Mike Farrell came into the food co-op in my small town while I was stocking shelves. I treated him so normal I barely noticed there was a human in the store. It was only after he left the cashier told me who had just come in.

I volunteer at a senior computing center, and one man kept saying that he just doesn’t know these things. I told him nobody is born knowing how to use digital devices, but when I got home I felt angry. He was a professor, thinking I have some inherent knowledge, not that I spent decades learning.

Okay you’re gonna like this one, voted early for library board members who are pro diverse voices and anti fines

I live in a small university town with parking problems, I can usually walk in the door at the same time as a car driver, just because I can park right at the building.

I think we are human so that we spend our lives considering exactly that question and what the implications are for how to live a life. And continuing to reconsider and revise.

Bonus spoiler:

Star Was

Yesterday we had a trail cleanup, picking up branches and logs that had been cleared from the sides. I had also helped with organizing, so the night before I had severe anxiety that I had dropped the ball. Then the log clearing and then we went out for beers. I was down for the count by 5:00pm 😌

Have you read Everything is Tuberculosis? It’s fascinating and also, especially in this moment in human history, terrifying.

In related news, we have enough firewood for next winter now. 🪵🔥

I made a cheesecake yesterday, it took all day (most of it just letting it rest and cool) and today we are enjoying the benefit of a large home made cheesecake in the fridge.

When your pet is clearly saying “what was that noise”, it’s time to run.

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A green sedum grows from a leafy spring mulch

Sometimes it’s hormones, sometimes it’s the actual horrors happening. Sometimes it all lines up for maximum terribleness.

Also I felt bad because the woman was older and possibly she had some kind of chronic condition but I didn’t feel like testing that with my own body. Or worse, asking her.

Thank you! I was thinking I had overreacted but then I went on a bike ride with friends instead and had a grand time.