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Hit and Miss #258: A shout to the wind

August 14, 2022

Good morning! I’ve been getting up around 5:30 when T has day shifts, both out of solidarity and because, while I don’t like getting out of bed early, I...

Hit and Miss #257: Hot brain links

August 7, 2022

Hello! Spent a few hours on the shore of Lake Ontario today, enjoying fish and chips with my dad and Oma. It was lovely—but hot. My brain is more fried than...

Hit and Miss #256: Malleable words

July 31, 2022

Arthur’s on the couch beside me, dreaming about whatever cats dream about; my family are arrayed through various rooms of the apartment; and T’s sleeping off...

Hit and Miss #255: Welcome to the party, pal

July 24, 2022

When new leaves grow on one of my houseplants, I sometimes greet them with, “Welcome to the party, pal.” Hello! Happy Sunday to you. (That opening quote is…...

Hit and Miss #254: Slow links

July 17, 2022

Hello! Bit of a slower day here—mostly laying low as this heat rolls through. It seems Europe’s in for a wallop of a heatwave, but I don’t have the heart to...

Hit and Miss #253: Systems

July 10, 2022

Hello! This week’s reading seemed to converge on a theme of “thinking and acting in systems”. This is, perhaps, the root challenge of our times. Using self-...

Hit and Miss #252: Broken social scene—wait, I mean, contract

July 3, 2022

Hello! I hope you’re doing well. I don’t say that enough, tend not to address you directly—but it’s true, I do hope that, today and always. It’s an important...

Hit and Miss #251: Internalized stress

June 26, 2022

Hello! Friday, T and I drove Arthur to the vet for a regular check-up. It was perhaps shortsighted to go at the end of the workweek, heading into a sunny...

Hit and Miss #250: Decommissioned

June 19, 2022

This week saw the formal end of life of two software products—both were famous, for a time, before ending their lives more or less infamously. First,...

Hit and Miss #249: Half-caff

June 12, 2022

Hello! Pretty tired today (rainy day, and T and I only realized midafternoon that we’d made half-caff espresso this morning), but hanging in. We’re all...

Hit and Miss #248: Financialized nesting dolls

June 5, 2022

I’ve just spent who knows how long perusing biking maps of Ottawa, planning for countless little tours. The past week or so has seen me doing plenty of...

Hit and Miss #247: Busy rest

May 29, 2022

Hello! It’s been quite a packed week. My parents were up visiting, which was lovely, with evenings of family friends and catching up. This weekend has been...

Hit and Miss #246: Climate unpredictability

May 22, 2022

Hi folks! Yesterday afternoon featured one of the fiercest storms I’ve seen in Ottawa for a while. The water running down the street was so voluminous it...

Hit and Miss #245: L’aride follie del viver mio

May 15, 2022

Good afternoon! While I’ve plenty to share, I’ve been slow today to write—something about the weather, maybe, the heat leaching energy, even while I chill in...

Hit and Miss #244: Sunny springtime links

May 8, 2022

It’s a beautiful spring day in Ottawa—even emphasized with italics, “beautiful” doesn’t quote cut it, which, I suppose, is why we have poetry. Life, in other...

Hit and Miss #243: Anniversary treat

May 1, 2022

Good morning! It’s May. Wow, eh? This time last year, leaves were already out on the trees, and spring flowers were merrily on display. We’re not quite there...

Hit and Miss #242: Forces for good

April 24, 2022

Hi there, I’m perched on the ladder of a tree fort in my parents’ back yard, here in Waterloo, soaking up some sunshine, fresh air, and unseasonably warm...

Hit and Miss #241: Abundant, virtuous futures

April 17, 2022

Hi there! I’m experiencing heavy time dilation this week—my perception of days and hours is way out of whack with what the clock says. But I’m not...

Hit and Miss #240: April again

April 10, 2022

T called me to the window yesterday, to see a heron flying lazily over downtown. There are many signs of spring, but I always take great, excited joy in this...

Hit and Miss #239: Spring (tab) cleaning

April 3, 2022

Good afternoon! The city put out street sweeping notices this morning, a sure sign of spring in Ottawa. I gathered numerous links this week—thanks in part to...