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Hazel is both fascinated and terrified by everything outside.

A woman sits on a balcony holding a small gray tabby cat with wide eyes A closer view of a small gray tabby cat with wide eyes looking up from a woman's lap, with sky behind them A very close view of a small gray tabby cat with wide eyes looking up from a woman's lap, with sky behind them

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Sick kids last week brought home a virus.
I have it now.
Cons: sickness, feel gross, achy, can’t focus, exhausted
Pros: guess I’ll have to binge watch Prime Suspect all day

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Balcony weather ☀️💛

View of a glass of wine on a book and feet propped up on a balcony table
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The only solid partitions left were inside the head.

Currently reading: The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

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Ended up with an unexpected free night last night. The nearest interesting thing turned out to be a small underground techno show. Danced for three hours till my knees gave out. So much fun.

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Caturday naps

Two cats napping on a bed, one small gray tabby and one big black cat.
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is there anything on earth better than a pan of tiny baby potatoes tossed in olive oil and herbs and sea salt and maybe a little parmesan and lemon juice and roasted no there is not thank you for coming to my ted talk

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i made my teens this diagram of dating options. wonder if they’ll pay any attention to it. (we like different, but it’s not all good dating material)

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Today my kiddo went to the gym with me — he’s 14, a wrestler, used to doing pretty intense workouts. He pushes me to try a little more, go a little harder, which I love! …until a few hours later and I can’t lift my arms over my head.

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The simplified pricing multiple blog allowance solved a problem I’ve had for a while: what to do with all the facebook memories I want to keep. The only reason I still have fb. Now: dedicated microblog. Ideal solution.

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Finished reading: Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason 📚

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And amen. (Mary Oliver, “It Was Early”)

Photo of text from a poem: Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed
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I was tinkering with my CSS last night when the micro.blog server went out and LET ME TELL YOU about the small heart attack I had when I thought for a few seconds that I’d somehow irretrievably broken my entire mb site/account/access….

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🥾 today’s hiking church — couple of inches of snow made it so pretty.

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being the dumbest person in the room:

I love learning not for an end goal (though sometimes I have those). I love learning as a process. It’s a meaningful, enjoyable activity, a damn good way to spend my hours.

One of the things I enjoy most about microblog: many opportunities for learning. People here are always talking about/sharing interesting stuff.

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Finished reading: A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross 📚

Surprisingly deep and tender, with layers I didn’t expect and complex relationships. I was a tad disappointed with the ending, which felt forced into a certain setup. But I’ll definitely be reading the sequel.

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Finished reading: The Farthest Shore by Ursula K 📚

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Finished reading: The Tombs of Atuan (2) (Earthsea Cycle) by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

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Every day I wake up and thank God that I did not have access to social media or dating apps in my teen years or early adulthood

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To celebrate Valentine’s Day, I…. Got my taxes done. 😍😅Me and the IRS, a love story I never expected. Meet cute at HR Block.

Think I’ll buy myself some roses with that refund…