Personal

We moved to Berlin

It's funny where life takes you.

Reading

2023 Reading Challenge - Reading Down the Bookshelf

And we're back again! Here with the perennial goal of reading more books. This year, I'm going with what I hope will be an easy goal: Twelve books, one a month. As a writer and lifelong bookworm, it's embarrassing to admit that this is

Personal

Love song for a little house

By the time I publish this post, our 1952 brick ranch on a busy Decatur corner will belong to someone else.

Personal

Help for Ukraine

I am having trouble focusing on work or normal life tasks even though the conflict is on the other side of the world.

Writing (Links)

Tucker Observer: 'Cash is King'

This shortage is an ongoing national problem, driving up housing costs for both buyers and renters across the country.

Work

What are your favorite work apps?

Otter.ai and Cube ACR Pro make my life much easier.

Writing (Links)

Decatur's affordable housing dilemma

I have an update on Decaturish this week about the city's stalled cottage court development.

Personal

Waiting for spring

Someone said on Twitter that 2021 really came in with that "hold my beer" energy and they were not wrong.

Reading

My (not very) Bookish 2020

For those of you out there who are wondering how I could not manage just two books a month when everything closed down and we were all "stuck at home."

Personal

Silent screaming into the void

I started regularly blogging again as a way to deal with my anxiety over the pandemic. I have always processed my thoughts best through writing. And, I wanted to keep a record of what life was like during this time.

Personal

Close-range parenting

We set up my son's desk in the dining room. In August, this will again be "school" for him, though right now it is the scene of too many Roblox marathons.

Personal

'The way forward is to not look back'

A few days later we learned that Georgia set a daily record for new cases of COVID-19.