Hello hypothetical readers, Life here is a notch or two up on the difficulty scale here at Broadhead Cottage. We’re safe and healthy overall but there’s certainly a weight over things, like a weighted blanket you’d love to get out from under. I’m going to put all that aside, as I said, we’re safe and …
Category Archives: personal
Do anything, do something
Hello from my home office. I’ve been walking outside more, never as much as I’d like. I’ve been drinking tea and sitting with a book for a few minutes in the afternoon. I’ve been working to be kind to myself, to set meaningful, attainable, goals. I’ve been doing yoga more consistently. I’ve started to take …
Monday Night Risotto
A few weeks ago I read an article Chessie sent to me: Cooking Complex, Time-Consuming Meals Taught Me to Be Patient With Myself This article is very good. A great reminder about doing things for their own sakes, that good things take time, and that your kitchen should always be filled with music. I came …
Finances in 2018 & 2019
2018 was unequivocally the year I started taking our household finances seriously. I got us set up through the first months of the year with all our accounts in budgeting software called “You Need a Budget” (YNAB) and made a household budget and largely stuck to it. The YNAB software is great, it is a …
New year, new hosting
It’s 2019 and I am working on remaking some of my relationship with the internet. I’m hoping to slow down, stop compulsively logging into everyone’s favorite trash website twitter dot com. My actual favorite website these days is Space Launch Report. I think I’ve struggled to do much more than receive the awful firehose of …