Monthly Archives: February 2024

2/28/2024

Posted on 02/28/2024 by chick

I started learning how to write music in canon, and it’s sort of amazing. It’s a perpetual music machine. You can cap it off, but the potential is always there to go on and on and on, forever, into musical … Continue reading →

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Finally, Air Frying!

Posted on 02/26/2024 by chick

I had been eying a toaster oven/air fryer since before Christmas. I put it on my Christmas list, hoping my parents might spring for it. Alas, they did not. So I started thinking about buying it for myself. I was … Continue reading →

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A Pat on the Back

Posted on 02/22/2024 by chick

Yesterday I got word from my boss that a solver had specifically mentioned the puzzle that I invented. They said, “I hope there’ll be more of these, as it was thoroughly enjoyable to solve.” Yay!

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Eek!

Posted on 02/21/2024 by chick

My husband has been working on the stairs in preparation for carpeting them. He screwed down the treads so that they barely squeak now, if at all. That’s great. I mean, who wants squeaky stairs? But those squeaks were a … Continue reading →

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Practically Perfect

Posted on 02/20/2024 by chick

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, A+ The plot: Young Minli runs away from home to find the Old Man of the Moon so that she can ask him how to change her family’s fortune for the … Continue reading →

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It’s All in the Decorations

Posted on 02/19/2024 by chick

Back when the kids were really young, I was hoping to be able to turn my office into a sort of magical place for them. I ran out of steam (and money) and gave up on the dream. I had … Continue reading →

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2/18/2024

Posted on 02/18/2024 by chick

I’ve had my skin turn red from using Band-Aids before, which I attributed mostly to the trauma of removing them, but yesterday I had a telltale allergic reaction to one. I developed hives underneath the adhesive parts of the bandage. … Continue reading →

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Said Is Simplest

Posted on 02/18/2024 by chick

Cleaning off my desk, I found a printout with the title “Said is Dead.” It’s a list of words that can be used as speech identifiers in place of “said.” As a writer, I think it’s a handy list. But … Continue reading →

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Four Truths

Posted on 02/17/2024 by chick

I found a printout on my desk that listed these “Four Truths.” We can’t finish what we don’t start. The only way to the end is through. It’s important to celebrate our accomplishments. We must forgive ourselves for that which … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for Today 2/16/2024

Posted on 02/16/2024 by chick

For the last three weeks or so I have been slaving away at work, not because of any demand from my employer, but for my own purposes. My goal is to free up time so that I can do some … Continue reading →

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