(Written the evening of the murder of Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.)
My goodness, I don't know what to say. What I see from our country is unreal right now. I check the news each day to see what insane thing the Trump administration is doing now, and what horrors ICE is unleashing today. I wonder what kind of country I am bringing up my kids in, and what we will be…
At the end of the year, I am thinking about what to focus on for 2026, as is traditional. I am not doing anything dramatic or strenuous, as I am immersed in parenting. My first kiddo is now two, and I just had our second baby in early December. So I am trying to reset my body and mind and look forward, amidst the relentless chaos, cuteness and unpredictability that is life with small children.
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I am always trying to create boundaries and guardrails to keep myself feeling more present and less distracted. It may be different for each person, and that's great. These are things I am doing that I think help me to feel more focused.
Due to a tragic accident, my old Google Pixel 3A is now pushing up the daisies. A new phone was not on my plan for this week, but I had the old one for five or so years, and had bought it used, so needing a replacement isn't a huge huge loss.
So yesterday I got on eBay, as is my usual method, and ordered a Pixel 8A, which will be here in a few days. I always try to get the smallest phone…
I love writing by hand, I find it very soothing. I have a fair sized fountain pen collection. None of them are very expensive, but they are nice and they make me happy. It is surprising how different fountain pens are, one to the next. The way the ink flows, how wet or dry, does it start reliably each time, or take some fiddling to get it going, etc. This is my personal experience,…
Well, I redid the web site again. Ha! This one is done with the flat file CMS Datenstrom Yellow. I have been really enjoying the simplicity of it, just PHP, HTML and Markdown. And have been able to customize it pretty well, even though I am not a programmer. So that's fun.
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The one gadget I bought new (well, got for Christmas new after requesting it from my husband).