We can now finally bid adieu to our Annus Receptaculum Ignis. Let’s all pretend that 2021 will treat us more kindly. MMXX: TWELVE LEARNING I made a little progress on the wardrobe course I started last fall, but I’m...
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November was half over before I realized that I hadn’t posted about October, so here we are with a double-month extravaganza. Hooray? I guess? MMXX: ten and eleven LEARNING I started a new writing course and a wardrobe...
I’m cool with this weird owl, but the squirrel, rabbit, and children freak me out. We’re moving into the spooky season, so it seemed appropriate. MMXX: NINE LEARNING I continued working on my Coursera class. I’m...
On top of my Digestive Madness (trademark pending), I also had a wretched toothache last month. I’m falling apart, friends! I have a consultation coming up with an endodontic specialist, as I may or may not need a root...
(Graphic generated by InspiroBot.) If I’ve learned anything during these four months in isolation, it’s that time is indeed relative. Events from the Before Times feel like they happened a couple of weeks and a couple...
I have a pretty good excuse for not posting April’s wrap-up in a timely manner: I ended up in the emergency room on the evening of May 1st. Don’t panic. It wasn’t the ‘rona (thank goodness), and it...
March was a very long and anxious month, and now we’re living in a different plague-riddled world. It seems ridiculous to post this wrap-up, especially ten days late, as so many of my personal ambitions have been sidelined...
MMXX: TWO MONTHLY GOALS Send one real letter. I sent two birthday cards. Sew at least one garment. I didn’t sew anything again in February, dang it. I did cut out an Oslo Sweater, and I worked 2/3 of the way through...
I’ll also lament some failures — to be fair. One tradition I’m carrying forward to the new blog is my monthly wrap-up post where I track spending, several goals, and post my frugal list. All of this is just for...