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i am full of it: https://simonedot.com/2025/06/09/i-am-full-of-it.html
June 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
i am full of it: https://simonedot.com/2025/06/09/i-am-full-of-it.html
I feel emotionally exhausted from all the AI talk everywhere. I just need it to stop. I don’t mean the actual technology just the noise that comes with it. My gosh!
June 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I feel emotionally exhausted from all the AI talk everywhere. I just need it to stop. I don’t mean the actual technology just the noise that comes with it. My gosh!
My parenting pendulum sounds like this:
Too much.
Not enough.
Too much.
Not enough.
I crave for goldilocks steady state. It feels like such a foolish thing to want.
Too much.
Not enough.
Too much.
Not enough.
I crave for goldilocks steady state. It feels like such a foolish thing to want.
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My parenting pendulum sounds like this:
Too much.
Not enough.
Too much.
Not enough.
I crave for goldilocks steady state. It feels like such a foolish thing to want.
Too much.
Not enough.
Too much.
Not enough.
I crave for goldilocks steady state. It feels like such a foolish thing to want.
Currently reading: The Atomic Bazaar by William Langewiesche 📚
(Three books in two weeks! All from the library! I’m very chuffed!)
(Three books in two weeks! All from the library! I’m very chuffed!)
March 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Currently reading: The Atomic Bazaar by William Langewiesche 📚
(Three books in two weeks! All from the library! I’m very chuffed!)
(Three books in two weeks! All from the library! I’m very chuffed!)
Finished reading: Pilgrim’s Wilderness by Tom Kizzia 📚
So many themes, characters, stories within the story that I can’t quite figure out what to make of the book. Certainly took me to Alaska and illustrated small town dynamics very well!
So many themes, characters, stories within the story that I can’t quite figure out what to make of the book. Certainly took me to Alaska and illustrated small town dynamics very well!
March 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Finished reading: Pilgrim’s Wilderness by Tom Kizzia 📚
So many themes, characters, stories within the story that I can’t quite figure out what to make of the book. Certainly took me to Alaska and illustrated small town dynamics very well!
So many themes, characters, stories within the story that I can’t quite figure out what to make of the book. Certainly took me to Alaska and illustrated small town dynamics very well!
Finished reading: The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère 📚
Translated from French but still masterful — obviously well written. I can only imagine how the original reads. The subject disgusts me and yet I could not look away. Fantastic and disturbing.
Translated from French but still masterful — obviously well written. I can only imagine how the original reads. The subject disgusts me and yet I could not look away. Fantastic and disturbing.
March 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Finished reading: The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère 📚
Translated from French but still masterful — obviously well written. I can only imagine how the original reads. The subject disgusts me and yet I could not look away. Fantastic and disturbing.
Translated from French but still masterful — obviously well written. I can only imagine how the original reads. The subject disgusts me and yet I could not look away. Fantastic and disturbing.
The dahlias are still blooming. Maybe a month or so to go before they start to look daggy. It’s started though. Powdery mildew, blown centres, smaller flowers. Days are getting shorter. It’s time to start snow peas and other hardy plants. I love this feeling of slowing down and starting again. 🌱
March 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The dahlias are still blooming. Maybe a month or so to go before they start to look daggy. It’s started though. Powdery mildew, blown centres, smaller flowers. Days are getting shorter. It’s time to start snow peas and other hardy plants. I love this feeling of slowing down and starting again. 🌱
🍂 Autumn is here 🍂
Picked while listening to a voice note from E. Felt like she came for a cuppa while I pottered around.
Picked while listening to a voice note from E. Felt like she came for a cuppa while I pottered around.
March 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
🍂 Autumn is here 🍂
Picked while listening to a voice note from E. Felt like she came for a cuppa while I pottered around.
Picked while listening to a voice note from E. Felt like she came for a cuppa while I pottered around.
Yarny projects that are not mine 🧶 I’m excited A’s (7yo) finally showing interest.
March 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Yarny projects that are not mine 🧶 I’m excited A’s (7yo) finally showing interest.
Took awhile but I’m really pleased with who I follow on Mb at last. I feel clearer and I am learning and also laughing. There’s nice dialogue but not too much that it’s addicting. I like it. It’s a welcome change.
March 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Took awhile but I’m really pleased with who I follow on Mb at last. I feel clearer and I am learning and also laughing. There’s nice dialogue but not too much that it’s addicting. I like it. It’s a welcome change.
A bucket of dahlias for a wedding. I’m so grateful I get to share my flowers this way.
February 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A bucket of dahlias for a wedding. I’m so grateful I get to share my flowers this way.
I'm not a bad person!: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/26/im-not-a-bad-person.html
February 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I'm not a bad person!: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/26/im-not-a-bad-person.html
Positive Freedom: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/25/positive-freedom.html
February 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Positive Freedom: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/25/positive-freedom.html
Fungus-eating ladybird: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/23/funguseating-ladybird.html
February 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Fungus-eating ladybird: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/23/funguseating-ladybird.html
I have been searching for a Pinterest alternative. At last: are.na!
February 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I have been searching for a Pinterest alternative. At last: are.na!
I am very grumpy. Mostly about DRM.
February 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I am very grumpy. Mostly about DRM.
A pause and a breath.: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/21/a-pause-and-a-breath.html
February 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A pause and a breath.: https://simonedot.com/2025/02/21/a-pause-and-a-breath.html
I have to start thinking about autumn jobs, dahlia jobs (it’s its own category), and garden finance jobs. I overspent last spring and I really do not want a repeat of that. I’m hoping it proves to be a limitation that inspires creativity as well as honesty in terms of what I have capacity to grow.
February 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have to start thinking about autumn jobs, dahlia jobs (it’s its own category), and garden finance jobs. I overspent last spring and I really do not want a repeat of that. I’m hoping it proves to be a limitation that inspires creativity as well as honesty in terms of what I have capacity to grow.
🌱🌸 Dahlia ‘Jeanette Thompson’ 🌸🌱
February 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🌱🌸 Dahlia ‘Jeanette Thompson’ 🌸🌱
February 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Something about raindrops on flowers.
Dahlia ‘Christie Leader’ 🌸
Dahlia ‘Christie Leader’ 🌸
February 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Something about raindrops on flowers.
Dahlia ‘Christie Leader’ 🌸
Dahlia ‘Christie Leader’ 🌸
Today, I sold my first ever bucket of homegrown, kind to earth flowers (dahlias and celosias) to a local florist 🥳
I’m feeling giddy and like an imposter at the same time. Why are inner critics such spoil sports.
I’m feeling giddy and like an imposter at the same time. Why are inner critics such spoil sports.
February 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Today, I sold my first ever bucket of homegrown, kind to earth flowers (dahlias and celosias) to a local florist 🥳
I’m feeling giddy and like an imposter at the same time. Why are inner critics such spoil sports.
I’m feeling giddy and like an imposter at the same time. Why are inner critics such spoil sports.