Once I get to day 3 of a weekend I finally have energy and initiative for Projects. We were not made to have only two days for ourselves each week.

It is FIFTY-EIGHT degrees out and I am going to go hang out on a PATIO in FEBRUARY

I can feel patio season drawing ever closer and I am so desperately ready for it

Some favorites from the Yoko Ono exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Look at that sky

Got myself tickets to the Yoko Ono exhibit at the MCA for my birthday, just in time bc it's only there for two more weeks!

This was a rare treat - they're brothers but they mostly just coexist.

Toy camera update: Trying some new Camp Snap Pro filters. Downloaded a filter pack here: codesthings.com/campsnap/ Currently loving Golden '92 (the second photo) which is meant to emulate Lomochrome Color '92 film.

You know what to do

Heads up if you, like me, keep meaning to find out what happens at the end of Destinos Annenberg Learner is shutting down on July 1 (You can still watch Destinos on archive dot org but I'm using this as motivation)

Clearly I was not the only one who decided to hit the grocery store at lunchtime “to beat the crowds”

I'm in my toy camera era right now, I'm obsessed with my Charmera blind box keychain camera which is so tiny and lightweight and takes pictures like my childhood 110 camera. It weighs nothing, I can throw it in my pocket or purse every time I go out.

I finished my book! With enough time left to do some other things today too!

I put off reading this month's book club book till even later than I usually do and now I'm stuck spending this entire day doing nothing but reading it

This was the scene when I went to bed last night. Neither one budged. I had to squeeze in between a cat butt and the wall.

The best book I read in 2025 was Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante. Other standouts: Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr Woodworking by Emily St. James A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander My Real Children by Jo Walton Blood Sweat Glitter by Iona Datt Sharma

Thought about starting 2026 with a tea I already knew I loved but decided to go with a tea I was curious about but a little afraid of, golden flowers/fu zhuan cha which is an aged tea that has tiny mushrooms growing in it. It turned out to be delicious, very smooth and sweet!

Turt alert

Got bored, signed up for a genealogy website, and was able to coast back far enough on other people’s research to finally find a plausible original version of my weird, obviously-anglicized last name

Delightful new development

I re-subscribed to AVCX crosswords after a long break and I'm actually keeping up with solving them and am having a lot of fun with it. The AVCX+ one they just sent out is super clever!

I’ve been making little guys

Grey day does not make for good photos but at least I got out with my camera for the first time in ages

I did it I finished all my holiday cards AND got them to the mailbox in front of the post office in time for the last pickup of the day. With minutes to spare!

34 more holiday cards to go. I can do this.

Bought a can of this because it reminded me of good times with @eamondaly.bsky.social and @vinegarmike.bsky.social

Check your LinkedIn notification settings, I just got an email claiming an unrealistic number of my coworkers are playing LinkedIn Games which is how I learned LinkedIn a) has games and b) had opted me into dozens of emails that I don't want (e.g. Games Newsletter wtf).

The only good thing I can say about having to go into the office today is: At least it isn’t windy

You don't think we'd forget our ANNUAL HOLIDAY SALE do you?!? All our backlist print titles are 25% off and as a bundle altogether... EVERY E-BOOK WE HAVE OUT FOR A $10 BUNDLE!! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! WE ARE BASICALLY GIVING YOU MONEY WE 💜 DOING THIS www.littlepuss.net/shop/25-holi...

I have filled my winter calendar with classes at the leather school I'll probably regret the part where I have to keep leaving the house in the cold and dark all winter But I'm excited for making more things!

If you're in Chicago and want to join me taking classes at the leather school, all their classes are 40% off this weekend (code is on their Instagram, it's CLASS40). Start with Leather Work 101, after that you can take whatever you want chicagoschoolofshoemaking.com

I finished making my leather-bound book! Made the spine too tight though so it doesn’t open as well as I wanted, but at least I know what I did wrong and how to fix it next time.

I took a leather bookbinding class at the leather arts school and now I’m making books at home again I think this was my first time using my punching cradle, it makes things much easier! I’ll make and attach a cover tomorrow

One of our cats loves to splash and tip water bowls. I bought one that’s supposed to resist splashing and tipping but he took that as a challenge. It’s now known as “the splash pad” and lives in our tub. He taught his brother to love splashing all the water out of it too

⭐️WHISTLE REQUESTS⭐️ If you or someone you know would like whistles, please email [email protected] Let me know how many (multiples of 50) and if you’d like to pick up or have them shipped (and where to ship). If shipped, I’ll only ask for actual shipping cost. TIA!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

My work sent a short plain text all-staff email invitation to a holiday party, and at the end of the email was a picture of the Glitch Winter Wingding Party Pack? Verifying the name of the party pack is how I found out that glitchthegame dot com just redirects to slack dot com now 😭

Love that so many things are a mess at work right now and all need vendor support to unravel that I'm losing track of which ticket at which vendor I'm talking about at any given time

I really love handing out treats on Halloween 🧡🖤

Happy Halloween

With a few notable exceptions among you, I suspect you (yes! you!!) simply do not know enough about eels. Not because there is a great eel quiz at the end of it all, no no. But because eel facts, that you can scratch to reveal, bring joy. We need more joy. Badly. Get eel facts. eelfacts.net

Come out to Nighthawk tonight at 5:30 to assemble whistles and zines!

Omg am I finally going to get to see Heavenly??? I bought tickets! I saw Marine Research at Stalag 13 in Philly in 1999 but I've still never seen Heavenly. Empty Bottle isn't quiiite as small as Stalag was (lol) but I'm VERY excited for this!

I'll be here on the patio again tonight, lmk if you're coming and want to join me!

Is anyone I know planning on being at Nighthawk for whistle zine assembly the next couple of Fridays? I think my whole regular crowd has conflicts the rest of the month, wondering if anyone else wants to meet up.

Tomorrow I get to do one of my favorite things all year, cheer my head off for the marathon runners. Highly recommend, especially going later when the crowds have thinned, & screaming out every name or country written on someone's shirt

Come join me for some indie pop! I’m really excited they’ve partnered with Clean Air Club for the event, I’ll still be masked up but I’m glad to know they’re taking extra steps to keep us all safe

Took a class on dyeing leather and it was mostly a skill-building class but on the last day (today) we made a glasses case

It’s chilly enough out that I had to duck back inside and remember how cool weather layers work