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💭 it's (almost) 3am somewhere

but specifically in baltimore. i've spent the last 2 hours tweaking bits of my blog while re-watching emily in paris. also updated my now page and realized i'm not "making" anything and that was disappointing. note to self: make things. reply to this post.

💋 sunday scaries

a sunday spent day jammin' on my planner and updating my "books read" thread on bluesky.

📸 museum of illusions

🚂 chooo chooo

i’m traveling for work and i chose to take the train, but it’s HOT and American infrastructure is crumbling so it’s been delayed three times!! i did have a handful of great interactions with strangers, so it’s not all bad. also sent out some snail mail too. ok, train is finally boarding! reply to this post.

💋 postcrossing

i signed up for postcrossing today! sending postcards to germany, russia, canada, the netherlands, and malaysia! 🥲

💭 finding balance?

i’m trying to meet my quota of 3 days in the office, but man.. it’s exhausting. i commute 88 miles round trip and then have to be “on” for hours. getting an electric car has definitely helped, but most days i get frustrated because what is the point? this way of living leaves little time for the people and things that matter. i love what i do, but dislike the industry i’m in; it’s only getting…

📝 staycation success

I'm never good at taking vacation time for extended periods, but I did it for my birthday week and it was, by far, the most relaxing week I've had in years. My twin brother came to visit from Florida, and it was a weekend of healing for the both of us (I left home so young and he had to handle so much alone) and I'm better for it. My husband made me a zebra birthday cake with chocolate cream…

🎂 birthday!

happy birthday to me! I survived another trip around the sun, and felt an overwhelming amount of love from the people in my life.

📖 the rabbit hutch

i finished the rabbit hutch 1 and (one of) my very first thoughts when closing it was “what a deeply human book.” it’s been hard for me to tell folks what the book is about because saying “it’s a book about people trying to survive in a post-industrial town in the midwest” feels reductive and, truly, that’s only a small portion of it. so, sure: it’s about surviving in the midwest, but it’s also…

💋 weekend plans

A rainy weekend in Baltimore is the perfect reason to play Pokopia, work on my blog, and listen to The Warmth of Other Suns on audio.