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Robber Barons
My Bluesky feed is all authors listing how many of their books were stolen to feed Mark Zuckerberg’s AI monster. Five of my books were stolen says one author, 7 of mine says another. All my books were stolen. All… Continue reading
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How I See Things
As this email hits your inbox, I am likely sitting in an eye doctor’s waiting room. There’s nothing wrong, just a regular checkup. As someone who has worn glasses nearly her whole life, I’ve spent a lot of hours in… Continue reading
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Here Comes the Sun
We’ve been enjoying some spring weather here, and so naturally I thought of this snowy picture I took many moons ago of my cat Alci (short for Alcibiades) when the two of us lived in a house in the Poconos.… Continue reading
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Detours
I spent a few hours on Monday driving a rented van through parts of three counties and did a very small amount of heavy lifting, but by the end of the day it felt like I had run a marathon.… Continue reading
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Pictures or it Didn't Happen
They have crocuses and daffodils for sale at our local farm store. I saw them the other day when I stopped in to pick up some ingredients for what the kids call girl dinner—lettuce and salad dressing and also some… Continue reading
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An Early Reader
I found the above photo of a vintage Holly Hobbie record player on the internet. I owned this same record player as a child and used it often. Somewhere along the line the blue plastic gramophone horn broke off of… Continue reading
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Finding Our Way
If you’ve been paying any attention to the news this week, then you know that Google Maps changed the name of a body of water for users accessing their site from within the United States. US users will now see… Continue reading
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What's Black and White and Red All Over?
Sorry this old joke only works right when read out loud. Unless, of course you prefer the answer to be a skunk with a diaper rash. I was actually going for the more traditional answer, a newspaper. I wanted to… Continue reading
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Finding Our Niche
2025 may be the year of the snake, but around these parts January 2025 has been the month of the shower niche. Sometimes I think back to younger, innocent times like December when I had never even heard the term… Continue reading
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Snow Day
On Sunday we got our first real snow of the season. We had a few very small storms before, that ultimately amounted to little more than a dusting, the sort of things that make the yard look like one big… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 