Writing (Links)
I read so many Substacks, in fact, that it can take up my entire morning--reading my subscriptions on the app, then commenting, then noticing who has 're-stacked' one of my articles . . . Wait, what does this remind me of?
Personal
I overindulged over the long Easter holiday - not in beer - as is the local custom - but in sugar. Family from home sent us a care package of yummy chocolate bunnies, eggs and truffles. And my 16-year-old daughter has discovered baking (thanks a lot, Preppy Kitchen!). She spent
Work
I'm over here like Violet Crawley looking through her fan at this horrible electric lighting.
Personal
Please make the early levels more tourist-friendly.
Reading
Jo Kuan, the protagonist and titular Downstairs Girl, is a Chinese American teenager living in Atlanta, Georgia just after the end of the U.S. Civil War.
Personal
I'm not wrong. It turns out menopause can break your brain.
Reading
I love that they are promoting individual voices. Jury is still out on supporting the platform, though.
Reading
This time last year, I made what I thought was a simple (and easy!) new year's resolution to read a total of 12 books in 2023.
Personal
It's funny where life takes you.
Reading
And we're back again! Here with the perennial goal of reading more books. This year, I'm going with what I hope will be an easy goal: Twelve books, one a month. As a writer and lifelong bookworm, it's embarrassing to admit that this is
Personal
By the time I publish this post, our 1952 brick ranch on a busy Decatur corner will belong to someone else.
Personal
I am having trouble focusing on work or normal life tasks even though the conflict is on the other side of the world.