Does any of you use Kobo ereaders? I have two Claras and a Libra looking for new homes.

I have been stalking one of these for a while. Thousands are available from Japan, but the tariffs scared me off. This one came from a rehabber in Virginia who only sells this model.

I also need to develop a system for notes: paper or e-ink or iPad? Or some combination? As I clean up, I keep finding notes in all kinds of formats. Now just to get them in one place!

More momentum: Started a third donation box!

Almost 15,000 words and still no names.

Indonesian stir fry with green beans, tempeh, and udon. I used a sauce called kecap manis, which is more sweet than you might expect.

Some momentum: Started a second donation box!

I started a donation box to see if it would motivate anything. Gratefully, it did: 91 items in there and counting. I'm still pretty short of the 1,000-item goal for the year.

Reading about SNAP losses and impacts across the country. Almost half a million in my state alone. Going to see if I can put some grocery money aside for donating each month. I have cut a lot of things to keep that bill down, but I don't miss those items.

1,800 words on a scene today. I seem to be a seat-of-the-pants writer. I sit down and ask what scene needs to be next and write it.

These link-in-bio sites are crazy with their prices. I mean, $144 a year for what is basically a front door with Rolodex cards pinned to them?

A Fujifilm multipack that expired in October 2001. What were you doing then? pixelfed.social/p/fraochphot...

My first (and probably only) Leica pixelfed.social/p/fraochphot...

In a small bit of luck, the other eBay listing sold today. Another thing out the door and more moolah for the camera fund. Yes! Now to find more things to list...

Japanese curry made for a good fridge cleanout: baby carrots, mini potatoes, onion, canned chicken, and the roux cubes. I put the canned chicken in there to make sure it gets out of the pantry. Tofu would be an easy enough swap if I ever make a pot for me. Smells amazing, though.

No power! Whee!

Only took nine days, but an eBay auction actually sold! One thing out of the house, at least.

Developing film at home using soy sauce?! The things you find online at 3:30 in the morning...

Or how about buying expired film?

Drone or Holga 120?

Three blogs deleted. They were beginning to feel like "to do" lists I didn't have time for.

10,000 words in and not a single character has told me their name yet.

I am almost done with @scalzi.com's The Shattering Peace. I keep waiting for a Consu to be called "Burrito," but I am running out of pages for that to happen. In a perfect bit of timing, @marthawells.com's Demon Queen just downloaded. Yay.

House panther is now with me in the basement having a ball exploring everything. Every couple minutes he comes to me for pets and reassurances, and then he is back to exploring. He is telling me all about the mess down here, but at least he is purring away and not as anxious.

TPILW has taken to calling the house panther "turd." He finds it funny and because I don't, he keeps using it. And then he wonders why said panther won't pay attention to him. I wonder...

What do you do with the messages on your phone? Do you keep them all, or do you let them expire after a period? I have 318,873 messages, and they take up 31GB in the cloud. Debating if I should delete the lot and set to a 30-day maximum.

And somehow the work in progress now has a prologue. Well, all right, then.

Tonight was pasta salad: pasta, zucchini, olives (several kinds), grape tomatoes, chickpeas. Mostly the goal here was to clean out the fridge some.

Dinner was tempeh tacos. Not too bad, though a little dry. Need to add a little more moisture next time.

I found a recipe for a vegan pot pie! I couldn't find a vegan pie crust (butter and lard, nope), but maybe the filling could be served over biscuits?

It is to be above 90 degrees for the next two days. Not helpful! But I spy a low in the 30s next week. Much better!

Two small victories -- one huge bin sorted through (loosely) and two eBay listings up and running. The minimalism is running at a snail's pace these days.

Hell's Kitchen has a vegan chef this season. She is already being set up as the weakest on the women's team. We'll see how long she makes it.

When did the price of broth skyrocket? And why must they add sugar to it?

It's 80 degrees and I am excited for a split pea soup recipe. I used to like that soup as a kid!

After the way today went, tonight will be a struggle meal, a struggle snack, and struggle ice cream. Not necessarily in that order.

No wonder I'm grumpy: The highs for the next 10 days are 12 degrees above normal.

Every time I work on a scene, a new character shows up. Their purposes and motives are clear, so they need to be there. The only problem is, they don't introduce themselves!

Ten more days of 80 degrees. Maybe then summer will make way for fall.

Picked a project: Narrow down the writing instruments. That means markers, pencils, mechanical pencils, colored pencils, colored pens, regular ballpoints, fancy ballpoints. I also have a few fancy brands: Cross, Colibri, Parker, Lamy, Rite in the Rain.

Happy first day of fall!

So can this 80-degree crap. Come on, already!

This 90-degree crap can buzz off now.

I bought a Lamy ballpoint pen. May it not be the gateway to fountain pens.

I'n trying to ignore the near 90 degrees and am looking at soup recipes.

12 pages of world-building on a potential novel: 45 minutes 12 pages of biannual work report: three weeks of procrastination plus a 12-hour sprint to finish the thing

Five items went out the door in recent weeks, bringing the year's total to 519. That makes 481 to go.