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Documentary reviews, body neutrality, parenting, Jupiter, piano, cats, European history, ghosts, rodents, the collapse of civilization, and if this goes on long enough I'll probably end up cataloguing my entire smushed penny collection.

Month: July 2023

  • So, how’s the job search going?

    I never know how to answer this question so I’m going to write about it and see if this helps me to organize my thoughts. Where to start? The job search is confused. The job search is disorganized. The job search lacks both direction and motivation. I do not need to work. Financially, we are…

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  • Documentary Review/ Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All

    Not-to-be-missed if you’re an Ed Sheeran fan, this was a fun documentary series for my whole family. My youngest kid (8yo) is a big Ed Sheeran fan so I knew we needed to watch this one together. There’s quite a bit that he didn’t enjoy: particularly the peek into Ed and Cheery’s relationship and marriage.…

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  • Humble

    I read Loretta Lynn’s memoir last week. It was an interesting look into a particular place and time and music genre, and her rags-to-riches story is compelling. I was struck by how often Loretta wrote that “I ain’t no better than anybody else.” The entire second half of the book (the half after she experienced…

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  • Hobbit Habit

    We went to Hobby Lobby for the first time today. On the way there my youngest asked how long the drive to “Hobbit Habit” was going to take and that is what we are calling Hobby Lobby from now on.

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