Saturday I made eggs and toast and read for a while. I had my every-other-month Taco Bell craving in the afternoon, so I went to the one near Rouse's for lunch, then dropped off more books at Little Free Libraries in that neighborhood ( Read more... )

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I don't have any plans for tomorrow, except a haircut. I've never been one for celebrating my birthdays much as an adult. Not having any ambitions or wanting a family has always given me a weirdly unstuck in time feeling, like because there's no benchmarks to measure my life against I've always felt no particular age ( Read more... )

Saturday was Silent Book Club again, which seemed weird because I'm fairly certain it hasn't been a month since June's. It was the 1 year anniversary and there was a brunch before the meeting, so probably it had to do with that. (I briefly considered going before deciding I didn't have time.) So I went to the grocery store right after breakfast; ( Read more... )

The local company that makes my favorite scented candles, Vieux Carre Candles, is shutting down. They say "for now", but they cited the high cost of ingredients in addition to "lack of time" (I guess it was a side hustle), and when do the costs of things ever go down. I'm actually not shocked, because the last time I bought some candles from them, ( Read more... )

I know, I know, I'm being manipulated by capitalism and Jeff Bezos. The cognitive dissonance of knowing that and still being like BUT I WANT THAT MINI POLAROID AND IT'S HALF THE PRICE FOR THIS ONE DAY could power cities ( Read more... )