As of September 16th, my partner and I will have been under Shelter-in-Place protocol for six full months. Functionally, since both our offices closed the week before, we have been sheltering in place since March 9th. While some restrictions have been eased since the early days, and while we did move from a Tier 1 county (widespread incidence) to a Tier 2 county (substantial instance), little has changed for us - we do not go out, except for masked walks. We get groceries as infrequently as possible. We attend religious services online. We do not see friends or family.
Omphaloskepsis
personal blog entries
The Last Frontier
My father grew up in Alaska, having moved there with his family around the age of two. He lived first in Fairbanks, and then moved (with his parents and older sister) to a cabin a few miles outside of Fox, Alaska, which is maybe not quite a half hour outside of Fairbanks proper. I first … Continue reading The Last Frontier
On Reclaimation
A couple of years ago, Wil Wheaton decided to try and reclaim his blog. He said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that he felt like the sorts of things he'd used to share on his blog had all sort of diverged into various postings on social media sites, and that had then made him feel as … Continue reading On Reclaimation
The Big 3-0
Today is my 30th birthday. Yep. 30. Thir-teee. People keep telling me I should feel something about this, but frankly? I don't. Part of it is just the arbitrariness of it all- every single day of my life I'm one day older than I was before- why fuss with marking any one of those days … Continue reading The Big 3-0
Productivity Toolbox
Only seven days into 2013, and already the holidays seem an eternity ago... In honor of the New Year, I thought i'd do a little run-down of a few online tools I've been using lately, in case anyone's interested. For those who know me, you know I love my to-do lists (you may debate the … Continue reading Productivity Toolbox
Progress, In Theory
So, we had a lovely New Years- had a great time playing games and drinking and hanging out for a few hours with a friend in Oakland, then came home after the fireworks and gun-fire had calmed down. New Year's Day was nice- we got a lot more unpacking done. It's the little bits left … Continue reading Progress, In Theory
Fare thee well, 2012…
...and don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out. I jest. There were many good things about 2012, and I am grateful for each and every one of them, and for each and every one of you. And yet... It seems that 2012 was a tough year for a lot … Continue reading Fare thee well, 2012…
Six Weeks of Hell, aka, Let’s Never Do This Again
So, it's been a little while. Sorry about that. I was busy all summer, but good busy, and into the fall, but then October hit. October of 2012 shall go down in infamy. It started relatively normally- the 1st was the second anniversary of the death of my maternal grandmother, the 2nd was our 8th … Continue reading Six Weeks of Hell, aka, Let’s Never Do This Again
Afflicting the Comfortable
The priest at the church where I became an Episcopalian lo these many years ago had a favorite saying that has always stuck with me- "The role of the Church is two-fold: to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable". I'm sure she got it from somewhere else; it has the ring of one of … Continue reading Afflicting the Comfortable
General Housekeeping
I am going to intersperse some really dang cute pictures of my cats in this post, just to keep your interest. Sorry. Here we go: So, it has finally come to the time that Stephanie's and my rather epic photo project, Journey Into The Tarot, has gotten its own website. We're doing a retrospective, and … Continue reading General Housekeeping
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