A Year of Firsts

Rediscovering magic in the everyday.

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  • Spring Check-in ’26

    Happy Mud Season to those who celebrate.  The ratio of days where it is not wholly unpleasant versus those that are just plain awful is slowly balancing out to a more even number, and just in time, too.  I was surprised to note that I am closing in on 40,000 words written here (6,500 so… Read more

  • Spring Check-in: Four months

    In February, I posted a two month check in so I decided to try that again. It was a nice mile marker for me. I used to really love doing my annual review at work. Not necessarily for the accolades, but I always enjoyed the exercise of reviewing my goals, writing down what I had… Read more