San Francisco author Joseph Sutton tells the reader what was going on in the country and in his own life in Journal 2022: One Year in a Writer's Life (17,000 words). In 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, there were mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, and the January 6th Committee Hearings took place. Sutton airs his thoughts on those events and writes about coming down with COVID-19, having temporary hearing loss in one ear, and having four teeth removed, among other things.