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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

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

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

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

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!

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

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...

Hit and Miss #355: Mostly complete

Happy Sunday! First, I’d like to correct an ambiguity in the opening of last week’s newsletter: where I said “T and I (mostly)” and “SR and I (mostly)” built...

Hit and Miss #354: Sharing in abundance

Hello! Following last week, a bunch of planning and enabling, this weekend was for woodworking—and boy has it been fun. Yesterday, T and I (mostly) built a...

Hit and Miss #353: Outdoor meals and Home Depot hauls

Hello!! Spent the morning hanging out with SR and T, strolling through Home Depot to pick up some project wood and catching up on life. Yesterday morning was...

Hit and Miss #352: Facing west

In the titular story from Watch With Me, there’s a scene in which Tol Proudfoot and his band of neighbourhood characters see a coming storm: still leaves in...

Hit and Miss #351: Running back from Italy

Hello! What a week. Since writing you last, T and I have returned from Italy, settled back in at home, and, mere hours ago, T again ran the Ottawa marathon....

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