I have no time for any conversation about AI that doesn’t focus on how it has already been used to target and humiliate women so we are bullied from existing publicly. If you don’t know what I mean, read Nina Jankowicz’s article. | Continue reading
If this week were a flavor, it would be the carbonation of root beer going up my nose. I love these notes in theory, and in practice … I need more practice. This week was peppered with moments of delayed dismay, because after living through the thing that happened, there is a who … | Continue reading
Action shot! Crivens and Criminy love to groom each other. | Continue reading
O my. Just caught sight of the new Dominant Industry Painter Series inks. ️ I hope I’ll see some in person at the PNW Pen Show next month! | Continue reading
LibraryThing has added a natural-language search of works called “AI Search”. I tested it with “missionary goes to space and meets devout aliens” and the second hit was the book I was thinking of. (The first hit only sort-of fits.) | Continue reading
Listened to: “62. Juneteenth— All the Stuff No One Ever Taught You” on The Changemaker Podcast. Marie Beecham explains the history of Juneteenth and what it means today. I highly recommend this episode, and the whole podcast too. | Continue reading
Crivens caught a (toy) mouse and he says it was delicious. | Continue reading
If this week were a flavor, it would be miracle berry. Turn that sour into sweet, friend. This week marked two milestones: Seven years ago, I joined my current workplace, and four years ago, I interviewed for the job I currently hold. Milestones are pleasing to my symbol-apprecia … | Continue reading
I’m learning how to dry herbs from our garden. Tonight’s lesson is bay leaves. | Continue reading
Imagine what a different world we would have if we simply made room enough for everyone. Destroy the scarcity model when it comes to joy. Your success in life does not diminish my success. | Continue reading
Come home. Asparagus stalks and tiny woodland strawberries just gathered from the garden. I’m too often left alone with my thoughts. Stand in the half-lit kitchen and marvel at how easy it is to be kind. How long the shadows have become. | Continue reading
the war is the war for the human imagination and no one can fight it but you/ & no one can fight it for you from “Rant” by Diane DiPrima | Continue reading
We harvested some red romaine from the garden, and the leaves wilted overnight. But we learned a new trick to revive them: submerge them in hot water for 15 minutes. Science! We enjoyed them in this green salad with sour cream and onion dressing. | Continue reading
This week has been the worst of my professional life to date, and I don’t feel like writing weekly notes right now. I am lucky to have a support network of wonderful people, and that support is what’s getting me through this. Take care out there. | Continue reading
A friend shared this with me today: “This Too Shall Pass” by OK Go. What I’m experiencing right now is nothing, nothing, compared to what other people experience all day, every day, simply trying to be who they are. Hate will not break me. This too shall pass. | Continue reading
Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku. ️ A classic. This was the first ink I ever fell in love with, and the reason for my deep affection for teal. The red sheen, barely visible around the edges here, is more pronounced on nicer paper. | Continue reading
Ferris Wheel Press' The Purple Jade Rabbit. ️ This ink test turned into a bit of a disaster, thanks to rigorously shaking a defective ink bottle, but all is forgiven for that pink-tinged lilac with silver shimmer. | Continue reading
I’m forever taking photos of water drops on leaves. Clichéd, and totally okay with it. | Continue reading
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