- “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin
- Lockwood & Co, first the Netflix series followed immediately by the original books written by Jonathan Stroud
- Cozy mysteries written by Elly Griffiths
- Regular weekly dinners at El Pavo Real. Chips and veggie quesadilla please
- The Spoke Roady
- Long road trips to North Carolina. Cats as passengers
- Antique shopping for the cabin
- Traveling once again after the pandemic: Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles
- Cat land. Lincoln and Moomoo decided to adopt themselves into the outside family. Toulouse joined the backyard. Chester found a good home. Monty and Moira became reluctant roomates again
- Music: The National / Fever Ray / Future Islands
- Rewatching some old favorite TV shows: The Wire / Firefly
- Rancho Gordo beans
- The Venetian Pool in Coral Gables, Miami
- Dobra Tea in Asheville
- Working on legacy code circa 1999. Brief revisit of Perl which isn’t nearly as painful as I expected
- Dialing in the home office desk setup. Switching to a 34" ultra-wide Dell monitor
- Purchasing 5 acres of land
- Portal fiction
- Blade Runner 2049
- The kids dressing up as Daft Punk for Halloween
- Relay podcasts: Pen Addict, Connected, Cortex
- Keeping a 5 year journal and commonplace book
- Making diagrams with FigJam
- Casual nature photography and using iNaturalist to identify plants
- Seeing an owl and a completely white squirrel
- Watching Toi expertly operate a fork lift
- Weird chat threads with old friends. Recurring topics: AI, bylaws, magnet fishing
- Skipping Mardi Gras and being ok with that