Good Things Friday (94) and Link Love
December 4, 2020
1. After many days of being cooped up (I was too tired and in pain to do much), we made our way to a local trail for a slow trudge (me) and a bike ride and run (them). It was really good to breathe outside air and see nature again.
2. We’ve had three sunny days in a row and that’s just awesome.
3. I’m not watching it day to day because I simply don’t have the attention to spare for it but PiC has been documenting and overseeing the yardwork and there is progress! I can’t see the vision yet, it’s still too early, but I see enough to have hopes it’ll be good. Sort of. Working on that optimism.
4. I appreciated the highlight of our work for the Lakota Families. I’m working on one last family’s needs as we speak!
5. Target has two offers right now that may come in handy: 10% off a single purchase through December 12 and 10% off gift cards this weekend December 5 and 6.
Challenges this week: My hands are still swollen and it’s unclear why. I’m experimenting again to see if it’s dietary or other reasons. But I should probably just let it go and work with what I can do, practice that not dwelling on the negatives thing.
Grumbles: We had a referral from a friend and ordered our meal from Good Eggs this year. While most of our selections were good, the brussels sprouts dish was pretty bad. I think they forgot to actually season ours…
I absolutely didn’t skip Black Friday and Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday on purpose. The only thing I remembered to do was order some things for our final Lakota family of the year (yay). I had zero time or energy to see if there was anything we could save on for the rest of us (boo). I had every intention of picking up some book gifts through bookshop.org because they had free shipping and simply … could not. But we did buy books from our local shop directly for holiday gifts a few weeks ago so I’m going to let myself off the hook on this score. I knew I’d be exhausted going into this holiday season and that’s why I made such a point of completing gifts early.
OMG breads
Purple: “But good note to self: I am weak and somehow babies take up all of your time even though they seem to sleep all the time. I don’t understand it.” I laugh because it’s true. How are new babies so much work when they sleep most of the time??
Take a walk through wintertime Moominvalley Park
Human Rights Watch on “A Really High Hurdle”: Japan’s Abusive Transgender Legal Recognition Process
Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, is finally going free
Ashley C Ford: “I don’t have to be angry with myself or look for reasons why I’ve failed to get every action right. Once, my therapist told me I needed to Un-God myself, and release the belief in my ability to control the narrative of the world. Carrying burdens that don’t belong to me never helped anyone who was in need of my assistance.”
An interview with Deb from Smitten Kitchen (thanks to Katherine for sharing). So much of what she talks about is exactly why I’ve gone back to her site repeatedly over the years. She cooks and bakes like I do – getting inspiration from someone or somewhere else and playing with it to come up with something she likes. She credits her sources. She isn’t overly prescriptive. She explains her thinking and she comes across as a thoughtful cooking and baking neighbor/friend.
I don’t follow baseball but this profile on Greg Maddox was entertaining. Got there because Nicole Cliffe shared this prank video…
The only defense is Deny, Deny, Deny. 😏🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/4MbGOPUzFP
— Fred Schultz (@fred035schultz) November 15, 2020
A virtuoso baritone vocalist, accompanied by violin, dazzles the public with one of the most stunning donkey voices ever heard. pic.twitter.com/TkuJVvbfH9
— Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) November 15, 2020
