Conscious news consumption: I haven't yet come up with when or why i will read news. This past weekend i was researching in response to various prompts: Sierra Club, for example, is fighting the repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that brought all the green energy stimulus. I was trying to find our if there were specific things in the ( Read more... )

My news consumption this week was caught up in a procrastination spiral and distraction spiral. I didn't do much a of a job dealing with either spiral ( Read more... )

Faced with the removal of the Yuletide fire hazard from the house and its array of lights, i bought some LED candles.  These will join the branch i wrapped with LED lights last year as all year glowing cheer. The lengthening days are wonderful, but it's still very dark in the mornings. This morning i was greeted by a crescent moon low to the south ( Read more... )

What's helped me since i last answered this question (i think, didn't check dates precisely ( Read more... )

Summary: Snow! I felt heavy and was not very productive yesterday so i made a call to see about free assistance that might not be a good fit for me, but it's a step ( Read more... )

Mold: found some on the sheets of dehydrated fig i'd put in a jar. Back to dehydrating unto rockness ( Read more... )

Today, i'll just inventory my sources as i become more intentional about news reading ( Read more... )

I've gone through the list of seven commitments at https://www.findingsteadyground.com to see if there are practices i can take forward. The one about social media i'm not doing, as i think reading through LiveJournal and Dreamwidth is not the same as the typical algorithm driven ( Read more... )

So, there were good looking beets at the grocery last week: a rare event that led to me snatching them up.  Over the weekend i had pulled a recipe for roasting them (covered in a Dutch oven, with a bit of water, 400°F for 30-40 min) which noted loving to prep them this way for sandwiches ( Read more... )

I don't know why this made me so happy, but the names different nations have given to Jupiter-like exoplanets and their stars in this -- https://nameexoworlds.iau.org/ -- program warmed my heart. I was particularly delighted that in the 2019 program the Netherlands named star HAT-P-6  " ( Read more... )