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Hit and Miss #155: TV time and world-building
August 23, 2020
No, you spent two and a half hours diving into digitized microfilm this morning instead of, I dunno, enjoying the sunshine or something. (If you’re curious,...
Hit and Miss #154: Remembering (how) to relax
August 16, 2020
Friday afternoon, I wrapped up work and began my longest stretch of time off since 2017. It started with driving country roads to a windy fish and chips...
Hit and Miss #153: Roads
August 9, 2020
Yesterday was a driving day, so naturally I’m thinking about roads. Antidote, my dictionary app of choice, tells me that “road” is “from the native lexical...
Hit and Miss #152: Rainy day thoughts
August 2, 2020
I put two ice cubes in my glass fifteen minutes ago, and they're only half melted. That’s a good sign—the temperatures this morning are reasonable (indeed,...
Hit and Miss #151: Some links
July 26, 2020
Hullo! I’m trying to not over-do the computer time today, so I’ll just send along some links. How does civic tech (in the broadest sense of the term)...
Hit and Miss #150: Virtual community
July 19, 2020
Hello there! I spent yesterday driving back to Ottawa (yay for family visits, yay for roadtrips!), and meant to take today slowly to recover. Stuff came up,...
Hit and Miss #149: Snapshots of the week
July 12, 2020
Another quiet week for my brain—filled with family time and working time, with little else going on. And that’s okay! Some snapshots of my week (in words...
Hit and Miss #148: Halfway through 2020
July 5, 2020
Well, here we are. Just over halfway through 2020. I’m trying to relax, so maybe just a few links. The philanthropy-driven not-for-profit sector allows...
Hit and Miss #147: One link to listen
June 28, 2020
Hi, I can’t seem to do much other than yawn and lay around this weekend. So it goes. Just one link from me for you today. Nina Simone performing “Stars” at...
Hit and Miss #146: Heat, work, history
June 21, 2020
Hello there! It’s hot. A few years ago, I linked to some articles on the social and political dimensions of heat, and a piece on the social construction of...
Hit and Miss #145: Who’s watching?
June 14, 2020
Hello there! It’s a gorgeous day in Ottawa, as far as the weather goes. It was good to get out and breathe a bit today—life hasn’t let up, but being in the...
Hit and Miss #144: What to say
June 7, 2020
What to say—what not to say. When to speak—when not to speak. To whom to listen, to whom to cede the floor. Struggling over words aside, there’s one phrase...
Hit and Miss #143: A difficult week
May 31, 2020
Friends, it’s been a week. Personally, professionally, and, well, for the world at large, but especially here in North America, this has been a week of long...
Hit and Miss #142: To your taste
May 24, 2020
Hello there! It’s a gloriously sunny Sunday. The heat approaches, but I’m quieting my anxiety over that, trying to enjoy today. Here are some links I...
Hit and Miss #141: New shelves
May 17, 2020
Hello there! In the first issue of this newsletter, I described the process of unboxing and reshelving my books after moving to a new apartment. Accepting...
Hit and Miss #140: In memoriam
May 10, 2020
Hello, A heads-up before we start. Today’s letter will be a little more personal—and longer—than usual. It’s about death and grief during these different,...
Hit and Miss #139: Beautiful words
May 3, 2020
We could all use more beauty in our lives. Beautiful words can carry important reminders or profound thoughts, they can inspire us to reflection or to...
Hit and Miss #138: Wordy cookbooks
April 26, 2020
Good day to you! It’s cloudy here, but that’s not getting to me too much—things feel decidedly alright. Mine wasn’t the best of weeks. There was nothing...
Hit and Miss #137: Day off reading
April 19, 2020
Good morning to you! Today’s going to be a day off for me (though not an off day). Here are cool things I encountered this week (thanks to friends who shared...
Hit and Miss #136: Parliament carries on
April 12, 2020
A fine morning to you! I started my day thinking I’d avoid computers entirely. Then I remembered realized that today’s Sunday (extra long weekends, oops). So...
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