train bound for El Paso, Texas. Carlo and his father, Nepo, had been among the twenty-one men who now sat in the car on their way to the United States. It was Carlo’s... [Read More]
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  • Waiting for a Blind Date. An Alternate Version

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on April 2, 2023

    Yesterday, a mysterious notification appeared on Clara’s phone. The notification indicated that Clara had been selected for a special beta trial of a new dating app. Clara didn’t remember installing it, but the app piqued Clara’s interest. After browsing through the app’s selection of delightfully attractive biographies, she chose one... [Read More]
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  • Waiting for a Blind Date

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on April 1, 2023

    This isn’t like me. Waiting for a blind date? It isn’t like me to wait for, how long has it been now, over an hour - it hasn’t felt like an hour. And I’ve never even heard of this coffee shop before. But there is something about this space. I... [Read More]
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  • Ondurin Visits Carefree Carp

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on March 5, 2023

    Ondurin, a dwarf traveler from Mahakam, would soon be arriving at Carefree Carp. Ondurin wasn’t looking forward to visiting such a small village, but Carefree Carp was located near the delta of the Carp River, and it hosted a summer craft festival. Wealthy visitors and merchants from nearby cities would... [Read More]
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  • Ordurin and Orban

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on March 4, 2023

    Ordurin awoke. Darkness all around. Not the familiar darkness of an underground Dwarven fortress. Not familiar like his ancestral home of Mahakam. It was dark and damp. He was on a small boat. “About time you’re awake.” announced the resonate voice. “I didn’t think such a small dose of chloroform... [Read More]
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  • Ordurin Unlas

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on March 3, 2023

    The dwarf Ordurin Unlas stood short, even for a dwarf, but burly as a boar. At 200 years of age, Ordurin was still relatively young. All those years still gave Ordurin a measured perspective and thoughtfulness. He spoke carefully. Each word was chosen for maximum impact. Indeed, Ordurins love for... [Read More]
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  • Orban Madaras

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on March 2, 2023

    From a distance, the dwarf Orban Madaras may be mistaken as a human. Orban plays the intimidating part well. He wears a brigandine made decades ago with durable steel plates forged by the armorers of Mahakam, whose tradition dates back thousands of years. In this time, Orban has had to... [Read More]
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  • An Incident from my Childhood

     By René Dario Herrera

    Posted on March 1, 2023

    I grew up in southwestern New Mexico. Rural. High desert, full of shrubs, the landscape dotted with an occasional tree and bush. The population was, maybe, 1,500 in the village where I lived with my parents. My father spent his childhood as a farm laborer, working across southern New Mexico’s... [Read More]
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