April 17, 2026
1. Despite the very bumpy road to get here with all kinds of drama caused by classmates, JB has performed in their first talent show. I’ve never been a fan of talent shows generally but managed to contain my own anxieties so they didn’t splash over and they seemed to have a good time.
April 10, 2026
1. I’m sure something good happened? But I don’t remember.
April 3, 2026
1. It’s been such a week I’m just grateful to still be upright. Ish.
March 27, 2026
1. I scrubbed another quarter of the little oven clean and only have one last quarter to go! This cleaning project might take months in the end but it will be done!
2. I ran across this cookie recipe and felt that I very very much needed to make it. Haven’t made cookies in well over ten years though so I didn’t want to get my hopes up too high for cookies that would never be. BUT I managed to rest enough to scrape it together and now I have some cookie dough in the freezer for some future need and some in the fridge to make them chewier because I don’t like the crispy cookies.
March 20, 2026
1. We discovered a pickleball court nearby and took the kids to check it out. It’s simple and clean. We played very badly for a while and remembered how much running is involved in a game that requires a net and a court. I decided to stop early before I blew out a knee or something.
2. This is old but new to me and I love that this is how it turned out: Double Take: The fairy bush in Co Clare that moved a motorway
3. We tried the just-bake tilapia from Costco and 3/4 of us like it. That’s made fish night a little more interesting, I like having two kinds of fish on the table for variety. Some day I’ll learn how to cook whole fish like my mom used to but for now I can’t wreck a pre-breaded fillet and that’s a quick and easy dinner so I’m grateful for the option.
Helping folks: An elder needs help restoring his home, as does a grandmother trying to care for her grandkids.
March 13, 2026
1. I’m grateful for our robot vacuum. It’s getting old, it can’t do corners or crevices, and is limited to the wider areas of space but even still it can do the job well enough to save me the energy of running the full vacuum everywhere.
Helping folks: There’s still time to hit up the fandom craft market! This is a fundraiser run by Our Family, Our Fight for the American Immigration Council.
AIC provides legal representation to thousands of people detained by ICE, as well as working legislatively and through the courts to challenge our broken immigration system. They also work in 40 states to help local leaders and communities fight back.
We can help Maria with living costs for college.
March 6, 2026
Helping folks. We’re all about contributing to rent support this week.
Ian Coldwater adopting rents.
Naomi Kritzer fundraising for rent contributions. I went through the one with a match from the Wilson Foundation.
Small business Jack working as hard as he can to pay his rent, laboring under a heart condition.
Lily Meade and her mother are unhoused and she just lost her second book contract and her agent in succession. I know what it’s like to feel hopeless and I haven’t had to do it under as dire circumstances as she’s in.
Sonia Hale has been trying to get back on her feet after divorcing a domestic abuser.
Also feeding folks.
My friend in Alaska works with a refugee center and the facts are life is super bleak right now. Refugees without green cards are no longer receiving SNAP, refugees are no longer safe from DHS detaining them indefinitely regardless of their status, they will likely lose Medicaid sometime this year. This is despicable. We’re supposed to help people get on their feet and this is disgusting and inhumane. In response to this and many other problems created by this administration, the refugee center is working in with local groups to support local farms and provide food to those who need it: What is Grow Local, Give Local?
I’m adding this to my donation list for next week.
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