2019: The 12th Annual Year in Books
This year I read 73 books, which is a lot! Last year I read 58 and my average for the previous decade of reading was 52 books per year. This is the second-most ...
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A Week in the Life: December 20, 2019
This week felt incredibly long to me. Is it the approaching winter solstice? Impeachment? Christmas anticipation? I don’t have answers, only more question...
A Week in the Life: December 13, 2019
Two house drama sagas were resolved this week: the ants and the shower. To be fair, the ants were resolved on the day they started. My duct tape barricade was e...
A Week in the Life: December 6, 2019
Nothing makes me feel old quite like when December rolls around and I exclaim, “Wow, December already! The year has really flown by.” Every year fli...
A Week in the Life: November 22, 2019
This week we settled back into our non-vacation, oxygen-rich lives, but our return was not unmarked by drama. Just a few hours after coming home from Peru, my m...
A Week in the Life: September 27, 2019
It’s finally fall! It was stupidly hot for most of this week but at least there are shorter days upon us. I don’t know exactly why I revel in this s...
A Week in the Life: September 20, 2019
It has been another busy week here between the onslaught of proposals (boooo, work), roller derby, my mom visiting, and the minutia daily life. I’m able t...
A Week in the Life: September 13, 2019
This week was a busy one. We are in the “flow” portion of “ebb and flow” at work right now and a lot of proposals have come in. Yesterda...
A Week in the Life: August 30, 2019
I’m always pleased when August is finally at an end. I know September is still summer for the most part, but it’s the emotional start of fall (altho...
A Week in the Life: August 23, 2019
It’s been a week. I’m exhausted today. My week was full of roller derby, actual work, and a hearty dose of climate anxiety despite trying to avoid t...