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: Currently reading: Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart by GennaRose Nethercott ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished Reading: The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey ๐Ÿ“šWonderful post-apocalypse fiction. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently Reading: The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride ๐Ÿ“šOddly disappointed. I had โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Circe by Madeline Miller ๐Ÿ“šIโ€™m on a Greek myths kick so this was a good addition. A โ€ฆ

: Up on Lake Erie on the day after the eclipse

: Currently reading: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Circe by Madeline Miller ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Romantic by William Boyd ๐Ÿ“šexcellent novel based on a real life. Cashel Ross, โ€ฆ

: Ice storm aftermath. Beautiful, but weโ€™re looking at a multi-day power outage.

: Currently reading: 3 Shades of Blue by James Kaplan ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand ๐Ÿ“šoverwrought, sort of a fantasy novel but โ€ฆ

: Worth reading: Ryan Latta’s blog on teams, testing, and Agile. I find a gold nugget of wisdom โ€ฆ

: Doesnโ€™t it seem as though she has extra paws? ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ“ธ

: Currently reading: The Romantic by William Boyd ๐Ÿ“š

: I need a fantastic presentation remote (clicker) that works great with Apple Keynote and uses a โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain ๐Ÿ“šA nice light novel about Beryl Markham.

: Finished reading: A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason ๐Ÿ“šwonderful 1970s science fiction. I โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand ๐Ÿ“š

: Our cat in a less than dignified mood ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ“ธ (I would add alt text but donโ€™t see how to do it when โ€ฆ

: All hail physical therapists! I broke my leg 7 weeks ago. Freed from bed this week. Went to PT and โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Creation by Katherine Govier ๐Ÿ“šexcellent novel featuring Audubon in Labrador in โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester ๐Ÿ“šExcellent non-fiction about the history of โ€ฆ

: Runners who have recovered from a broken leg I broke my tibial plateau in January. I’m still non-weight-bearing after nearly 6 weeks. โ€ฆ

: Quit reading: The Covenant of Water (Oprah’s Book Club) by Abraham Verghese ๐Ÿ“štoo much plot not โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Creation by Katherine Govier ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout ๐Ÿ“šafter much delay, finally finished โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: True Biz by Sara Novic ๐Ÿ“ša good read.

: Finished reading: The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf ๐Ÿ“šWonderful! Alexander von Humboldt takes โ€ฆ

: Quit reading: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray ๐Ÿ“š

: Quit reading: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: True Biz by Sara Novic ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson ๐Ÿ“šExcellent, dreamy novel about life in the โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) ๐Ÿ“šI enjoyed this translation.

: Finished Reading American Mermaid by Julia Langbein ๐Ÿ“šAnother silly novel, supposedly about wealth โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen ๐Ÿ“šUgh. Sort of a romance novel with a bit of โ€ฆ

: Well, one of us is enjoying my broken leg. 11 more days until I can get out of bed and try putting โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry ๐Ÿ“šA good novel presenting many of Berry’s โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen ๐Ÿ“š

: I’m loving this album of recordings made at spring ponds (think frogs) accompanied by bass โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Clarissa by Samuel Richardson ๐Ÿ“šTook me more than a year but I finished this โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Long Haul by Ryan Prior ๐Ÿ“šexcellent overview of Long COVID and the development โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry ๐Ÿ“š

: Quit reading: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano ๐Ÿ“š I hate this book and guess what, I donโ€™t have to โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts ๐Ÿ“šexcellent non-fiction about growing up poor โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Casuarina Tree by W. Somerset Maugham ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett ๐Ÿ“šso good. A novel about a family in 2022. Wonderful โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Long Haul by Ryan Prior ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Casuarina Tree by W. Somerset Maugham ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo ๐Ÿ“šI liked it. Modern novel about art, โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng ๐Ÿ“ša lovely novel set in Malaysia. Interesting โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett ๐Ÿ“š

: Broke my leg skiing two days ago. At least 6 weeks non-weight bearing. My world has shrunk down to a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker ๐Ÿ“šA strange novel, a Trojan War story told โ€ฆ

: Grateful that Micro.blog keeps track of my reading. I read 76 books in 2023. Favorites were Loot, Of โ€ฆ

: Still reading: Clarissa by Samuel Richardson ๐Ÿ“šI’ve been reading this novel for about a year โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells ๐Ÿ“šSo fun! I see why people love these Murderbot โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Fatherland by Burkhard Bilger ๐Ÿ“šDefinitely a good read. An American researches his โ€ฆ

: Iceland sunset at about 3:30 pm

: Finished reading: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry ๐Ÿ“šworth reading. Interesting meditations on โ€ฆ

: Iceland view

: I bet everyone can tell that today is my first day not bogged down by too much work. I cleared the โ€ฆ

: Bookshelves is reminding me that I’m currently reading 16 books. Sounds about right ๐Ÿคฃ

: Currently reading: Fatherland by Burkhard Bilger ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson ๐Ÿ“šNotched another one from the “Robert โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton ๐Ÿ“šquite good. A Shakespearean ending that takes your โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf ๐Ÿ“š

: When will this be done? Are you terrified when someone asks โ€œWhen will this be done?โ€ Whether youโ€™re being asked about a โ€ฆ

: We’re going to Reykjavik Iceland in a few weeks. Any travel experts have “must โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Years by Annie Ernaux ๐Ÿ“šThis took me a while to get through but in the end, I โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Loot by Tania James ๐Ÿ“šAn excellent novel, set in India and France, touches on โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Poor and of Lo Make, the Diary of Abner Sanger (late 1700s) by ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Loot by Tania James ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: All Souls Lost by Dan Moren ๐Ÿ“ša fun hard-boiled detective story with ghosts and โ€ฆ

: Are you a Planner or a Pantser? And thoughts on project management Are you a Planner or a Pantser? And what does this mean about your options for doing projects in โ€ฆ

: TIL: It’s possible to set Google Docs to a “Pageless” layout so you don’t โ€ฆ

: Currently reading Resist by Lee Schneider @leeS ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Homegoing: A novel by Yaa Gyasi ๐Ÿ“šDefinitely worth reading. It contains scenes of โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: All Souls Lost by Dan Moren ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Victory City by Salman Rushdie ๐Ÿ“šWorth reading. A good tale about how the historian โ€ฆ

: Comparing health care in the US and Portugal Possibly interesting for our Lisbon friends. Definitely โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Homegoing: A novel by Yaa Gyasi ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Bookbinder by Pip Williams ๐Ÿ“šby the author of, and adjacent to The Dictionary โ€ฆ

: Explain Agile Like I'm 5 Hey, are your projects going the way you want? Have you heard the words โ€œAgileโ€ and โ€œScrumโ€ and โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Bookbinder by Pip Williams ๐Ÿ“š

: Agile is like Little Science I’m enjoying these posts by Adam Mastroianni. He’s a scientist arguing with academia. In โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Of Time and Turtles by Sy Montgomery ๐Ÿ“šWhat a sweet, delicious, thought-provoking โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Victory City by Salman Rushdie ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Women Talking by Miriam Toews ๐Ÿ“šsuch a strange book. Iโ€™m thinking I should watch โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett ๐Ÿ“šthe last Disc World book, sweet and โ€ฆ

: Highline in the morning. I love that the Highline exists. NYC

: Up on the Highline on a gorgeous, warm evening.

: Currently reading: Of Time and Turtles by Sy Montgomery ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher ๐Ÿ“šI like the author’s writing style and โ€ฆ

: Long Covid needs a new name โ€” and a new frame - STAT

: Finished reading: The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland ๐Ÿ“šHighly recommended. We’re all on โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec ๐Ÿ“šA fun read, mild magic โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland ๐Ÿ“šI’m only a little way into this โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Learning Korean: Recipes for Home Cooking by Peter Serpico ๐Ÿ“šSaying again how much โ€ฆ

: Covid is here to stay. That means long covid is, too.

: Currently reading: The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici ๐Ÿ“šSo thought-provoking. Not being a โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman ๐Ÿ“šI didn’t love it. There’s an odd โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh ๐Ÿ“šinteresting! Slightly feminist anti-fascist โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Women Talking by Miriam Toews ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“šSuch a sweet book! Becky Chambers is โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin ๐Ÿ“šYeah, a good read. Science fiction, dystopian โ€ฆ

: 7 business books that have influenced me The Epic Guide to Agile by Dave Todaro Unlike most books about Agile and Scrum, this one gets into โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Learning Korean: Recipes for Home Cooking by Peter Serpico ๐Ÿ“šNormally, I โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy Book 1) by Tamsyn Muir ๐Ÿ“šI haven’t โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“š

: Many long-covid symptoms linger even after two years, new study shows or 3.5 years, like my brother.

: The Most Important Question About Long COVID | Harvard Medical School

: Currently reading: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey ๐Ÿ“šIt’s set in Santa Cruz, CA, where I โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Last Palace by Norman Eisen ๐Ÿ“šinteresting book about Prague and Czech history โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus ๐Ÿ“šitโ€™s ok. The best character is the dog.

: Review of Shokz OpenComm2 wireless headset - nice to have my ears free I really like this wireless bone conduction headset. It’s wonderful not having something โ€ฆ

: Ugh. Garbage AI-generated books are being sold under a real author’s byline. I Would Rather โ€ฆ

: Decided to restart the None to Run program that worked well for me a couple of years ago. None to โ€ฆ

: Nature finds a way. Tiny tree sprouts on a picnic table top. ๐Ÿ“ท

: Moonset this morning as I was on my way to free my neighborโ€™s chickens ๐Ÿ“ท

: NIH announces long covid treatment studies with hundreds of patients

: Currently reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Years by Annie Ernaux ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Last Palace by Norman Eisen ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently Reading: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt ๐Ÿ“šA silly novel. The best character โ€ฆ

: Still reading: Clarissa by Samuel Richardson ๐Ÿ“šI think I started reading this in January and have โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield ๐Ÿ“šSo fun. An intentionally gothic tale, โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong ๐Ÿ“šCouldn’t finish it, โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy Book 1) by Tamsyn Muir ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz ๐Ÿ“šI loved it, especially the first part. By the โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Outline by Rachel Cusk ๐Ÿ“šInteresting writing with mostly unlikeable characters.

: We put on a big event yesterday after a year of planning. Lots of people came, and there were many โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal ๐Ÿ“š I loved this novel so much that I โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Story So Far by Jane Eklund ๐Ÿ“šErudite fiction about a relationship between a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Outline by Rachel Cusk ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher ๐Ÿ“šSuch a fun fantasy novel! Great characters, โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Story So Far by Jane Eklund ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond ๐Ÿ“šnot as fun a read but excellent and โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree ๐Ÿ“ša fun read! Orc opens a cafe. Also โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar ๐Ÿ“šAn all over the place book. Some parts were โ€ฆ

: First morning of my two-day personal retreat and things are going well

: I think we need a recipes emoji. I can imagine a day when Iโ€™m looking for inspiration and I check โ€ฆ

: I like Apple Music Classical, as a not-very-well-informed enjoyer of โ€œclassicalโ€ music (and all the โ€ฆ

: When Iโ€™ve been sick and have to decide whether I should get out of bed and start doing stuff, itโ€™s โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik ๐Ÿ“šI had high expectations โ€ฆ

: Today I used a tote bag that had been resting in the closet since 2019. In it I found the AirPods I โ€ฆ

: Thereโ€™s some me in here, talking about one of my favorite pastimes, contra dancing โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: All Join Hands by Thomas Curren ๐Ÿ“šMuch better written than I had expected, this is โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Translation State by Ann Leckie ๐Ÿ“šI got to read this pre-release and enjoyed it. โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler ๐Ÿ“šA good read. Thought-provoking, interesting โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™ve been on such a run of work lately, barely time to breathe. Starting tomorrow, Iโ€™m unemployed โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: All Join Hands by Thomas Curren ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Translation State by Ann Leckie ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Empress and the English Doctor by Lucy Ward ๐Ÿ“šA good read, interesting history โ€ฆ

: Still reading: Clarissa by Samuel Richardson ๐Ÿ“šPerfect “about to fall asleep” reading โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett ๐Ÿ“šSuch a fun novel! It’s about death, โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder ๐Ÿ“šWorth reading, stories of the unhoused. But โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m planning to do a personal retreat in June. Iโ€™m at a crossroads in my work and want to take some โ€ฆ

: Amazing โ€œsmorgastartaโ€œ made at our local general store for takeout dinner this week!

: The NIH poured $1 billion into long Covid research, with little to show for it

: Currently reading: Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt ๐Ÿ“šI didn’t love it. It’s mostly a book โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik ๐Ÿ“šOccasionally annoying because the writing can โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt ๐Ÿ“š Oops, I may be reading too many books at the same โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai ๐Ÿ“šA murder mystery with social โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Peregrine by J.A. Baker ๐Ÿ“šA lovely read. Nothing happens except that our barely โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Clarissa by Samuel Richardson ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik ๐Ÿ“š

: How do I turn my cat into an instrument? Canโ€™t but Iโ€™m sharing this photo for the challenge anyway.

: A bit of spice on this sourdough crust pizza

: Currently reading: Collected Fiction by Michael Chabon ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Fieldwork by Iliana Regan ๐Ÿ“šInteresting, if self-involved, non-fiction about living โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Peregrine by J.A. Baker ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Babel by R Huang๐Ÿ“šOK but not awesome. Boring characters but interesting world โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber ๐Ÿ“šenjoyed it but only โ€ฆ

: Snow storm! SW New Hampshire, USA.

: My small region of hill towns in New Hampshire is seeing over 30 inches (76 cm) of snow. Drop down a โ€ฆ

: Big storm, lotsa snow, no electricity. Fun times!

: Currently reading: Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Fieldwork by Iliana Regan ๐Ÿ“š

: Iโ€™m going to eat the whole thing. mbphoto

: Currently reading: Babel by RF Kuang๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Africa Is Not A Country by Dipo Faloyin ๐Ÿ“šAn excellent read and quite edifying.

: Finished reading: The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton ๐Ÿ“šFor dystopian, climate-disaster fiction, โ€ฆ

: Weather Thereโ€™s the trusty bucket of sand.

: Currently reading: The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton ๐Ÿ“š

: Quit reading: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari ๐Ÿ“šI liked Dawn of Everything โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: There’s a Porcupine in My Outhouse by Michael J. Tougias ๐Ÿ“šA fun little read โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Diamond Eye: A Novel by Kate Quinn ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Africa Is Not A Country by Dipo Faloyin ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: There’s a Porcupine in My Outhouse by Michael J. Tougias ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott ๐Ÿ“šwhat a treat! Fun, deep, meaningful, โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Grand Tour by Patricia C. Wrede ๐Ÿ“šA very silly book but perfect bedtime โ€ฆ

: Really interesting opinion piece in the Washington Post today about a bi-partisan committee getting โ€ฆ

: Nice blog post about “feeling about feeling” instead of thinking about feeling. Circle โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn ๐Ÿ“šOverall a satisfying novel set in England โ€ฆ

: wapo.st The pandemic after the pandemic: Long covid haunts millions of people

: -20.6 degrees F (-29.2 C) in southern New Hampshire US. Fierce winds all night, unknown stuff โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Grand Tour by Patricia C. Wrede ๐Ÿ“š

: Quit reading: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver ๐Ÿ“šitโ€™s just too brutal. I know all the abuse and โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver ๐Ÿ“š

: Nice article about the good skills learned as a theatre kid. I wasnโ€™t one until a bit in college but โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“šSuch a sweet, โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Chants Democratic by Sean Wilentz ๐Ÿ“šExcellent American labor history 1780-1850 โ€ฆ

: The Town plow truck slid into a power pole last night. Driver and truck are fine but given the โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Lark Ascending by Silas House ๐Ÿ“šSimilar to Station Eleven but clumsier.

: Finished reading: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ๐Ÿ“šI found parts tedious and way too much plot was โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Zorrie by Laird Hunt ๐Ÿ“šA sweet midwestern novel.

: Finished reading: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg ๐Ÿ“šI think โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Ducks by Kate Beaton ๐Ÿ“ša wonderful graphic novel. I used to visit Cape Breton and โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Zorrie by Laird Hunt ๐Ÿ“š

: ๐Ÿ“บ Slow Horses (2022) I watched both seasons while sick in bed with COVID two weeks ago. I rarely โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Ithaca by Claire North ๐Ÿ“šMarvelous.

: Currently reading: My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout ๐Ÿ“š

: One more chart because to me itโ€™s interesting how clearly Heart Rate Variability shows me getting โ€ฆ

: My trackers are telling me Iโ€™m through my bout of COVID.

: Day 6 of COVID Iโ€™ve been in bed this whole time. It looks like maybe Iโ€™m done with the fever, โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ๐Ÿ“šI didnโ€™t love it. Seemed โ€ฆ

: Year in books for 2022 Here are the books I finished reading in 2022. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Community by Peter Block ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished Reading 2023: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout ๐Ÿ“ša thoughtful novel.

: Currently reading: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished Reading 2023: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik ๐Ÿ“šperfect book for a sick-in-bed day. With a โ€ฆ

: Ugh, COVID finally caught me. Such a faint line on the antigen test, but I canโ€™t deny that itโ€™s โ€ฆ

: @help I got some errors after using the new Book Goal feature in Epilogue on iPhone. I clicked on my โ€ฆ

: Test post after a bunch of errors related to Epilogue Book Goals @help

: @help I got some errors after using the new Book Goal feature in Epilogue on iPhone. I clicked on my โ€ฆ

: Year in books for 2022 Here are the books I finished reading in 2022. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin ๐Ÿ“ša fun read. Very much โ€œmore of the sameโ€ from โ€ฆ

: 5 big questions we still need to answer about long covid

: Currently reading: Ducks by Kate Beaton ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks ๐Ÿ“šLoved it though I canโ€™t say exactly why. โ€ฆ

: Woo hoo, I’m at 69 books read for the year and expect to finish a few more before Dec. 31. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: LaserWriter II by Tamara Shopsin ๐Ÿ“šHad some good moments but was fundamentally โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Ithaca by Claire North ๐Ÿ“š

: At my location, today is the earliest sunset of the winter. A blessed milestone.

: Is web development personal expression? The Supreme Court case about the web developer believing she has the right to discriminate seems off โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: LaserWriter II by Tamara Shopsin ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Balliols by Alec Waugh ๐Ÿ“šSo unexpectedly good! Written in 1934, looking back at โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings ๐Ÿ“šI didn’t love it. Parts of it were โ€ฆ

: Shoutout to @acfusco for writing such wonderful short stories for Micro.blogvember. You are an โ€ฆ

: I ain’t got nothing to say today. So it’s just fish.

: Just reported a bug to Apple. When I use my iPad in Sidecar mode to hold the Zoom window, thus โ€ฆ

: Yeah, my weight is definitely trending higher after the past food-filled week. I’m counting on โ€ฆ

: What’s my motivation for looking at Mastodon at all? I’m pondering when to use Mastodon โ€ฆ

: Desperate COVID long-haulers turn to costly, unproven treatments Data released by the Centers for โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Learning Science for Instructional Designers by Clark N. Quinn ๐Ÿ“š

: Another case of history rhyming: the wonderful book Chants Democratic is teaching me about 1829 New โ€ฆ

: Yankee breakfast: apple pie and cheddar cheese

: Ritual! What a funny word to come up the day after Thanksgiving which was a day of such ritual. โ€ฆ

: Making mashed potatoes with celeriac and garlic. The trick is figuring out how to retain the right โ€ฆ

: An update: I am leaving work at 1 PM in order to do a bit of last minute shopping and then begin โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig ๐Ÿ“šSuch an interesting novel. I suspect it works on โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Balliols by Alec Waugh ๐Ÿ“š

: Yesterday, I put 200 miles on my car driving all over Vermont, putting up posters to publicize a โ€ฆ

: Who do I know who is a scientist ready to study Long COVID, ME/CFS, etc? Apply to work at ARPA-H. โ€ฆ

: 11 degrees F overnight here in NH. Reports of black ice on the roads. I will be careful driving to โ€ฆ

: I canโ€™t figure out how to join the Mastodon at social.omg.lol. I have an omg.lol account already. โ€ฆ

: I’m inspired again to work on genealogy. I find that I have many repeat visits to the โ€ฆ

: One of the result of COVID times is that I head for bed around 7 PM and read for 1-2 hours. I have โ€ฆ

: I’ve been teaching an online class for the past 3 days and now that it’s over and was, I โ€ฆ

: Oops, I messed up the date prompts for #mbnov. I’ll just say that I love the Micro.blog โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Waterlog: A Swimmers Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin ๐Ÿ“šA lovely book โ€ฆ

: My good friend is a piano player in a style he calls “barrel house.” Wikipedia says โ€ฆ

: My German grandfather pronounced aluminum as “a-lu-min-i-um,” giraffe as โ€ฆ

: I’m ready to leave my office at 3:45 PM because the daylight is beginning to fade so it must โ€ฆ

: We are doing our first live indoor concert since COVID. Iโ€™m listening to the sound check as our tech โ€ฆ

: I have my suspicions that Saturday November 12 will be the last day with the temperature in the 60s โ€ฆ

: I slept so well last night that I must display it.

: To whom do I minister? My beloved husband and my cherished cat. And perhaps to the dancers at the โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The First World War by John Keegan ๐Ÿ“šso excellent. I was too ignorant about this โ€ฆ

: I am certain that I am looking forward to the Wednesday Walk that I take with an old friend. โ€ฆ

: Goodness, consensus is a difficult word to fit into a short micro.post and I suspect we can come to โ€ฆ

: I’m so confused about what time it is!!!!! Of course, I have insight into why that is the case โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez ๐Ÿ“šI quite enjoyed this non-fiction book that โ€ฆ

: I’ve been having some trouble with 1Password’s one-time password generator. The problem โ€ฆ

: Sometimes at night, we hear so many owls hooting that it seems that we must be hearing an echo but โ€ฆ

: I think I’ve figured out that I can do whatever I need to do with Mastodon from here at โ€ฆ

: I am not exempt from the lure of a beautiful cafe drink, in this case, matcha latte.

: Who has my admiration today? People of good heart and mind who choose to run for office in this big, โ€ฆ

: I guess with all my certifications, I have a license to do project management. Good thing, because โ€ฆ

: We had our first contra dance in two years this past Monday. It was a feast for the senses, with โ€ฆ

: I had a moment this morning to think and figure out retirement, again, always a popular topic as one โ€ฆ

: Deactivated my Twitter account. Seems like the right time to finally do it.

: New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work

: Finished reading: A Dead Djinn in Cairo: A Tor.Com Original by P. Djรจlรญ Clark ๐Ÿ“šTurns out this was โ€ฆ

: grep, BBEdit and Obsidian to the rescue I want to share some grep pride and also write things down for when I need it next time. I have a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Waterlog: A Swimmers Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djรจlรญ Clark ๐Ÿ“š

: My step-son is visiting from the Netherlands! Happy days in our home.

: Finished reading: Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“šThird in a trilogy. It’s fun fantasy fiction โ€ฆ

: What are you doing with your eggs? Good advice from my favorite blog, On The Mend

: Finished reading: Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane ๐Ÿ“šA beautiful book. I want to read every book โ€ฆ

: Woke up to a power outage #adayinthelife

: It’s such a gloomy grey day here, it’s hard to find a good photo topic! I’m still โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: In the Early Times by Tad Friend ๐Ÿ“š a good read but ultimately so sad. The way โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: In the Early Times by Tad Friend ๐Ÿ“š

: Caturday

: Iโ€™ve started running again. Sort of. Iโ€™m doing the walk/run thing. If my heart rate gets to high, I โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The First World War by John Keegan ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg ๐Ÿ“šThere’s some useful information โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“šA beautiful book. It was an โ€ฆ

: Who knew that the US Library of Congress has 2,000 flutes in its collection? wapo.st How Lizzo came โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Promise by Damon Galgut ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Adam Bede (Broadview Editions) by George Eliot ๐Ÿ“šA surprisingly modern novel. So โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen ๐Ÿ“šTales of good people behaving badly. But they โ€ฆ

: Long COVID Outpaces Diabetes in 2022 Employer Health Care Costs, Nomi Health Research Finds

: Currently reading: The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez ๐Ÿ“š

: A beautiful and frightening article. Climate change, ecological change. Somewhere else I heard a โ€ฆ

: Depression, anxiety may escalate chances of long COVID, says study โ€“ Harvard Gazette

: Finished reading: The Story Of The Lost Child by Elena Ferrante ๐Ÿ“šI’m sad to finish this โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen ๐Ÿ“š

: Distinguishing features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling | medRxiv

: www.washingtonpost.com How long covid reshapes the brain โ€” and how we might treat it

: www.washingtonpost.com The world is moving on from the pandemic. Not these covid long-haulers.

: I was just about to complain “how come I didn’t know @martinfeld has started the very โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Adam Bede (Broadview Editions) by George Eliot ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ๐Ÿ“šI quite enjoyed this even as the โ€ฆ

: Morning Walk

: Long Covid, The Long History Version - by zeynep

: Finished reading: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante ๐Ÿ“šBook 3 of 4. I described โ€ฆ

: I’ve just discovered a lovely new blog and I have to share it: www.secretlifeofaseamstress.com โ€ฆ

: Just watched She Hulk, Attorney at Law on Disney+. I admit that I loved it and am looking forward to โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Bonita Avenue by Peter Buwalda ๐Ÿ“ša disturbing book though mostly in a good way. I โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine ๐Ÿ“šA fun summer read but ultimately too โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg ๐Ÿ“š

: The local mountain looking pretty in the morning.

: We can transform local government by treating it as a kind of theater As someone who does โ€ฆ

: apple.news Itโ€™s Not Just Long COVID - The Atlantic

: low cortisol and other Long COVID findings

: IJERPH | Free Full-Text | State Health Department Communication about Long COVID in the United โ€ฆ

: Bidenโ€“Harris Administration Releases Two New Reports on Long COVID to Support Patients and Further โ€ฆ

: Long COVID is sidelining millions of workers from their jobs : NPR

: Anyone want an invite to the Arc Browser beta? I have at least one invitation available. The Browser โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Bonita Avenue by Peter Buwalda ๐Ÿ“šthanks to @ton for the recommendation at a โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki ๐Ÿ“šI loved this novel. Sorta SciFi, sorta โ€ฆ

: In August, I’m going to do a NaNoWriMo prep suggested by Stefon Mears. He says โ€œWrite 250 โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan Book 2) by Arkady Martine ๐Ÿ“šFantastic world โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki ๐Ÿ“š

: In other news, the local peaches I purchased last Wednesday are telling me โ€œweโ€™ll be ripe tomorrow!โ€ โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Whirlybird Island by Ernest Hebert ๐Ÿ“šWorth reading for Hebert fans, which I am.

: Finished reading: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays by Barry Lopez ๐Ÿ“šA beautiful book with โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan Book 2) by Arkady Martine ๐Ÿ“šI haven’t โ€ฆ

: Watched Episode 1 of Obi-wan Kenobi and quite enjoyed it. Partly because I did have questions about โ€ฆ

: Frontiers | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Long COVID: The SARS-CoV-2 Viral โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels Book 2) by Elena Ferrante ๐Ÿ“šoh my, these โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays by Barry Lopez ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Whirlybird Island by Ernest Hebert ๐Ÿ“š

: I have been using DevonThink as my RSS feed manager and reader for over a year and am very happy โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Himalayan Dhaba by Craig Joseph Danner ๐Ÿ“šNot recommended unless youโ€™re one of those โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Learning from the Germans by Susan Neiman ๐Ÿ“šQuite a good book about what Germany โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller ๐Ÿ“ša useful marketing book. So many in this โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Frankie’s Place by Jim Sterba ๐Ÿ“šI liked this more than I expected. Well-off โ€ฆ

: Congress enacted Title IX on June 23, 1972, and what it meant to me Congress enacted Title IX on June 23, 1972 “Title IX laid waste to everything. It laid waste โ€ฆ

: Long covid symptoms are often overlooked in seniors

: Finished reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir ๐Ÿ“šAnother one of those novels that is full of โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Because Our Fathers Lied by Craig McNamara ๐Ÿ“šA book with personal resonance for me, โ€ฆ

: Misty morning on the lake.

: Currently reading: Frankie’s Place by Jim Sterba ๐Ÿ“š

: Podcast | Two Years Later, We Still Donโ€™t Understand Long Covid. Why? - The New York Times Overcast โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Because Our Fathers Lied by Craig McNamara ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller ๐Ÿ“š

: Iโ€™m going on vacation today! Woo hoo! Only two days, but still.

: Sort of finished reading: Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers ๐Ÿ“šended up skimming through to the โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers ๐Ÿ“š

: Happily watching the WWDC live stream and laughing at the stream in the Six Colors members’ โ€ฆ

: How long covid could change the way we think about disability

: Currently reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki ๐Ÿ“šnot as good as I had hoped. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Learning from the Germans by Susan Neiman ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Chants Democratic by Sean Wilentz ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Himalayan Dhaba by Craig Joseph Danner ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Technical Blogging by Antonio Cangiano ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Healing Power of Story by Annie Brewster ๐Ÿ“šA good idea, about how storytelling โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Fixing Your Scrum by Ryan Ripley ๐Ÿ“šan excellent book for anyone working on an Agile โ€ฆ

: Pizza: cold proof the dough in container same shape as pizza I’ve started making pizza again, using a Roman Pizza sourdough crust recipe that makes a โ€ฆ

: Vaccines may not prevent many symptoms of long covid, study suggests

: Currently reading: The Healing Power of Story by Annie Brewster ๐Ÿ“š

: Me and my buddy, Dave, on top of Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, sometime last Fall mountain โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton ๐Ÿ“šA WWII novel that is part funny โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Correspondents by Judith Mackrell ๐Ÿ“šI greatly enjoyed this non-fiction book โ€ฆ

: Symmetry #mbmay

: Thinking of buying an iPhone 13 Mini. Anyone have feedback, positive or negative?

: This green is a welcome beverage for my thirsty-from-the-monochrome-winter eyes #mbmay

: Long COVID is crashing the retirement hopes of many Americans - MarketWatch

: I figured out how to put my iPad above my iMac, a la @Burk. I’m running Sidecar in this โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels Book 2) by Elena Ferrante ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante ๐Ÿ“šI’m committed to the entire โ€ฆ

: Maroon #mbmay

: Pot #mbmay

: Bloom #mbmay

: Currently reading: The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton ๐Ÿ“š

: The union of my two favorite Slavic salads: Herring/beet and chicken/potato/caper. #mbmay

: Visitors! My 27-year-old step-son and 3 of his friends are here from The Netherlands! Itโ€™s so โ€ฆ

: Woke up at 4AM so went for a long, dawn walk. #earth #mbmay

: Experimental #mbmay

: Finished reading: Silverview by John Le Carrรฉ ๐Ÿ“šanother quick but rewarding read. Not the best Le โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Bruno’s Challenge by Martin Walker ๐Ÿ“ša tasty pleasure. Quick and easy short โ€ฆ

: This #switch is open #mbmay

: Quit reading: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon ๐Ÿ“šthe main character is awful and I donโ€™t want to โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Correspondents by Judith Mackrell ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Silverview by John Le Carrรฉ ๐Ÿ“š

: Catastrophic failure of UPS today. But itโ€™s served loyally for 9 years.

: Currently reading: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Bruno’s Challenge by Martin Walker ๐Ÿ“š

: Take it slow when returning to running with long covid

: Finished reading: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel ๐Ÿ“šQuite good. Reminds me of David โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Jena 1800 by Peter Neumann ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel ๐Ÿ“š

: Thinking about quitting : The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles ๐Ÿ“šI donโ€™t like the characters. Should I โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Version Control by Dexter Palmer ๐Ÿ“šcanโ€™t say I liked it. Interesting ideas about โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber ๐Ÿ“ša monster of a book but worth reading as โ€ฆ

: Long COVID | She went to one doctor, then another and another

: Currently reading: Fixing Your Scrum by Ryan Ripley ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Software Estimation Without Guessing by George Dinwiddie ๐Ÿ“šso good!

: Following first unmasked concert, chorus members share cautionary tale | 30 COVID cases

: Currently reading: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Version Control by Dexter Palmer ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr ๐Ÿ“šwhat a perfect novel. I loved everything about โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O’Rourke ๐Ÿ“ša good book for people with โ€ฆ

: Biden announces long covid strategy as experts push for more

: Big thank you to the Readers Republic crew. We had a fascinating get-together in Zoom yesterday.

: Quit reading: The Paper Palace: A Novel by Miranda Cowley Heller ๐Ÿ“šReading about over-privileged โ€ฆ

: How long covid is accelerating a revolution in medical research

: The lake ice has melted! On the one hand, yay Spring ๐ŸŒธ. On the other hand, itโ€™s weeks early ๐Ÿ™ƒ.

: Currently reading: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O’Rourke ๐Ÿ“š

: A slow-moving glacierโ€™: NIHโ€™s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Paper Palace: A Novel by Miranda Cowley Heller ๐Ÿ“š

: Quit reading: Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton ๐Ÿ“šAt about the mid-point, I realized that I hated โ€ฆ

: How covid brain fog may overlap with โ€˜chemo brainโ€™ and Alzheimerโ€™s

: Finished reading: Great Circle: A novel by Maggie Shipstead ๐Ÿ“šIt’s an interesting story but I โ€ฆ

: Brain fog a reality for some post-COVID patients โ€“ Harvard Gazette

: Currently reading: Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton ๐Ÿ“š

: Long covid could change the way researchers study chronic illness No Paywall Washington Post

: Finished reading: Bewilderment: A Novel by Richard Powers ๐Ÿ“ša sad story, I feel as though the author โ€ฆ

: I live on a dirt road. We have “mud season” when the ice in the road melts and the road โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman ๐Ÿ“šHmm, I didn’t love it the way others โ€ฆ

: It’s Spring Break for me as a teacher this week. I have plans to get caught up and even ahead โ€ฆ

: The immunology and immunopathology of COVID-19 Science 10 March 2022

: โ€œThereโ€™s room between yes and no.โ€ Words to live by from @manton

: Watching the recorded micro.blog state of the union. Lots of good news and I so appreciate this โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Bewilderment: A Novel by Richard Powers ๐Ÿ“š

: Covid long-haulers face grueling fights for disability benefits

: Terrifying SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank | Nature โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“šAnd I’ve now finished all of the David โ€ฆ

: Virginia Senator Kaine introduces bill to research and combat long covid, after suffering it himself

: What is long covid? Current understanding about risks, symptoms and recovery Washington Post No โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m three months into being all in on Apple Fitness+. I love it. I do a 30-minute workout of some โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Great Circle: A novel by Maggie Shipstead ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“šA fun read and a nice break for some โ€ฆ

: Beautifully illustrated, informative article about Long COVID. It gets my brother’s seal of โ€ฆ

: I found this article very useful: Iโ€™m a 64-year-old vaxxed doctor. Hereโ€™s how I calculate my covid โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“šIt turned out that past me had done โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro ๐Ÿ“šSo lovely and disturbing. Shook me โ€ฆ

: Arrgh! Library fail. I didn’t manage my Overdrive loans properly and just lost my spot for โ€ฆ

: Because there are so many people infected with Omicron, we expect those cases, unfortunately, will โ€ฆ

: Researchers found that rates of many conditions, such as heart failure and stroke, were โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Number9Dream: A Novel by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“šWhile I love all the David Mitchell โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig ๐Ÿ“šI hated this book. Seemed patronizing, โ€ฆ

: Big ice storm on Friday, but not big enough to cause us to lose power. Just big enough to leave the โ€ฆ

: When you live in a cold climate and you’re trying to eat local fresh vegetables, you give โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara ๐Ÿ“šWow. I can’t easily say whether I liked it โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams ๐Ÿ“šA nice, poignant, well-written novel โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Number9Dream by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“š

: Weird weather facts: for the past 2 days, it’s been 10 degrees colder at my office than at my โ€ฆ

: New Research Hints at 4 Factors That May Increase Chances of Long Covid - The New York Times

: No Paywall wapo.st The New York Times buys Wordle, the ultra-popular online word game

: From the Washington Post 1/30/22, long haulers lose sense of smell and it may never come back Covid โ€ฆ

: Quit reading: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams ๐Ÿ“š

: Researchers highlight COVID-19 neurological symptoms and need for rigorous studies Well, duh. But I โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir ๐Ÿ“šthough so far I don’t like it. โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden ๐Ÿ“šI’ve enjoyed this series set in a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Software Estimation Without Guessing by George Dinwiddie ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara ๐Ÿ“š

: Finally figured out how to share it. I had to turn off my ad blocker first so I could see the share โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“šSuch a wonderful novel. โ€ฆ

: โ€œCovid zero is impossible with omicron, so whatโ€™s the point in even trying to reduce/slow โ€ฆ

: Mild respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause cellular dysregulation and myelin loss in the brain โ€ฆ

: Worst idea ever: Opinion:โ€€Why is the U.S. trying to export its flawed health-care policies around โ€ฆ

: COVID and the brain: researchers zero in on how damage occurs

: Interesting Twitter thread about Omicron, Long COVID, and other related issues Thread by โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk ๐Ÿ“ša fun read. A bit too much 18th century โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks ๐Ÿ“šA beautiful, hopeful โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Ghostwritten by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“šI’m beginning to see how all of David โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel by Sally Rooney ๐Ÿ“šThe clarity of her โ€ฆ

: Finished re-reading: The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel by Sally Rooney ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Convenience Store Woman: A Novel by Sayaka Murata ๐Ÿ“šA strange book but I liked it. โ€ฆ

: I made the family traditional Christmas Eve dinner for today instead. Herring-beet salad and Russian โ€ฆ

: A fun, slightly creepy, short story by Sarah Pinsker (A Song for a New Day). Those who like English โ€ฆ

: Advice from someone whoโ€™s had Long COVID for two years If weโ€™re all about to get COVID

: The regular refrain of the self-employed person: โ€œOh, is today a holiday?โ€ ๐Ÿคฃ

: News Bulletin: Emberยฎ mug causes long-time “tea with cream” drinker to begin taking her โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery by Ross Douthat ๐Ÿ“šExcellent โ€ฆ

: I’m going all-in on Apple Fitness+. I’ve been using a different app for strength โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Convenience Store Woman: A Novel by Sayaka Murata ๐Ÿ“š

: I’m bummed that Racket is switching away from the 9-minute web recording concept to 99-second โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontรซ ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Ghostwritten by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: What Could Be Saved: A Novel by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz ๐Ÿ“šI loved it and I โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery by Ross Douthat ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“šThere’s a quote on the cover from Pub โ€ฆ

: Our general store made tarts and they made the mincemeat from scratch!

: Currently reading: What Could Be Saved: A Novel by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ๐Ÿ“šI don’t know โ€ฆ

: Weirdly warm, misty afternoon for a long walk

: Long covid is destroying careers Long covid is destroying careers, leaving economic distress in its wake Good article, but this โ€ฆ

: I deleted TikTok on my phone. Yay, me! It’s unbelievable what a time suck it had become. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“šI enjoyed it just as much as the first one in โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ๐Ÿ“š

: I forgot my Apple Watch today for the first time in years. So what’s the point of exercising โ€ฆ

: Good podcast about chronic illness in general Long COVID and the Blind Spots of American Medicine โ€ฆ

: I basically got nothing done today but I did buy these nifty winter boots. That metal plate is a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Slade House by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“šLoved it, even though it verges on horror. I had โ€ฆ

: For patients with long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome may offer a guiding star | New Hampshire โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“ša fun YA read with great characters

: Uh oh. I bought myself one of those Ember mugs that keeps your beverage at the perfect temperature โ€ฆ

: She’s checking to see if possibly this spot will be warm enough for her

: @help Bookshelves still broken in web, so I went to Epilogue on iPhone. Wanted to make a post and โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin ๐Ÿ“šI could not grasp the point of this novel. โ€ฆ

: Chan School event seeks way forward for long COVID patients โ€“ Harvard Gazette

: Me and my buddy climbed the local mountain on that warm day last week.

: My brother is interviewed in this piece about Long COVID For some patients, long COVID is their new โ€ฆ

: OMG this is so good, especially if you’re an Agile geek like me. @chadgmoore, I think โ€ฆ

: Article about new vaccine ad that shows the toll of Long COVID on young people-Wash Post no paywall

: Good use of NIH money at UMass Liisa Selin and Anna Gil study links between viral infections and โ€ฆ

: 50% of people who get COVID-19 have long-term effects Wash. Post - no paywall

: At the local coffee shop. So many mask fails in so many ways. Guy with bandanna. Gal pulling her โ€ฆ

: I made a Racket with @chadgmoore today. Our topic was virtual whiteboard tools, such as Miro, Mural โ€ฆ

: No answers, but these are good questions is the threat of long covid an ongoing reason to avoid โ€ฆ

: Column One: How does COVID-19 change the brain? This scientist is finding out - Los Angeles Times

: Currently reading: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“šI did love it, to the point of slowing โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 (The Best American Series ยฎ) โ€ฆ

: Thinking about whether to use Miro to replace my use of Trello and even some of my use of Google โ€ฆ

: Art from my mother’s home, reflecting her dining/living room. This was my home away from home, โ€ฆ

: Red #mboct

: My ancient but beloved cycle #mboct

: I found this song after I fell into indigenous TikTok and now I can’t hear it enough ๐ŸŽต 35 by โ€ฆ

: I am so loving Monterey on my iMac. I made my cursor turquoise and pink and big, and my accent color โ€ฆ

: Nice, wet, fertile, rotting, humus underneath this Stinkhorn mushroom #mboct

: Chaos #mboct

: This is a rerun but hereโ€™s my bliss spot #mboct

: Loving the new album by Cassandra Jenkins ๐ŸŽต Apple Music Link: An Overview on Phenomenal Nature

: Opinion | Long Covid and the Blind Spots of American Medicine - The New York Times

: Gravity in action #mboct

: Currently reading: Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell ๐Ÿ“š

: Today I was able to sing outdoors with 4 friends. We all love to sing Shape Note songs and we felt โ€ฆ

: I am mostly recovered from my Shingles vaccine side effects 24 hours later. Thanks to the many who โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Matrix: A Novel by Lauren Groff ๐Ÿ“šI loved this book. Very different from her other โ€ฆ

: Quit reading: Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidรฉ ๐Ÿ“šWhile I liked the characters, the writing and โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Matrix: A Novel by Lauren Groff ๐Ÿ“š

: This mural has meaning to me, my high school mascot. I went to my 40th reunion a few years ago.

: Had my first Shingles vaccine yesterday. Side effects are brutal for me! Fainted this morning, deep โ€ฆ

: I’m totally cheating by posting old photos. When in doubt, use a cat picture! Here’s โ€ฆ

: Space #mboct

: Finished reading: Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson ๐Ÿ“šI have mixed feelings. I loved the language (a โ€ฆ

: My favorite sport and my favorite brother #mboct

: Mirror #mboct

: In some ways, I am already finished with 2021 ๐Ÿ“ท #semesterbeginsinJanuary #mboct

: Currently reading: Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidรฉ ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Actress by Anne Enright ๐Ÿ“šPossibly an unreliable narrator. I actually like when โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki โ€ฆ

: I didnโ€™t need a compass to find this bear down by our mailboxes two years ago #mboct

: I like the way the โ€œleavesโ€ rotate around the pinecone #mboct

: For ethereal, I am choosing this photo of a poem hanging from a tree. It’s from an ephemeral โ€ฆ

: Half a wheel is better than none #mboct

: I’m starting to think about teaching again. This article makes a lot of sense to me and I will โ€ฆ

: Guard Pyrenees and their sheep animals #mboct

: Heading over to a local farm to see if I can find some animals

: My superhero kitty is a legend, and is managing kidney disease with great heroism. #mboct

: For hygge, I give you me and my cousin this past June. We hadn’t seen each other in two years. โ€ฆ

: I did another Racket recording: Converting Your Knowledge to Online Courses | Racket

: Finished Reading Saigon by Sam Hawken ๐Ÿ“šI really enjoyed it. I don’t love suspense or violence โ€ฆ

: A bridge, or perhaps a highway overpass. My last time on a train, heading south to DC, sometime the โ€ฆ

: Tamsin kitty in her safe place #mboct

: A twilight walk #mboct

: My favorite spice is Cured Sumac, here in salad dressing #mboct

: The view down my street #mboct

: Currently reading: The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Actress by Anne Enright ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Beautiful Ruins: A Novel by Jess Walter ๐Ÿ“šEntertaining enough, but I won’t be โ€ฆ

: A favorite toy that helps me stay strong #mboct

: Something is down? Who cares, I have micro.blog for company.

: My favorite knife is sharp. I carry it with me and use it almost every day. Mostly for the lunch โ€ฆ

: We dry the majority of our clothes on the drying rack. #mboct

: Supporting a Student with Long COVID, considerations for teachers Specialized Health Needs for โ€ฆ

: www.washingtonpost.com As students with long-haul covid return to school, many districts donโ€™t โ€ฆ

: Dar Williams in a fabulous concert this afternoon ๐ŸŽถ her name is almost dark #mboct

: Day 1 touch Weโ€™re having outdoor theater tonight. I watch the AV guy touch the equipment. Iโ€™ve done โ€ฆ

: Long Covid is a bigger problem than we thought - CNN

: Finished reading: The Paris Library: A Novel by Janet Skeslien Charles ๐Ÿ“šI did not love it. While the โ€ฆ

: Good article about mRNA vaccines The tangled history of mRNA vaccines

: Your vaccine history may help with your COVID vaccine. Yes, all the vaccines, people! www.cell.com

: I re-read the Foundation books earlier this year. Overall, they have not aged well โ€” one thing is โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: A Closed and Common Orbit: Wayfarers 2 by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“šI loved it. I mean, โ€ฆ

: Ha ha! I set up Focus mode on my iPhone, choosing a specific screen as the one that would show. Then โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Closed and Common Orbit: Wayfarers 2 by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh ๐Ÿ“šA hard read. Allie’s had a โ€ฆ

: A good start NIH awards $470M to NYU to build long COVID-19 study population Officialsย aim to โ€ฆ

: Really interesting Racket from @cm about Obsidian. Obsidian is a transformative tool | Racket And โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Paris Library: A Novel by Janet Skeslien Charles ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Listeners by Leni Zumas ๐Ÿ“šI did not enjoy this book though I read it all the โ€ฆ

: Yeah, really like that new iPad Mini and I think Apple will sell a ton of them. Perfect pandemic โ€ฆ

: This person needs Micro.blog โ˜… Write more, but shorter blog.kewah.com

: Finished reading: Jack: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson ๐Ÿ“š I’m definitely on a Marilynne Robinson โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise โ€ฆ

: I made another Racket: Lisa and Bernadette talk about Zoom Fatigue I highly recommend Racket as a โ€ฆ

: The Information Intervention Chain Wait, thatโ€™s not what a big banner with an exclamation point โ€ฆ

: Finished Reading Incredible Doom vol. 1 by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden ๐Ÿ“šVery fun trip back to โ€ฆ

: Had a good time doing a Racket with @cm on the topic of “Facilitation Do’s.” We โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Listeners by Leni Zumas ๐Ÿ“š

: Today I became an Advanced Certified Scrum Master, woo hoo!

: New Recommendations Address ME/CFS Diagnosis and Management The urgency of appropriate recognition โ€ฆ

: New Clinical Guidelines for ME/CFS The clinicians make it clear that no treatments have been shown โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah ๐Ÿ“šI โ€ฆ

: The study Risk factors and disease profile of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK users of โ€ฆ

: Risk is cut, but not eliminated. We have to remain careful. Vaccines cut risk of โ€˜long covidโ€™ in โ€ฆ

: Excellent but anger-making article about Long COVID COVID-19 Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future - The Atlantic They and other long-haulers want โ€ฆ

: Woo hoo, going dancing tonight for the first time since March 2020! Outdoor concert at the local โ€ฆ

: So the local bread baker made โ€œsesame Sirarcha bread.โ€ I made French toast with it, added avocado โ€ฆ

: Just had my eyes dilated at the doctorโ€™s. Canโ€™t drive for another hour so am treating myself to โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Jack: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates ๐Ÿ“š A good read. Dragged a bit in the middle โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Home by Marilynne Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: I’ve been worrying about this: The data from vaccinated Israeli medical staff shows that โ€ฆ

: Pelvic Floor Health This article might be paywalled but it had the best language Iโ€™ve seen to deal โ€ฆ

: Apple Maps Error: A Server with the specified hostname could not be found. I had been having some trouble with Apple Maps and also with Waze in recent weeks. First Apple Maps โ€ฆ

: But I canโ€™t find evidence for this statistic www.washingtonpost.com “It has been estimated โ€ฆ

: 10 arguments to consider before calling long covid psychosomatic 10 arguments to consider before calling long covid psychosomatic. | by Jan Choutka | Aug, 2021 | โ€ฆ

: And then I had a great conversation with @cm! Today was the day to reach and talk to interesting โ€ฆ

: I had a great chat with @warner this morning. We connected thanks to Micro.Camp and had a โ€ฆ

: Agile in Writing I came across this today in the Chronicle of Higher Ed: I cannot possibly overemphasize the fact โ€ฆ

: By the way, my kitty is doing very well. She’s the one who developed kidney disease in May and โ€ฆ

: Y’all, I have so many tabs open due to all the interesting speakers at Micro.camp! It’s โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Home by Marilynne Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: Micro.blog for Families ideas I’ve been curious about the “Teams” feature in micro.blog. I wonder if I could use โ€ฆ

: Getting ready for Micro Camp 2021: August 13-14, woo hoo!

: Finished reading: Housekeeping: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson ๐Ÿ“šBeautiful writing. Perhaps an โ€ฆ

: Hey, Micro.Camp! I’m doing a talk about Agile project management … what do you want to โ€ฆ

: View from our local mountain I ran sound for a wedding rehearsal yesterday in this beautiful spot. โ€ฆ

: Shared housing is the answer to the nationwide crisis of affordable housing (I serve on the board of โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: My Century: A Novel by Gรผnter Grass ๐Ÿ“š My continuing reading project into โ€ฆ

: Loving my new Stream Deck! I’ve only had it for one day but it’s worth it just for the โ€ฆ

: I’m finally moving from LiquidPlanner | Planning Intelligence For Smart Projects to OmniFocus โ€ฆ

: Interesting community science project Characterizing long COVID in an international cohort: 7 months โ€ฆ

: Brain imaging before and after COVID-19 in UK Biobank | medRxiv We identified significant effects โ€ฆ

: Ugh. I installed Big Sur on Tuesday on my iMac. Now I’m having intermittent network issues โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Arrest: A Novel by Jonathan Lethem ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski ๐Ÿ“š I’m reading books about Germany and โ€ฆ

: The World's Best Breakfast Here’s my utterly baroque method for cooking breakfast cereal. In a double boiler, add ยพ cup โ€ฆ

: Our local library is partnering with a new international market to do โ€œSpice of the Monthโ€ where you โ€ฆ

: I just spent some time in Facebook (trying to keep it to no more than once a week) and then came โ€ฆ

: Viewing this story on an iPad is amazing. A really good use of technology. I hope this link isnโ€™t โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo ๐Ÿ“š I loved most of this novel but felt that it โ€ฆ

: I rested my way to recovery from long Covid. I urge others to do the same | Fiona Lowenstein | The โ€ฆ

: I love summer, sourdough waffles with fresh strawberries and apricots ๐Ÿž

: People who survived Covid-19 are 59% more likely to die within the following six months than people โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel ๐Ÿ“š So fun. I loved this book. โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The City We Became by N.K. Jemison ๐Ÿ“š A very fun read, highly recommended, โ€ฆ

: Back home after 8 days away, 1200 miles, 24 hours of drive time. It was wonderful to visit a beloved โ€ฆ

: The first podcast ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ recommendation: Lolita Podcast. I know I’ve been dissing Nabokov this โ€ฆ

: The second podcast ๐ŸŽ™๏ธrecommendation: Over the Road โ€” Radiotopia. Perfect for many hours of drive โ€ฆ

: Teaberry ice cream A Pennsylvania specialty. Similar to wintergreen. I quite like it.

: Iโ€™m about to leave home for a road trip. Itโ€™s the first time Iโ€™ll sleep somewhere else since โ€ฆ

: Scientists begin to unravel the mysteries of the coronavirus and brains www.washingtonpost.com

: A few things I liked at WWDC, but a few things I hate, like the new Safari design.

: I made preserved lemons! Weโ€™re gonna try them in a quinoa veggie dish tonight.

: Finished reading: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“š A fun and fast read with great characters.

: Finished reading: Writers and Lovers by Lily King ๐Ÿ“š Oh, I really liked this book. At first, I was โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Writers & Lovers by Lily King ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon ๐Ÿ“š Horrible book. Sexist, racist, โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“š

: Sometimes in the morning I have to remind myself “Lisa, you are wasting the few good minutes โ€ฆ

: My brother: As I taught myself more about ME/CFS, I noticed that two phrases often appeared in โ€ฆ

: By contrast, if the body is exposed to the coronavirus after vaccination, the immune system is now โ€ฆ

: Wild stuff might be coming from Apple Wild stuff might be coming from Apple First thing you need to know is the changes coming are WAY โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Apeirogon by Colum McCann ๐Ÿ“šAbsolutely 5 stars. Lyrical, beautiful, and deeply โ€ฆ

: Hrrmph. I’m lusting after this new Kobo e-reader Use the Kobo Stylus to make notes in eBooks โ€ฆ

: Anybody know if these mushrooms are edible? We seeded these logs with store-bought spores a couple โ€ฆ

: I’ve taken my first two swims. The first in a smaller pond and the water temperature was โ€ฆ

: Long COVID and POTS dysautonomia After Months Of A Racing Heart And Burning Feet, A COVID Long-Hauler Gets A Diagnosis | New โ€ฆ

: Beautiful Lady Slipper orchids โ€” weโ€™re so happy that they come back every year

: So I’m teaching a corporate workshop next week, on Agile/Scrum as usual. And even though we โ€ฆ

: Final grades submitted ๐Ÿซ! So I’m done teaching for another year, assuming I get hired back โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Apeirogon by Colum McCann ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Change Agent by Daniel Suarez ๐Ÿ“š A wild ride, and frightening in its vision of a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician’s Guide to โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel ๐Ÿ“šTotally loved it and โ€ฆ

: I finished teaching my Agile course for another year, it’s all done but the grading. It was a โ€ฆ

: Yes, my darling kitty has early stage kidney disease. We’re entering a new world of delivering โ€ฆ

: Kitty is dehydrated. Theyโ€™re giving her fluids and drawing blood for a test, then I can take her โ€ฆ

: Ugh. I’m worried about my kitty who hasn’t eaten in a couple of days, and I just found โ€ฆ

: Currently Reading: Change Agent by Daniel Suarez ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel ๐Ÿ“šLoving this book already. โ€ฆ

: It was a thrill to see this perfect Studebaker in the parking lot the other day. I’ve always โ€ฆ

: Ugh, I think I have to drop my Yahoo email account. Yeah, I know, should have done it already. I โ€ฆ

: Good video from a medical expert about living with Long COVID. (Not me, but a family member has Long โ€ฆ

: I am grateful for the evening shutdown routine that I learned from David Sparks. It is so true for โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: We have a heated mattress pad. ๐Ÿˆ

: Itโ€™s worth it to go down to town in the spring, when itโ€™s still winter at home

: My brother and I just agreed to meet up for the 2024 solar eclipse, maybe in Quebec but maybe in the โ€ฆ

: Minor breakthrough in the Python class that I’ve been taking for the past few months. I โ€ฆ

: People With Severe COVID-19 Have More Long-Term Effects, Study Find People With Severe COVID-19 Have More Long-Term Effects, Study Finds : Coronavirus Updates : NPR โ€ฆ

: We show that beyond the first 30 days of illness, people with COVID-19 exhibit higher risk of death โ€ฆ

: We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions STAT was curious which questions โ€ฆ

: I’m enjoying Peter Frampton’s new album, “Peter Frampton Forgets the Words” โ€ฆ

: Met with a few friends and did a socially distanced Shape Note sing outdoors next to a beautiful โ€ฆ

: New Rhiannon Giddens album! Wow! ๐ŸŽถ <music.apple.com/us/album/…>

: Really interesting article from Microsoft about Work in 2021, with tons of data and good charts โ€ฆ

: I just missed two days of closing my Exercise ring on my Apple Watch, after not missing a single day โ€ฆ

: We use an application called Yellowdig for online discussion forums in my class ๐Ÿซ. I really like it. โ€ฆ

: Oops, I let myself get behind on course grading. ๐Ÿซ Trying to get entirely caught up today. May or โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: An Age of License by Lucy Knisley ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Displacement by Lucy Knisley ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: 50 Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: Second COVID shot has me in bed for the day โ€” heart racing whenever I get up โ€” but Iโ€™m confident it โ€ฆ

: April in New Hampshire

: Finished reading: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel ๐Ÿ“š

: I just taught a 3-hour face-to-face class (with good social distancing). The first one I’ve โ€ฆ

: Copy Google Doc. Rename. Sharing – Anyone with the link can Edit. Copy Link. Paste in Bit.Ly โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon ๐Ÿ“š

: Daily Shutdown -- Tomorrow must be written down on paper and in ink I’ve realized that I can’t consider that I have completed my Daily Shutdown โ€” MacSparky โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Danzig Trilogy: The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years by Gunter Grass โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell ๐Ÿ“šWell-written but traumatic to read: child abuse, โ€ฆ

: COVID-19 and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Covid-19 hyperinflammation and post-Covid-19 illness may be rooted in mast cell activation syndrome โ€ฆ

: Gabe Weatherhead has the best “I’ve just revived a dead blog” post ever: Welcome โ€ฆ

: I feel like a genius. I’ve figured out how to use Apple Pay Cash to load up my Apple ID โ€ฆ

: Lots of people have neurological and psychiatric issues post-COVID Our study provides evidence for substantial neurological and psychiatric morbidity in the 6 months โ€ฆ

: This New York Times piece about a Mughal miniature is really worth viewing. I like it best on an โ€ฆ

: Just submitted a nomination for a very deserving artist for New Hampshire’s Governors Arts โ€ฆ

: Peer Learning In Trust, safety, and learning at meetings : Conferences That Work, Adrian reminds us of the โ€ฆ

: Thinking about Micro.Blog highlights and maintaining a research page I’ve been using the new highlights interface since MB 2.0 was released. It’s by no means โ€ฆ

: Long Haul COVID: Physicians review what's known Long-haul COVID: Physicians review what’s known – ScienceDaily “But really, any โ€ฆ

: His goal: learning all he can about how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, affects brain โ€ฆ

: Long Covid Questions but few answers What we know and donโ€™t know about long Covid - STAT Is there a โ€ฆ

: A struggle to come up with a set of User Stories for my students to split during a breakout activity โ€ฆ

: Apple Keynote has been updated recently. They added a feature many people wanted: not only the โ€ฆ

: I’m really looking forward to the @jen4web class in HTML, delivered via email every day in โ€ฆ

: Syllabus design links Creating a syllabus for a new course: The answer-seeking method โ€“ Raul โ€ฆ

: Spent the AM preparing for tomorrow night’s webinar. ๐Ÿซ The students will be doing Pair-Shares โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke ๐Ÿ“šI have to say I didn’t like it much. I got tired โ€ฆ

: Getting ready to grade a bunch of Agile Activity Backbone assignments. ๐Ÿซ This is the first step on โ€ฆ

: First shot done! I feel very lucky. Waited 3 hours in a line of cars but totally worth it, everyone โ€ฆ

: Wrapping my head around teaching the next few webinars. ๐Ÿซ The material is so intertwined that โ€ฆ

: I finally figured out that I’m using Derek Sivers’ concept of the /now page page โ€ฆ

: How to debrief activities during webinars? ๐Ÿซ I’ve been pleased this year with good old Zoom โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke ๐Ÿ“š

: Successfully battled the NH Vaccine website into submission and now have a vaccine appointment for โ€ฆ

: Battling the NH Vaccine website. Today is the first time those of us 50+ can sign up.

: Added my Now stream at micro.blog to https://nownownow.com. I like Working Out Loud and this seems โ€ฆ

: Got Internet back, the old DSL instead of the new fiber. Decided to stick with a business account โ€ฆ

: I hate it when companies fail. I was supposed to get fiber today. Didnโ€™t work and thatโ€™s OK. But the โ€ฆ

: Worked through the next 8 webinars, moving from the planning map to mostly complete Keynote slides.

: Finished grading the latest assignment. This assignment built on the last one, and the next one will โ€ฆ

: Another wonderful day skiing with my cousin in New Hampshire.

: Working on Webinar 8, the mid-point of the semester. Trying out a new way to get students to write โ€ฆ

: Proud Auntie! I just found out that my nephew sang in the chorus on this 2021 Grammy award-winning โ€ฆ

: I just finished reconciling bank accounts and credit cards. I’m getting ready for Toastmasters โ€ฆ

: Working on tonight’s webinar, #7 in the semester. The topics are team building, user roles and โ€ฆ

: Our nutty kitty ๐Ÿˆ loves to jump into piles of crumpled paper. It’s better if there are โ€ฆ

: The last of our weekly contra dances was held one year ago today. Will we remember how to dance and โ€ฆ

: Hanging out until my “folklore” board meeting begins. It’s been a weird year โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: I’m grateful for a really nice morning of skiing. โ›ท๏ธ๐Ÿ”๏ธ๐ŸŒค๏ธ I’m looking forward to โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m 4 Brood X cycles old + 10. I was 10 years old, living in DC, for my first Brood X cicada cycle. โ€ฆ

: What brains could teach scientists about the lasting effects of Covid-19 His goal: learning all he โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m grateful that I managed to get in a run this evening when it was 30 degrees F instead of waiting โ€ฆ

: I’ve been a happy user of Hook for a couple of months, but I’ve mostly been using it to โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez ๐Ÿ“šI โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“šAnother novel that I stopped reading because I โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid ๐Ÿ“šDefinitely worth reading. At first, I didn’t โ€ฆ

: Today I am grateful for my workout app and the wonderful trainer who sets up my routines for me. The โ€ฆ

: It’s alive! We’re loving this blooming amaryllis providing color in mid-winter, as well โ€ฆ

: More about COVID and the brain. www.washingtonpost.com “Given that more than one hundred โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Danzig Trilogy: The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years by Gรผnter Grass ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Overstory by Richard Powers ๐Ÿ“š Totally worth reading. It’s a good โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas R โ€ฆ

: OMG Kitty Letter on the Apple App Store is a very funny, totally free game. From The Oatmeal.

: Itโ€™s light enough to run ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ after work!

: Yes! I found a sporg! This was growing in the crawl space of our Town Hall. We found it when we were โ€ฆ

: I went skiing again this morning. The plan is that I ski for 3 hours, then drive to my office, then โ€ฆ

: A muddy summer morning in 2018 after quite the August thunderstorm (not my car)

: Currently reading: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut ๐Ÿ“š

: These rare Lady Slipper’s orchids, which return every year in this remote spot, give me hope.

: I am craving the homemade cookies that used to show up every Monday at our local contra dance.

: Day 6: sport Skiing is my favorite sport, closely followed by swimming, and more recently running โ€ฆ

: Cat in a box Pets ๐Ÿˆ

: Fun stuff: David Byrne Radio ๐ŸŽถ

: And I had on more layers than this when I was skiing earlier today

: I take comfort in all my books about great learning-based activities (and checking if โ€ฆ

: Morning beverage โ€” one oolong leaf which gets more hot water all day

: Finished reading: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Margot Affair by Sanaรซ Lemoine ๐Ÿ“š I’m going to give this one an โ€ฆ

: A close up of an old manuscript

: Whelp, it’s already snowing here in New Hampshire at 2 PM. I’m going to head on home and โ€ฆ

: Others have said this, too. I’m astounded at how healthy I have been during this COVID year โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m listening to Lisa Sieverts Radio on Apple Music and I have to say that they have outdone โ€ฆ

: Woo hoo! Nearly 5 miles at 9 degrees F๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

: Iโ€™m a folkie at heart and thus loved this Jacob Collier album from a couple of years ago. ๐ŸŽต Apple โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Overstory by Richard Powers ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel โ€ฆ

: Once a year, I have to re-learn Tinderbox because its magic is worth it as I create student groups โ€ฆ

: Temperature is dropping like a stone here in New Hampshire. It was 29 degrees F a couple of hours โ€ฆ

: The Rural Blog: Rural health care experts suggest five creative ways the Biden administration can โ€ฆ

: The discussion forum for my course has started! Yesterday was the opening day of the term. Our first โ€ฆ

: Mac Apps I rely on: MailMate DevonThink Obsidian Hook Google Docs Keynote BusyCal

: March 23. Thatโ€™s when my 85-year-old friend gets his first vaccine shot. Apparently over 10% of the โ€ฆ

: Helped an 85-year-old friend get in line for the COVID-19 vaccine today. I donโ€™t know when his โ€ฆ

: Tamsin kitty finally trying out the box behind the wood stove ๐Ÿˆ

: I’ve been working on a volunteer project for a few months. It had run into a logjam. Today I โ€ฆ

: T - 6: My Tech Setup for Zoom Teaching Computer: iMac circa late 2019 Second Screen: Samsung display in portrait mode Microphone: โ€ฆ

: Currently Reading: The Margot Affair by Sanaรซ Lemoine ๐Ÿ“š

: COVID-19 Ski Day: happy trails with a good ski buddy, all masked up.

: Finished reading: Harvest by Jim Crace ๐Ÿ“šDark and depressing, albeit well written. It’s a novel โ€ฆ

: I’m pretty happy so far with Reincubate Camo to turn my iPhone into my webcam when I’m โ€ฆ

: T - 9: Teaching again The Agile Project Management course that I teach begins in nine days. The 2021 version is almost a โ€ฆ

: I added about 33% more butter to my sourdough muffin batter this morning, โ€œjust to use it up.โ€ Oh, โ€ฆ

: My cat types part of my post, and I talk about wet snow Wet, heavy snow here today. Me and hubby were good and went out I. `1 n N (last few characters were โ€ฆ

: Am I showing my age if I say how much I LOVED this episode of Song Exploder | Yusuf / Cat Stevens? ๐ŸŽต

: I’m almost embarrassed at how well tracking is helping me stick to my 2021 resolutions. Note โ€ฆ

: Just finishing up my Toastmasters club meeting at 7:30 PM on a Thursday. Even though we’re on โ€ฆ

: Attended an interesting webinar about assessment in teaching. Turns out most of us don’t enjoy โ€ฆ

: And I still want an “edu” or “teaching” or “school” link in โ€ฆ

: Have I mentioned lately that it’s T - 15 for teaching? ๐Ÿซ Ack! No, really, I’m ready, โ€ฆ

: No Learning without Risk - First Dose First, and also some Agile An interesting article making the case that countries should shift their vaccine plans to โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Ark by Veronica Roth ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Randomize by Andy Weir ๐Ÿ“š

: Links to good Mac keystrokes Saving this here so I can find it again: Mac Shortcuts for a More Efficient Mac Workflow | Software โ€ฆ

: A [Gift] Economy of Abundance - good reading The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance โ€“ย Robin Wall Kimmerer Gratitude and reciprocity are the โ€ฆ

: Copying @burk My favorite Fitness+ instructors so far: Jessica for yoga IMHO Dustin’s yoga โ€ฆ

: More scary reasons to be careful How COVID-19 Attacks The Brain And May Cause Lasting Damage | New โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: You Have Arrived At Your Destination by Amor Towles ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton ๐Ÿ“šDefinitely worth reading, but such โ€ฆ

: OMG I have never spent so much time on Twitter as I have today. So I’m all hyped up. Time to โ€ฆ

: Unbelievable what’s happening at the US Capitol today. Total mayhem. Once, in the past, โ€ฆ

: Last night I had such a vivid dream about dancing. Finally, after 10 months away, I’m missing โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander ๐Ÿ“š

: Darn it, missed my goal of micro.blogging every day in 2021 on day 3! I will continue with my goal โ€ฆ

: My first inclement weather run.๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Almost five miles post snow/sleet mix so the road was slushy and โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston ๐Ÿ“šTotally fun and also a bit helpful to better understand โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“šHighly recommended. One of the things it shows is that โ€ฆ

: Pandemic World In 2019, I drove about 19,000 miles and 25% of those miles were for business. In โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Foundation by Isaac Asimov ๐Ÿ“š So many men. One woman, I think, and all she cares โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Ulysses by James Joyce ๐Ÿ“š Skipped 100 pages in the middle, the “play.” โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Foundation by Isaac Asimov ๐Ÿ“š

: One of the many things I love about winter is yummy oranges.

: Finished reading: Ready Player One ๐Ÿ“šRead it mostly so that I could say, “yeah, I read โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor ๐Ÿ“š

: ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Run at 9 degrees F today (-13 C). First run in such cold weather. Luckily, I’ve been โ€ฆ

: Ministry for the Future Book Club ๐Ÿ“š One of my favorite futurists is Bryan Alexander, thinker in the academic space. I’m reading โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson ๐Ÿ“š Definitely 5 โญ. The best book โ€ฆ

: So sad right now

: #MicroMonday I recommend @mpmilestogo who has been sharing beautiful photos of life in Vietnam

: Whew, 48 hour power outage due to about a foot of snow on Saturday. Recognizing how lucky we are to โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs ๐Ÿ“šI think my favorite thing about this โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ๐Ÿ“š

: I have to say that I love working out in my own little office. Total privacy, I can listen to โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m always trying to reinforce good habits and defang bad ones. At 60, Iโ€™ve learned this never ends. โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m a dope! Missed my mbnov post for yesterday. I wish I could be a time-traveling pedestrian and โ€ฆ

: Longest run!๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ4.8 miles in just over an hour. Felt good the whole way. Iโ€™m doing 3 minute runs and โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker ๐Ÿ“š I enjoyed this novel a lot, even though โ€ฆ

: There’s no dilemma here, I’ll have both types of pie please. #mbnov

: I’m in the office this morning but gave some thought to the tiny Tgiving dinner for me and โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall ๐Ÿ“šAnother one that I quit โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall ๐Ÿ“š

: The word for today brings up strong memories. A call in the early morning, letting me know my father โ€ฆ

: I’m guilty of laying in the provisions as we head into more of a shut-down, plus Thanksgiving. โ€ฆ

: I’d love to be the sort of writer that is able to capture people’s attention. I’m โ€ฆ

: I was at the COVID-19 border but thankfully was able to step back from the precipice. Both hubby and โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake ๐Ÿ“š I loved this book. It’s a good story, with โ€ฆ

: Hubbyโ€™s COVID-19 test just came back negative, which is good news since heโ€™s the one who was โ€ฆ

: Winter is late in my part of the world. Iโ€™d hoped to ski on Thanksgiving Day but it looks unlikely โ€ฆ

: When I was young, I loved to make tie-dyed clothing. The colors were vivid at first, but over time โ€ฆ

: It’s possible that I’ve been exposed to COVID-19 (I know, it’s more accurate to โ€ฆ

: Oops, I’m currently reading four books at once, I think that’s a personal record. But โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind by โ€ฆ

: Dependence or independence? I look for a healthy mix #mbnov

: I love traveling by train. Someone once said that when you travel “your soul moves at the โ€ฆ

: My memory seems like a slippery, wriggling fish, sometimes silvery bright, sometimes dull. I easily โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Ulysses by James Joyce ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ๐Ÿ“š

: Yesterday I ran 5k and it didn’t seem all that far. Two years ago, I attempted a baby โ€ฆ

: Run for an entire 5k. Slow but steady. It was early on a grey, cold morning, but not spooky at all. โ€ฆ

: I guess I’m going to give up on pretending to work today. It’s Friday, it’s my 6th โ€ฆ

: The pandemic is leading to some wear and tear on my soul. Luckily, today, I get to go down to town โ€ฆ

: Say Saying Said. There are so few opportunities for speaking person to person these days. Yesterday โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Inland by Tea Obreht ๐Ÿ“š I didn’t love it, mostly because I liked none of the โ€ฆ

: I’m reading a book called The Guest Book. I can match each character to a member of my family. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake ๐Ÿ“š

: Somedays I have to force myself to work. But I find that I can get right to it if I do a few things โ€ฆ

: The word bind makes me think of bindweed, a weed that infested my Idaho garden and was so difficult โ€ฆ

: I find that when I consciously inflate my lungs as I breathe, I am calmer and more mindful. #mbnov โ€ฆ

: I haven’t had much time for puzzling over puzzles. I do enjoy a good word game, and recently โ€ฆ

: Thereโ€™s that period play, She Stoops to Conquer. I never understood that title. #mbnov

: This could be a near miss and I could be wrong but I do believe Biden will be the winner once all โ€ฆ

: I’m staying calm and planning not to be astonished by the electrion results, whatever happens โ€ฆ

: Anyone remember my Python project? I had to give it up BUT I’ve just discovered that the local โ€ฆ

: I’m trying so hard to concentrate because I have a lot of prep to do for a class I’m โ€ฆ

: Brain microhemorrhages might be due to COVID-19 Note this is a pre-print article: Neuropathology and Virus in Brain of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Non-Human โ€ฆ

: Ainโ€™t nothing dreary about the opportunity to write everyday, and Iโ€™m grateful for the prompts. โ€ฆ

: None to Run Week 10: for me, three 10-minute runs, spaced with a 1-minute walk. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ I could barely โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand ๐Ÿ“šA cracking good read. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Inland by Tรฉa Obreht ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ๐Ÿ“š Turns out this is a novel about โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: 2666 by Roberto Bolaรฑo ๐Ÿ“š Ugh. The book is made up of five smaller books. I was โ€ฆ

: Post-COVID Syndrome and POTS Wondering if POTS is the name of what my post-COVID brother is suffering from postural orthostatic โ€ฆ

: Really good article about the Google antitrust suit from Stratechery United States v. Google โ€“ โ€ฆ

: Research into Contract Grading Contract Grading Samples How I Contract Grade ยท Ryan Cordell Sample course explanation Course โ€ฆ

: Don't engage in phone sex during your business Zoom call I’m actually hoping this incident makes people more likely to keep their cameras on during โ€ฆ

: If lungs can heal post COVID, perhaps brains can, too I take some hope from this article, even though lungs are not brains. I do this research for a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: 2666 by Roberto Bolaรฑo ๐Ÿ“š

: Well, that was a surprise this morning.

: OMG this a day in the life project is AMAZING! I am loving seeing photos from ALL OVER THE WORLD. โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan ๐Ÿ“šA fascinating, thought-provoking, and beautifully โ€ฆ

: There’s still stuff going on in my town. 9:30 AM local time in Harrisville, NH, USA โ€ฆ

: Possible pathway for SARS-CoV-2 entry into the brain My brother is a COVID-19 “long hauler,” suffering from brain fog and post-exertion โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer by Sara Lawrence Lightfoot ๐Ÿ“š Definitely worth โ€ฆ

: Quite the sky yesterday evening

: Currently reading: Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan ๐Ÿ“š

: Loving the new Sylvan Esso ๐ŸŽถ album โ€œFree Loveโ€ Apple Music link I think they are my favorite 2020 โ€ฆ

: Hey, I’m still doing the None To Runโ„ข - Gradual Running Plan and App for Beginner Runners โ€ฆ

: Apple MailMate Tricks: An Always Empty Inbox I’ve been a MailMate user for several years but have only recently personalized it to the โ€ฆ

: Winter is coming, re the economy and small business especially Kenneth Rogoff assesses the state of the U.S. economy โ€“ Harvard Gazette A third thing is that the โ€ฆ

: Is the new bookmark/highlight feature a way into a Digital Garden? I’m very curious about Andy Matuschak and his method of digital gardening. The new MB features โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot ๐Ÿ“š

: Stopped reading: Bone Rattler: A Mystery of Colonial America by Eliot Pattison ๐Ÿ“š Started and stopped โ€ฆ

: NK Jemisin receives MacArthur grant -- and trying out the bookmarks feature Very excited about NK Jemisin receiving a MacArthur grant. Wondering what this amazing world builder โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin ๐Ÿ“šAnd Nabokov as translator redeems himself in โ€ฆ

: My very sane brother is suffering 6 months post-COVID Nearly One-Third of Covid-19 Patients in Study โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin ๐Ÿ“š

: Started and stopped reading: Hyperion by Dan Simmons ๐Ÿ“š When the 6 main characters were introduced โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd ๐Ÿ“š I didn’t love it. The main character โ€ฆ

: Inktober day 2 wisp. So far itโ€™s mostly about workflow

: Inktober

: Super annoyed to have had to do this If you’re missing Workout GPS routes or Health data after โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Gertrude and Claudius: A Novel by John Updike ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri ๐Ÿ“š Excellent book. More sad than uplifting, but โ€ฆ

: Can you imagine getting a thank you card from Twitter or FB? Thank YOU @macgenie

: A bright Fall, after all, despite the New England drought

: Currently reading: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food by Adam Gopnik ๐Ÿ“š

: Internet is down, must be time for lunch. On the positive side, CCI is putting in fiber on my street โ€ฆ

: Hey, in all of my research around Mailmate and the 5 months it took me to figure out how to make my โ€ฆ

: Remember my web scraping project? I’ve read 8 chapters of Python Crash Course and have written โ€ฆ

: Currently Reading: The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food by Adam Gopnik ๐Ÿ“š

: I'm looking forward to Apple Fitness+ and Apple One I’m looking forward to Apple Fitness+. It sounds like it will be perfect for me. All I want is โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov ๐Ÿ“š Quit reading is more like it. Awful, awful โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield ๐Ÿ“š Five stars, I loved this book. A little โ€ฆ

: Questions for Table Topics - Recipes for Success I’m scheduled to be the Table Topics master at my Toastmasters club this evening. The theme โ€ฆ

: Imagining the pandemic continues into 2023: part 1 | Bryan Alexander

: Today I am grateful for absolutely beautiful September days and I am looking forward to my run โ€ฆ

: Sunlit kitty ๐Ÿˆ

: Did my third None to Run run today, finishing up week 1 in the program ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ. OMG on Saturday I have โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster ๐Ÿ“š I loved it. It’s a great thought piece about the โ€ฆ

: Today I am grateful for online Pilates classes ๐Ÿ˜…. I am looking forward to picking up my ๐ŸŸ share from โ€ฆ

: Thrilled to have been the subject of Micro Monday this week 86: Lisa Sieverts (@agilelisa): โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: Deacon King Kong by James McBride ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield ๐Ÿ“š

: Woo hoo! Just did my first โ€œrunโ€ in the None to Run plan. Itโ€™s mostly walking with a few 30 second โ€ฆ

: After not running for 35 years, I’d like to start. I bought good shoes and am planning to do โ€ฆ

: frosty #mbaug The pile of snow at the end of the winter of 2018 ๐Ÿ“ท

: I fell off the “no Facebook in August ” wagon this morning. Ouch! But now I’m back โ€ฆ

: Time for a change to make more space in the office so I put this bookcase out on the front lawn. It โ€ฆ

: This night-blooming cereus looks like a bow made from ribbons #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: Copied from @macgreg: Congratulations RelayFM on your 6th Anniversary! ๐ŸŽ‰ Kudos to founders @imyke โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Book of Salt by Monique Truong ๐Ÿ“š

: Each phlox looks like a grid to me #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: For Micro Monday, I recommend @gannonnordberg as their photos are beautiful and they also post โ€ฆ

: This is the same cat that emptied my clothes drawer out onto the floor, in a cuddly mood. #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท ๐Ÿฑ

: Want to read: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster ๐Ÿ“š

: This flying poem is not stationary #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: Currently reading: Deacon King Kong by James McBride ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Among Others by Jo Walton ๐Ÿ“š

: I’ve already talked about how much I love this album by Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn. On the โ€ฆ

: Iโ€™m going to call this a silhouette even though it looks more like an impressionist painting. Itโ€™s โ€ฆ

: I was sad to bid farewell to these ski boots as there were among the best I’d ever had. I โ€ฆ

: filter just a bit, it was about this color anyway #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: sound #mbaug from an exhibit about Traditional Music and Dance in NH, this case honored Bob โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Book of Salt by Monique Truong ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen ๐Ÿ“š

: Me, a long time ago, with my transport next my friend’s vehicle. #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: Currently reading: Teaching What You Don’t Know by Therese Huston ๐Ÿ“š

: Window #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท I am grateful for my indoor plants and the outdoor trees.

: It’s been over a week since I last looked at Facebook. The dragon that sucked hours from my โ€ฆ

: I made chocolate ice cream and itโ€™s so dark! Good, though. Black and white #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: The mountain bisected by clouds. #mbaug

: Hey, anyone know the answer to this question? If I am setting up Keynote for a presentation to be โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them by Gary โ€ฆ

: Flow #mbaug

: Currently reading: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik ๐Ÿ“š

: Peace #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: Bug OK, technically not a bug. #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: I’m in Day 3 of no Facebook. Trying to stay off of it for the entire month of August. โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Among Others by Jo Walton ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Normal People by Sally Rooney ๐Ÿ“š

: Floating #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: Up #mbaug ๐Ÿ“ท

: Loving the new album Alambari from DakhaBrakha. Ukrainian-based world music. Funky, jazzy, fun! โ€ฆ

: I need to grab mailing addresses from a set of web pages that look like this. I assume Python is the โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: How Design Makes the World by Scott Berkun ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: From Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: The Wrong Side of Paris by Honorรฉ de Balzac ๐Ÿ“š

: Sourdough buckwheat waffles this morning with our own raspberries and bacon from a neighborโ€™s farm ๐Ÿž

: Currently reading: Normal People by Sally Rooney ๐Ÿ“š

: Internet outage all day. And yet, I was wildly productive. Finished reading Small Teaching, took a โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Small Teaching by James M. Lang ๐Ÿ“š

: Day 8 of the Ten Day Accessibility Challenge was especially useful, on the topic of using Complex โ€ฆ

: The website Conferences that Work has been rocking it lately with regard to how to facilitate great โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Small Teaching by James M. Lang ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury ๐Ÿ“š

: I am grateful for the ability to skip a workout day, knowing I can catch up tomorrow. I am looking โ€ฆ

: Finished reading: The Power of Ritual ๐Ÿ“š

: Finished reading: Two in the Far North ๐Ÿ“š

: Good morning, sourdough crumpets๐Ÿž

: My view on the morning walk to the lake ๐Ÿ“ธ

: This is a happy day! Keynote finally supports “Play Slideshow in Window” which will be a โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern ๐Ÿ“š

: Currently reading: Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie ๐Ÿ“š

: As an online instructor, I’m excited to find and attend the “10 day Accessibility โ€ฆ

: And I put iPadOs 14 on the iPad Mini. It was a completely seamless installation and so far โ€ฆ

: Looks great @mistercharlie Your new site is beautiful! And I’m trying out embed to see what it looks like: Iโ€™m going โ€ฆ

: Today I am grateful that somehow in this pandemic I have managed to develop a healthy and regular โ€ฆ

: Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn I LOVE this album, have already listened to it many times. It gives me โ€ฆ

: Doing yoga via Zoom has become normal. I’m happy that I bought my iMac with a VESA mount so โ€ฆ

: No, really, I’m not kidding, it’s time to get my taxes done! The reprieve in April was โ€ฆ

: I excited to hear about how well the Apple betas are going (so far) this year. I’ll hold off โ€ฆ

: Did you know Scott Berkun has written a new book? How Design Makes the World Itโ€™s next on my To Read โ€ฆ

: Fantastic video on teaching online. Geared toward higher ed but there are nuggets here for all: โ€ฆ

: Closing your Apple Watch Stand Ring Every Day I used to fail to close my Stand Ring all the time, โ€ฆ

: Finished teaching my course yesterday. Seems like just yesterday that I was counting down to the โ€ฆ

: I just spoke to a friend from high school. We hadn’t been in touch for over 40 years. It was a โ€ฆ

: Teachers, how many of you get to the end of your course and find yourself wanting to completely โ€ฆ

: Also on team sourdough

: Hey, it’s almost May and I’m almost done teaching for the year. One more webinar โ€ฆ

: Today I’m grateful for a day of sunshine. It’s still late winter in New Hampshire. Snow โ€ฆ

: I feel very lucky to have more work in this time of coronavirus than I had before. But โ€ฆ

: I’m grateful for paid work. My main gig disappeared and then came back in a different form. My โ€ฆ

: Moving coursework online I teach online a lot. I’m good at it. But I’ve just been tasked with moving a highly โ€ฆ

: Grateful that my teaching day 1 of 4-day PMP training is complete, and truly looking forward to โ€ฆ

: Normally, I avoid conspiracy theories. But I find myself saying โ€œI think Trump had Jamal Khashoggi โ€ฆ

: Grateful to my last yearโ€™s self who left really good notes about how to run the first webinar for my โ€ฆ

: Last day of PMP Prep teaching. Grateful for a focused and interested group of students, looking โ€ฆ

: Sleeping in a hotel, getting ready to teach a project management workshop for the next 4 days. โ€ฆ

: So today Iโ€™m grateful for neighbors with extra salmon and Iโ€™m looking forward to an easy drive to โ€ฆ

: That nice feeling when the neighbor calls and says โ€œwe just cooked salmon for Alouette and now she โ€ฆ

: Sad about dropping my brother off at the airport but happy that we had three fine days skiing โ€ฆ

: Fun ski day with my brother. Grateful to dad who put us on skis 50+ years ago. Then we watched The โ€ฆ

: Fought my way through a new Earned Value example. Even though I’m agileLisa, I teach PMP prep โ€ฆ

: Sunday workday. The only difference from a Monday was that I slept late. Itโ€™s all worth it though, โ€ฆ

: Up late with the local contra dance. But I gave my notice that I want to stop being the dance โ€ฆ

: Reading in January 2020 ๐Ÿ“š Westside by W.M. Akers

: Today was the day I figured out I donโ€™t have a spare moment until February. The good news is that โ€ฆ

: No work, all play today. Skiing on a beautiful blue sky day. One of the perks of self-employment.

: Counting down to Teaching: T - 28 days Hello, world, again. Iโ€™d like to actually write in micro.blog this year. January 1 seems as good a โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus ZERO Itโ€™s 8 PM and I finished teaching our first webinar about 50 minutes ago. There were 32 students โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 2 As of today, my Canvas course is open to students. Iโ€™ve published the first two assignments: their โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 13 Yesterday, I opened up my Canvas site to registered students and I sent an email to all 32 of them โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 20 Today I received a good reminder that itโ€™s always good to do testing in advance. My online courses โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 24 I attended a webinar from our Educational Technology group last week. The topic was โ€œGetting โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 27 Didnโ€™t get any course preparation done today. Started off with a useful and interesting gathering of โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 28 Yesterday I worked from the end of the course toward the middle. Today I worked from the beginning โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 29 My course has one additional webinar this year, so today I focused on refreshing my memory about all โ€ฆ

: Preparing to Teach: T Minus 30 Yes, I have a New Years Resolution to write and publish to micro.blog on each weekday in January. โ€ฆ

: How do folks figure out what to write about? I’m thinking about making my NaNoWriMo project be โ€ฆ

: Currently reading: Accelerate by Forsgren, Kim, Humble ๐Ÿ“š

: Course Prep Thinking about planning out my Agile class. This is year 4 for me at this school, so itโ€™s time for โ€ฆ

: Morning walk yesterday #nofilter. Loving these end of summer days in New England. ๐Ÿ“ท

: Thinking about writing, speaking, and money I was a guest on a podcast yesterday. Listening to it today, I am pleasantly surprised at how cogent โ€ฆ

: Hanging out in Vermont ๐Ÿ“ท

: View from the train while passing NYC ๐Ÿ“ท

: That New York mix of old and new at St. Patrick’s ๐Ÿ“ท

: Seated at the show no one has heard of: Molasses in January. It’s about the Great Molasses โ€ฆ

: Eclair on my NYC day ๐Ÿ“ท

: A day in NYC! This country mouse is looking forward to a day of eating well, gawking at skyscrapers, โ€ฆ

: Breakfast at Blue State Coffee. I’m in Boston for a Project Management Institute gathering for โ€ฆ

: I love the @dcpace posts. It must be the project manager in me. What an amazing project.

: A Red Eft Seen On The Morning Walk ๐Ÿ“ท

: Atmospheric and foggy walk the other day ๐Ÿ“ท

: First post, second micro.blog. Decided I like this enough to pay for it. Iโ€™ll keep playing around โ€ฆ