Pecan pie and cinnamon rolls, fresh out of the oven.

This holiday rental is trying hard to make us more eco-friendly.

Finished reading: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis 📚 Hermes and Apollo, drinking in a pub, make a bet over granting human consciousness and language to the titular fifteen dogs. Brutal and beautiful.

What @frostedechoes said about keeping his “most personal self-disclosures” on his Now page resonated with me. I’ve redone my Now page to give myself more space for that, and I’ve organized the rest into my daily non-negotiables. Let me know what you think.

Crivens thinks you need more naps.

Relieved, plus some other feelings: I’m out of NaNoWriMo this year. I got a story seed out of it, which I’ll set aside while I edit some languishing drafts. Attempting NaNoWriMo forced me to make friends with Scrivener, which is a win.

Unsurprising yet still so disappointing. This is what happens when we fail to grasp the difference between “political” and “politicized”. Newberg school board votes, 4-3, to fire superintendent | kgw.com

Why does memory work the way it does? Unbidden, I recalled the decades-old feeling of biting into a chocolate covered cherry cordial and thinking it must be the fanciest candy in the whole world.

Ready for trick-or-treaters! 🎃🍬

I’ve been waiting patiently to get my hands on Troublemaker Inks. 🖋 Totally worth the wait. Here are quick tests of Petrichor, Kelp Tea, and Autumn Rain Gray.