However I’m feeling, my journals don’t judge. The sheer act of writing in them becomes a kind of meditation, medication, psalm, and balm. | Continue reading
Today I am sitting with the idea that things don’t really get solved, to borrow Pema Chödrön’s words. | Continue reading
If this week were a flavor, it would be the sweet snap of sun-warmed asparagus, just nabbed from the garden. A very generous master gardener stopped by today to walk around our place and talk with us about the various growing bits we didn’t plant and now want to know how best to … | Continue reading
One of my favorite late-spring, early-summer, what-is-time-anyway dishes: cashew soba noodle salad from Dana Shultz’s “Minimalist Baker’s Everyday Cooking”. | Continue reading
TV update time! This week we finished watching “Succession” and “Barry”. Strong finales for both series. Tonight we watched the first episode of “Mrs. Davis” and really enjoyed it. | Continue reading
The asparagus cannot be stopped! (Not that we’re trying.) | Continue reading
Ten years using Workflowy! It’s still my go-to note-taking, outlining, backup brain, and pretty much everything else app. | Continue reading
Read Succession’s James Cromwell on Ewan’s Eulogy, Career: I was moved to tears by this interview with James Cromwell. It’s partially about his role on “Succession” but about himself and so much more. (Spoilers for “Succession” herein.) | Continue reading
If this week were a flavor, it would be marked-down supermarket rotisserie chicken, dry and salty and a little too chewy. Springtime allergies landed on me hard this week. Combined with an emotionally fraught workweek, I currently exist in a half-coherent, half-detached space, on … | Continue reading
Finished reading: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Gorgeous prose winding its way through a complicated and visceral friendship. I can’t wait to dive into the next book! | Continue reading
Here are my current ideas for creating a safe and inclusive Micro.blog community. This post will be updated as I learn and grow. As always, I’m open to your feedback. Start with community guidelines and values. What are our shared values? What is acceptable behavior and what is n … | Continue reading
Today I reminded myself to take a walking break and was rewarded with fresh air, sunshine, and this gorgeous view. | Continue reading
Our tabby brothers have been extremely skittish and amped up lately and I couldn’t figure out why … then I realized: I decided to stop buying the cat-calming pheromone refills because I didn’t think they were doing anything. 🤦♀️ | Continue reading
Currently reading: Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer Who recommended this to me? I can tell it’s already going to help me loads in both professional and personal realms, so thank you! | Continue reading
Working my way through @annahavron’s “Getting the Right Things Done” handout and worksheet from Micro Camp 2023. | Continue reading
If this week were a flavor, it would be sliced ripe bananas slathered in melted Nutella. On Monday, I got to the international arrivals area at the airport about an hour early. I am not normally this early for anything, but I was incredibly excited to greet FunkyPlaid after being … | Continue reading
I just found out that my email provider has been bouncing emails from Micro.blog for a month or so. If you’ve replied to my newsletter recently and haven’t heard back, please resend! | Continue reading
During the closing session of Micro Camp 2023, I asked these questions of the panel. Some were answered, in part, but I wanted to share them here in case the larger community has any thoughts. Feel free to reply on Micro.blog or via email. Q1: In the community discussion yesterda … | Continue reading
Today is the 25th birthday of my online journal. Over the years, my posts have been hosted on Greymatter, Typepad, WordPress, LiveJournal, Tumblr, and others I’ve since forgotten … but I still don’t call it a blog. | Continue reading
I needed a break during an intense workday, so at lunchtime I drove to a local restaurant with ultra-fast chargers nearby. While I ate my salad and read my book, I charged my EV to 80%. As a new EV owner, this is still a novelty to me. | Continue reading
Tonight I tried out introductory remarks to council that were more poetic and rhetorical than usual. I couldn’t tell how well the remarks went over, but the presentation that followed was a rousing success, so I’ll call it a win. | Continue reading
FunkyPlaid is home! 🥰 Time to assuage his jet lag with a feast of paella and pão de queijo. And then, I imagine, all the sleeps. | Continue reading
I told Crivens, only one more sleep until FunkyPlaid gets home. | Continue reading
If this week were a flavor, it would be blue raspberry cotton candy, sugary fluff turning to shards on the tongue. On Thursday, my website will be 25 years old. In its earlier incarnations, I would delve into all sorts of medical and emotional melodrama. That’s not where I’m at r … | Continue reading
Did you know that Micro.blog added a new pronouns field to the Account page? Read more about what personal pronouns are and why they matter on pronouns.org. | Continue reading
Listened to The AI Dilemma from the podcast Your Undivided Attention. If you’re concerned about AI, or if you want to know what others are concerned about, this is a great starting place. | Continue reading
A library board member brought me hundreds of googly eyes today. I feel seen, figuratively and literally. | Continue reading
My neologism for today is ninfluenced: to be negatively influenced to do, think, or feel something. We can be ninfluenced by other people (directly or via algorithms) and we can also ninfluence others. | Continue reading
The Library Phantom brought me a dose of nostalgia today: Gold Mine Nugget Bubble Gum. ⛏️ | Continue reading
I spent the day gardening with my friend V. We planted Brussels sprouts, romaine, beets, kale, and parsley. | Continue reading
I admire people who summarize a week of life in a pithy, organized way. My brain is not that way, so here’s what I’ve got. If this week were a flavor, it would be pickled red onion, the kind that is delicious and also a little too tangy. I had three nightmares this week. In one o … | Continue reading
Sailor Manyo Hinoki. ️ Sailor’s dual shaders are so special. My photos cannot do this ink justice. Pale blue-green shading into lavender. Sea glass gathered just before sunset. | Continue reading
Some nights it’s a pineapple green smoothie for dinner. | Continue reading
A wee treat after a hard week. 🧋 I’m a new fan of local bubble tea place Milk+T. | Continue reading
Today was an exercise in fooling my heart not to be sore, my brain not to be tired, my hope not to be crushed. Some days are more not-this than this. | Continue reading
Finished reading: Memory’s Legion by James S. A. Corey I enjoyed these stories in The Expanse universe. Just finished the last one today, so it’s really goodbye! | Continue reading
Yesterday’s baking project: S’mores Brownies. 🧑 Gluten-free and quite decadent. The key to this recipe is great-tasting gluten-free graham crackers. I recommend the brand Pamela’s. | Continue reading
Finished reading: Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey This was a satisfying conclusion to the saga, even if I am sad that I won’t be reading about my friends anymore. | Continue reading
Robert Oster Sydney Lavender. ️ Dark purple in concentrate, with shades of blue and gray, like writing with the last dregs of summer dusk. | Continue reading
Read Navigating Neurodiversity: Creating Affirming Workplaces for Neurodivergent Team Members. I found the specific suggestions in this article very helpful. | Continue reading
It would not be a complete visit to Inverness for us without a wee wander into Leakey’s, a used bookshop inside an old church. | Continue reading
Today FunkyPlaid returned to Culloden, and E and I explored the Moray coast. Here’s a bit of the harbor in Nairn. | Continue reading