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I can’t wait to show you…
This post was originally a Twitter thread, but I delete my tweets after three months. So I’m preserving it here. A while back, after feeling shamed by– of all things– an XKCD cartoon, I started adopting a posture of delight when someone tells me they haven’t seen/heard/read some bit of culture that I consider essential…
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Eight remote workers walk into a meetup…
Today is the third anniversary of the day I left the office at my federal contracting job like: That means it’s been three years of working from home. Three years of being home more or less alone all day, hanging with the family in the evening, seeing friends on the weekends. As an introvert, I’ve…
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Sunday afternoon art time
…while the husband and some play Mario Party in the other room. 😍 This is a kit from Let’s Make Art. They send you instructions, a reference image, watercolor paper, paints, an outline (where appropriate) and provide a YouTube tutorial so you can paint along. There are things I’d like to be different about this…
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A weekend in Monterey
While on the West Coast visiting family, we took a vacation-within-vacation and went to Monterey, one of our very favorite places.
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Painted a thing
I have a couple of FineTec palettes and rarely remember to use them, but they’re just the thing for painting Christmas tree ornaments. I also used some metallic and white pens to augment- some Uniball Signos and a Gelly Roll.
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Beans and greens and ham
I make this in the Instant Pot, and it’s delicious. If you don’t have an electric pressure cooker, you could easily to do this in a slow cooker, or on the stove. It’s less a recipe than a game plan. You will need: An onionA bell pepperA carrotA bunch of kale or chard, leaves separated…
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Just paint something
Sometimes I just spend the Hour of Tiff puttering, or catching up on a show. But I’m trying to spend it on a creative hobby at least a few times per week. Today, I did a quick watercolor of some koi. Just to paint something.
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Emergency WordPress Troubleshooting – WordPress DC
You can also download my slides in PDF form, but to get the full effect, you’ll just have to invite me to speak.
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The Hour of Tiff
When I started my new job at Automattic a couple weeks ago, I went from having a lot of time on my hands as a never-busy-enough freelancer to suddenly being at my desk for 8 hours a day during my Happiness Rotation. (On rotation, I have the freedom to decide my own schedule for doing…
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The last day of my thirties
…with bonus welcome swag from my new employer!