My simplified system for tracking films I want to see: Once I watch the trailer, I use the Copy to Workflowy Inline Linking Firefox add-on and add it to my “Films to See” list. It embeds the video right in my list! I sure do love Workflowy. | Continue reading
At today’s Micro.blog Analog Tools meetup we chatted about reviewing our year and planning for the next, plus how we stay motivated and accountable. 🖋️📓🗂️ And that’s a wrap for our group for 2024! Let @jessekelber and me know if you’d like to join us in th … | Continue reading
Finished reading: Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun 📚 Generational labels and gender labels generally irritate me, but I appreciated the author’s research into the cultural and political contexts impacting middle-aged Gen X women right now. | Continue reading
The reminder for our next Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup has been emailed! 🖋️📓🗂️ If you’re not on this list and would like to join us, let @jessekelber or me know. | Continue reading
Homemade strawberry ice cream is such a treat! 🍨 I’m grateful for a generous friend with an ice cream maker. | Continue reading
Finished reading: Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve 📚 A compelling read. I was hoping for more analysis of current American political extremism, but it works well as a … | Continue reading
Struggling with multiple health issues right now while also struggling with misinformation about said health issues. What would make me feel incrementally better? If people who aren’t medical professionals would stop explaining my immune system to me. | Continue reading
Race Forward has released a new toolkit, From Project 2025 to Project 2029: How We Resist an Authoritarian Takeover and Turn Public Administration into a Force for Equity and Justice. Is there anyone else reading this who wants to meet and discuss? | Continue reading
At Saturday’s Micro.blog Analog Tools meetup we each shared our three top tips for stationery. 🖋️📓🗂️ We’ll meet again in December for our first techo kaigi together! You don’t have to use a paper planner to learn how to plan for 2025. Let @jessekelber and … | Continue reading
Listening to “Old Tape” by Lucius (feat. Adam Granduciel) 🎵 This song, whew. So good! “Once in a while / You turn up the dial / To an old tape playing in my head / I’ll tune it out and live instead” | Continue reading
I wrote a whole post about what it’s like to wear a mask all day at work, and then deleted it because it sounded like I’m not grateful to have survived long enough to have that choice. But I am grateful. This is not the world I imagined, but I get to be alive in it. | Continue reading
Doomscrolling and feeling powerless? Here’s something tangible we can do: Normalize wearing masks. Let’s protect our health and decrease the spread of airborne diseases. Out of masks and don’t know where to start? r/Masks4All Wiki is a great resource. | Continue reading
Currently reading: Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman 📚 I’m enjoying the second section of this book, which is all about taking action. “Imperfectionism” is really resonating with me right now. | Continue reading
Idea: Create an “introverts' corner” at all future gatherings. Provide an out-of-the-way space with puzzles and craft supplies. As an introvert, I don’t always want to be alone; I want to share energy and joy, and I want to share community, just not in extroverted ways. | Continue reading
The reminder for the next Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup has been emailed! 🖋️📓🗂️ If you’re not on this list and would like to join us, let @jessekelber or me know. | Continue reading
Yesterday I was struggling to care about cooking for the two of us. It happens more often than I’d like to admit. Luckily, past-me had saved recipes that I tagged “easy”, like this mushroom and potato paprikash in the Instant Pot. 🥘 It was quite tasty and made enough left … | Continue reading
I’ve seen several people discussing the switch to a low/slow media diet. Use your local library to try before you buy. Many public libraries offer free access to newspapers and other periodicals through PressReader. | Continue reading
Currently reading: We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption by Kaira Jewel Lingo 📚 Trying to move through it today, and this book is helping. | Continue reading
Today I was grateful for texting with loved ones, commiserating with FunkyPlaid, and filling my journal with everything I cannot say out loud. I’ll be ready to get back to work soon. Until then, here’s Crivens. | Continue reading
I have such thoughtful coworkers. What’s in your election anxiety support kit? | Continue reading
I love voting by mail. 🗳️📫 This isn’t a cute sticker, but it will have to do. Now it’s time to librarian: Here’s a resource on fighting election disinformation on Bluesky and the Fediverse. | Continue reading
I’m feeling shy and anxious today, so here’s an analog interlude. 🖋️ Our houseguests brought us fountain pen ink, among other thoughtful gifts. Here are swatches of Octopus Fluids' Medusa, a vivid violet with green sheen, and Goblin, a medium green with violet sheen. | Continue reading
I was overwhelmed by the response to my last post, and so grateful for the reminder that there is still connection to be found online, I just need to push through my own self-consciousness to find it. And I have many good models for this behavior, people who are quick with a kind … | Continue reading
For the first day of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), I want to start with something difficult, and the reason why I’m participating in this monthly challenge. I’ve lost all affection for my writing voice, and I don’t entirely know why. These days, it’s challenging for me … | Continue reading
If you’re looking for a NaNoWriMo alternative this year, I recommend TrackBear. No data harvesting, tracking, or AI. I imported my old projects from NaNoWriMo into TrackBear so I haven’t lost any statistics. And if competition’s your thing, you can create leaderboards. | Continue reading
At today’s Micro.blog Analog Tools meetup we discussed some of the reasons why we choose digital over analog, and vice versa. 🖋️📓🗂️ We’ll meet again in November. Let @jessekelber and me know if you’d like to join us! | Continue reading
The reminder for the next Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup has been emailed! 🖋️📓🗂️ If you’re not on this list and would like to join us, let @jessekelber or me know. | Continue reading
Today is the first day I’ve felt better in over a week. I still can’t taste or smell much, but now have a general sense of “banana” or “tea” while consuming those things. I’m resting whenever possible, and I’m so grateful for a supportive partner and workplace. | Continue reading
Despite wearing my Flo Mask Pro in airports and on planes, and a KN95 in other public spaces, I now have Covid. Recently boosted, so it’s not as bad as it could be, but I’m still so sick. Starting Paxlovid tonight. Be careful out there. | Continue reading
433 miles on the road today. 🚗 Grateful for the ability to travel to be with family; yearning for a high-speed rail system. | Continue reading
All charms, no luck. Spotted in the local supermarket. (Did not purchase. Was tempted.) | Continue reading
The reminder for the next Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup has been emailed! 🖋️📓🗂️ If you’re not on this list and would like to join us, let @jessekelber or me know. | Continue reading
Look at this absolutely good girl: my canine sister, Willa. Concentrating on Rest, relaxation, and quality time with loved ones! We’re visiting family in Pennsylvania this week and attending a wedding in Kentucky on Friday. When packing, I restricted myself to three notebooks and … | Continue reading
The new 2024-25 COVID vaccines are available, so FunkyPlaid and I got ours on Friday. Because we went to a pharmacy, my health insurance didn’t cover them, so I had to use funds from my HRA. (We could have waited until our medical provider had appointments, but that would have be … | Continue reading
One day I will see this mop bucket and not immediately start singing Ready for the World’s 1985 synth-funk hit. Today is not that day. | Continue reading
Our first time growing heirloom tomatoes, and the Japanese Black Trifele is a winner. 🍅 Sweet and smoky taste with a silky texture. | Continue reading
In an effort to reclaim some of my joy from the gaping maw of existential dread, I’ve restarted my weeknotes. Concentrating on Running (again)! I miss training for and running races, so I’ve revisited the Couch to 5k program to regain that level of fitness. Cultivating ✍🏻 … | Continue reading
Social media timelines stress me out. One of the best things about Micro.blog is the ability to subscribe to an RSS feed of posts from the people I follow. I don’t have to stay anxious to stay informed. | Continue reading
Moody grapes. 🍇 I’ve been in quite a mood lately, or set of moods, none of them particularly good. Struggling to meet expectations and responsibilities while not sinking into self-pity. | Continue reading
During my workday, I try to take short breaks outside away from everyone so I can take my mask off for a minute. I spotted this broken mirror on one of my breaks. | Continue reading
Finished watching: 📺 The Umbrella Academy (2019) - ★★★☆☆ All in all, a mixed bag with extremely fun moments. I understand why time travel had to be a part of this story, but I can’t shut off the parts of my brain that try to figure it out. | Continue reading
This feeling of chasing the car of my own life as it speeds away. Slow it down so I can catch up. | Continue reading
Yesterday’s Micro.blog Analog Tools meetup featured the intersection of analog and digital, archiving for retrieval, and much more! 🖋️📓🗂️ We’ll meet again in September. Let @jessekelber and me know if you’d like to join us! | Continue reading
The reminder for the next Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup has been emailed, now co-hosted by @jessekelber! 🖋️📓🗂️ If you’re not on this list and would like to join us, let Jesse or me know. | Continue reading
I love traveling and hate choosing which books to bring. 📚 This trip I’ve chosen Kelly Link’s “The Book of Love”, Yōko Ogawa’s “The Memory Police”, and Haruki Murakami’s “The City and Its Uncertain Walls”. Vibe: untethered and disconcerting. | Continue reading
Time to put those fancy pens to use, analog friends: let’s write some Postcards to Swing States. 🗳️ I ordered mine a couple of weeks ago, right before a surge in sign-ups put them on pause, but they’re starting to send postcards out again now. Join me! | Continue reading
Finished reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚 Another calm, meditative exploration of connection and what it means to be human. Ishiguro’s writing is so good it’s like a magic trick; I’m torn between experiencing it and tearing it apart to see how it’s done. | Continue reading