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Hit and Miss #375: Disappointed, but not surprised

November 10, 2024

Monday through Wednesday I spent a few days this week back in familiar territory, attending FWD50 (I assume that page’s copy will eventually be about 2024,...

Hit and Miss #374: Highs bring lows (but more highs incoming!)

November 3, 2024

…morning? afternoon? evening? The sun is shortly setting!? Post-time-change confusion coupled with post-COVID-booster blehness has made for a drained, tired...

Hit and Miss #373: Friendship’s sunshine

October 27, 2024

Why hello there! Can you believe, we’re nearly done October? When I write you next, it’ll be November, notoriously the hardest month. Last night, T and I...

Hit and Miss #372: Categorized (try) todo lists

October 20, 2024

Good morning! My rebooted attempt at time tracking fizzled out. I wasn't able to get back into the habit of recording the hours, which made for incomplete...

Hit and Miss #371: Humanity and turkey

October 13, 2024

Hello! Down visiting family for a few days, always interesting to be back in KW to see what’s changed and what’s charmingly still the same. And, of course,...

Hit and Miss #370: Walking LeBreton

October 6, 2024

In what seems to be a Sunday writing habit, A’s snuggled in my laptop, pushing my laptop just out of easy arm’s reach—so writing today will also check off...

Hit and Miss #369: Walking, even after a while

September 29, 2024

I’m waiting for code to compile data to scrape, with A on my lap, crickets and birds outside, and happily sore(ish) legs. It’s that lovely mix of later...

Hit and Miss #368: A place to think

September 22, 2024

Skateboarding Jesus. Those cool parents whose daughter sold us Girl Guide cookies. The cat hoteliers. Spend enough time in a place, and you come to “know”...

Hit and Miss #367: Maintenance, houses, and stuff

September 15, 2024

We’re home, having driven over 2400 km (apparently about a quarter of the circumference of the Moon, thanks Wolfram Alpha!) and seen lots of family and...

Hit and Miss #366: Gloom and the antidote to worry

September 8, 2024

It’s been a good week. Last weekend, we were up at a friend’s family cottage, a 1960s log cabin built from a kit (the company’s still around!). In a sign of...

Hit and Miss #365: Nearly fall vacation reading

September 1, 2024

We’re away for a mix of time visiting family and friends across Ontario. It’s feeling right on the cusp of fall here, maybe the ideal seasonal moment. This...

Hit and Miss #364: SQL, community, and cool stuff

August 25, 2024

Hello! My post-lunch food coma is settling in, and I’ve already spent muuuuuch too long on the computer plugging away at a data project today. So, links! For...

Hit and Miss #363: Links on anarchism, social media, and other joys

August 18, 2024

Hello! Outside, when not actively battered by the rain, is feeling lush. The plants sturdy with water, the tomatoes turning red at a steady pace, and the...

Hit and Miss #362: Usable (legible) for computers

August 11, 2024

Earlier this week, a former colleague asked me for some links on spreadsheets, tabular data, and so on. I was surprised to discover I had some bookmarked,...

Hit and Miss #361: Fuzzy conversation feelings

August 4, 2024

Hello! Been a meandering afternoon, a bit more digital than I’d planned, but that’s okay. I tried to do SOMETHING on the command line and of course got...

Hit and Miss #360: Cutting back to grow more

July 28, 2024

Hullo! I’m sitting with A beside me, watching the sun filter on to the trees and the birds making their dinnertime forays. The garden—T’s garden, really—is...

Hit and Miss #359: Time outside, time well spent

July 21, 2024

Hullo! After a full day working outside—including a while watching our neighbourhood Cooper’s hawk sunning itself on our garden bed cover—T and I took to our...

Hit and Miss #358: An hour writing this newsletter

July 14, 2024

Good morning! We spent a lovely day with friends yesterday, showing them around Rockcliffe and enjoying a BBQ lunch. T and I realized we haven’t spent as...

Hit and Miss #357: Eat your vegetables!

July 7, 2024

Hello! Writing in the midst of a lovely, family- and friends-filled weekend, including time with R+D beside the Ottawa River and a party for T. Tomorrow’s...

Hit and Miss #356: Human-sized places

June 30, 2024

Hello hello! It’s been a delightful long weekend so far. T’s been working, and I’ve been enjoying some quiet time in my own head—mostly puttering away at...