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Questions that used to inform how I dressed: What meets dress code? Do I need to have keys on me the whole time? Am I going to spend any significant time outside? If yes, what’s the weather? Will I be riding a bike today? What has pockets? Will I be running or jumping? (read: Do … Read more
Continuing to take advantage of the current weirdness, we took a day trip back to the same trail in Saguaro National Park. The primary goal? To see if the tadpoles had grown up. In hopes of getting a good shot of a toad, I took the Nikon. The tadpoles and toads did not disappoint. We … Read more
A blank page in front of me for writing, whether I’m writing by hand or typing, is rarely intimidating. There’s more in my head than I can get down on paper, and unless other things are hijacking my brain, writing comes easily. (And if there are other things hijacking my brain, writing about those often … Read more
On a social media thread, someone mused, “I wonder if I had a sell by date, if it has passed.” It caught me a bit. I don’t know this person and I have no context for whether they have lamented being old since they turned 26 or if they’re just being silly or what, so … Read more
We took a day trip down to Saguaro National Park, only about a 90-minute drive from home. None of us had ever been there, and even at 105 degrees, the park did not disappoint. The big, puffy thunderheads didn’t offer any shade since they weren’t overhead, but they were fabulous for photographs. With all the … Read more
Often, my writing starts in one place and ends someplace else, not usually from any hard turns or non sequiturs. More like there’s not quite as much air in one tire as there is in the other, so we slowly drift in one direction. I decided to share with you the around-the-bend part of something … Read more
Last winter, we bought a treadmill. I had been consistently waking up at 5 every morning, for no known reason, and I thought I’d like to go run since I was up anyway, but I’m not comfortable running by myself in the dark. More uncomfortable in the morning than the evening, for no rational reason. … Read more
Rocket Kid built a tower of sorts and we agreed it would be fun to photograph. Except for this one which I turned b&w, these shots are sometimes cropped but otherwise unedited. This one, I was fascinated by the variety of color. All of the bricks are white, and all of the variation is simply … Read more
I didn’t learn how to cook really tasty food for not-holiday meals until I went vegetarian. This is not to say that vegetarian food is the only food that can be tasty, but I had no known incentive to look for ways to make vegetables more interesting. As the field of available foods narrowed and … Read more
I’ve always liked to read, even in periods of life when I’ve not carved out much time to do it. I’ve never been a social reader and didn’t like talking about books in school. So joining a book club was never on my to-do list. I don’t remember the first time I heard of book … Read more