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Lessons learned

Happy, well-rested people are the best people to work with. So use your vacation days and rest If it can be null, it will be null. So don’t let it be null. Be kind to yourself like you would be kind to a friend. Check on your people to

Now, 24th May 2020

A Now page is a dated update about what I'm currently focused on. Thinking about I am one of the lucky ones. My employer mandated everyone who can work remotely should do so, as of March 16th. I've done ten weeks working from the table in

Artwork I love

Posting some favourite artists and artwork for a serenity break in your day. Hasui Kawase * Tsuchizaki, Akita * Morning at Nijubashi Bridge * Frosty Morning in Nagaoka * Evening at Tagonoura * Morning at Mito Beach Caz Novak's Pacifica and European series Harmston Arts serigraphs galleryReina colour pencil work Serena Supplee Katsushika

Old friends in verse

I've been reading poetry lately and my newest favourite is Warning by Maw Shein Win. Below are older friends, from school and old books and dusty libraries and long summer holidays, in approximate date order of writing. The Flea by John Donne I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud

Working adaptations

You don't have to smile all the time on a video conference. Maintaining 'interested-engaged-face' is exhausting. Tell people it is OK not to smile, and OK to turn their video off for a few minutes. Spending a whole day bouncing from one video meeting to the

The new normal

This has been a weird week for everyone. My company went global 'work from home if you can' starting 16th March, 2020, and I've never done more than one day of remote work before. Getting a home office organised, negotiating for desk space with sun-loving cats,

Summing up 2019

Did a lot of reading in 2019, 61 books in total, 48 were new to me, 13 re-reads, 5 on Audible, and 11 books left unfinished. 23 were nonfiction, 39 were fiction. I've noticed an uptick in the number of books I read per year, going to keep

Kitten harness training

Our eight month old kitten seems to be desperate to get outside, either into the garage or out the front door. We started harness training him so he could go outside on a leash. Day 1: Harness sized for an adult cat barely fits 8 month old kitten. Velcro is

New Mac build

I got a shiny new Mac laptop for work use this week, and was thinking about the stuff you put on a machine to make it useful. This is my current set of necessary-for-work software: Homebrew (to get everything else) ChromeFirefoxGit (to get code in progress) Node.js (to get

Taos Wool Festival, 2017

I went to New Mexico, for the Taos Wool Festival with Laura, we took a weaving class with Liz Gipson. It was my first time in New Mexico and the scenery was stunning. Mountains, just hanging out like it's perfectly normal to wake up and see the sun

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