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6 Months: Little Step Day

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Yesterday was the half-way mark of my sabbatical. I'm incredibly and, rather unexpectedly, sad about that, to the extent that I made SK watch a ton of Call the Midwife on Netflix over the weekend just so I had good reason to cry off and on. It's going too fast, I haven't finished enough of… Continue reading 6 Months: Little Step Day

Happy National Dog Day from Minerva and Ragnar
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Happy National Dog Day from Minerva and Ragnar

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Shhhhh...just trying them on for size. https://videopress.com/v/sLYp1h7u?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Singing for her Chobani container. Or the music. Or because she's a weirdo.

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Sabbatical Update: 1/3 In

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I suppose it's actually 1/3 and some change, since my last day of work was March 10th. Ah well, summer has been busy and time seems to be inconsistently flowing lately: some days are gone in a sip of Starbucks, some run in long and lazy hammock time. Not sure which I prefer. I'm querying… Continue reading Sabbatical Update: 1/3 In

Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits
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Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits

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This morning I woke up to Minerva losing her f-ing mind. She barks a lot in the mornings anyway: we have deer regularly wandering through our yard and she is always on HIGH ALERT, certain the deer are plotting an invasion. But when her bark changed from "HEY! HEY! HEY! YOU THERE! HEY! THIS IS… Continue reading Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits

Banshee · life · Writing

Wait, WHAT Day Is It?

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It's June? HOW IS IT JUNE? Ok, progress update on the Banshee novel. I'm at about 50k words, but more importantly I have the remaining chapters plotted and synopsis-ized out. That sounds like I didn't do much, but it means I figured out exactly what happens for the rest of the story, how it ends,… Continue reading Wait, WHAT Day Is It?

Shhh…don’t say spring, you’ll scare it away.
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Shhh…don’t say spring, you’ll scare it away.

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I love winter. I do. I generally don’t fuss overmuch during the snowstorms we inevitably endure in March, or the below zero temps in February. Winter when you live next to a golf course is blessedly uneventful and almost silent, but for the owls hooting from the abandoned woods between tees. However, we’re a week… Continue reading Shhh…don’t say spring, you’ll scare it away.

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I Shouldn’t Watch PBS When I’m Sick

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I’m pathetically ill with a bad cold this week (currently my chest and belly muscles HURT from all the coughing). No it’s not covid. Just a cold, and I’m a giant sad sack of runny nose and cough. Idleness and TV and maybe cold meds have me going weird places with curiosity. I need some… Continue reading I Shouldn’t Watch PBS When I’m Sick

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The Strangeness of Grief

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A couple days ago SK and I attended the funeral of an acquaintance of mine. We were not close, but our paths crossed in more than one circle and many of my close friends are close to her husband, if not close to her. I've known her for...goodness, nearly 25 years now, and we only… Continue reading The Strangeness of Grief

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Countdown: 16

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Well, if I'm being completely fair, 16.5 since it's just about lunchtime. Also, weekends and holidays don't count, so 16.5 business days if we're being sticklers for accuracy. Today I told my team so it's official: March 10th will be my last day as the ScrumMaster (ScrumMistress? ScrumMa'am? ScrumPerson?) for the process automation team at… Continue reading Countdown: 16

Not What It Looks Like
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Not What It Looks Like

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Every other month I get a suspiciously obfuscated slim package in the mail. Every time, I wonder what sort of magazines the post office thinks I'm ordering. I thought only certain inappropriate magazines get sent in ominous black privacy plastic. So it's INTERNATIONAL porn. How fancy. (What the PO workers think, probably.) I don't know… Continue reading Not What It Looks Like