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May 1, 2023Weeknight mealsOur ten favorite weeknight meals that come together in 40 minutes or less.
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April 25, 2023On measuring the wrong data for 2 yearsI tracked my heartburn from January 2020 until March 2022. I stopped tracking because that’s when I found out that I never had heartburn.
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April 21, 2023Where do you get your audiobooks?This is my favorite question.
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March 20, 20232023 WinterThe books I read, playlist I made, and recipes I made this Winter.
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January 2, 2023A shared household managementOver the years we have refined how we share the work of managing our household and found some services we wouldn’t want to live without. Here are some of the ways we manage our household.
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December 20, 20222022 FallThe books I read, playlist I made, and recipes I made this Fall.
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November 18, 2022Treadmill deskI bought a treadmill for my standing desk and I love it.
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November 9, 2022Do something 100 timesI think you should do something 100 times. Choose something you enjoy, figure out how you will track it, and then do it 100 times.
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September 20, 20222022 SummerThe books I read, playlist I made, and recipes I made this Summer.
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July 20, 2022Things to do before workSome of my favorite work days start with an activity that puts me in a good mood. Here are some vetted suggestions.
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July 1, 2022In defense of magicLast year I worked through the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series as a first-time watcher. The comparison of what’s old and new is a strong theme in the series and is often projected as magic.
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June 20, 20222022 SpringThe books I read, playlist I made, and recipes I made this Spring.
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June 16, 2022A Zoom of one's ownOn video calls, I receive a lot of compliments about my plant wall. Before the pandemic, people asked if my background is real live plants, and now they ask if it’s virtual.
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May 16, 2022AudiobooksLast year, I met my goal of reading 52 books in 52 weeks and then some. I owe it all to audiobooks, mainly, but also Libby, friends with great book suggestions, Roxane Gay’s audacious book club, and learning that New York State residents can apply for a New York Public Library card.
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March 20, 20222022 WinterThe books I read, playlist I made, and recipes I made this Winter.
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December 20, 20212021 FallThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this fall.
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September 26, 2021Build an outdoor eating kitThis year we perfected our outdoor dining kit. We keep the kit in our front closet and pull it out after we place a pick-up order and find a nearby table.
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September 20, 20212021 SummerThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this summer.
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June 20, 20212021 SpringThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this spring.
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March 20, 20212021 WinterThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this winter.
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February 9, 2021Haiku 2018-2019I found an old note that contained a project to write a haiku every day. My project started in December 2018 and ended promptly in January 2019. The themes included work, baking, and difficulty finding nice fabric.
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December 20, 20202020 FallThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this fall.
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September 20, 20202020 SummerThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this summer.
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June 20, 20202020 SpringThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this spring.
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March 20, 20202019/2020 WinterThe books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this winter.
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March 13, 2020Eat from homeI’ve been meal prepping for as long as I’ve worked remotely (almost 6 years). I started with batches of chili, next burrito bowls, then butter chicken. During the week, it’s an incredible convenience and comfort to have a hot meal a few minutes away.
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October 1, 2016How to get married at an AirbnbOn Saturday, June 18, Jason and I were married at an Airbnb on the side of a mountain near Manchester, Vermont. It ended up being more beautiful than both of us imagined.
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August 10, 2016Organizing a conference with botsLast year, Ela Conf organizers and I relied on Google Forms for women to submit anything from talks to volunteer applications. Forms worked well for us, but reviewing abstracts in a spreadsheet wasn’t exactly a fun thing to do. With the help of Zapier, I created some efficient little bots that keep us organized and motivated.
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June 8, 2016What I learned after working remotely for 2 yearsI have entered my terrible terrific twos of working remotely. Working from yoga pants. Working from couch. Working from over the sink as I eat leftovers. The glamour. The rolling out of bed. The “I’m going to wake up early and walk, lol jk.”
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January 9, 2016X-Files for every occasionI love the X-Files and to celebrate the new season I created a list of episodes that I think about often.
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November 23, 2015Ela ConfEarlier this year, Joni Trythall retweeted something about a new tech conference, ELA Conf, to empower women to pursue leadership roles. There was just something (re:
) about the conference that got me excited, and suddenly I found myself emailing the conference (not even realizing that Joni was on the other end):
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June 19, 2015What I learned after working remote for 1 yearShower and change your clothes often (or daily even) Your significant other (who also works from home) isn’t your coworker — respect their time. Leave the house (even if it’s to aimlessly walk around Jo-Ann Fabrics). Don’t do house chores during work hours (because you’ll never remember to fold the laundry). Don’t do work hours during downtime (because you’ll never stop working). Have a special lunch at least once a week (order out, grill a hot dog). Hang out with your friends. Ping your coworkers just to say, Hey! Build a tabletop for the treadmill and walk 5 miles every morning1: This is how I survived winter. ↩
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April 25, 2015yay.mdI keep a gist named yay.md. A secret, never shared and don’t plan to, gist. It’s where I keep screenshots of my personal yays.
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March 29, 2015Breathe with your stomachA couple months ago, I was chewing on an idea for a slide for my FOSS4GNA talk and I needed to write it out. Knowing that The Pastry Box Project had opened their submissions, I worked on the idea and massaged it into something that I enjoyed.
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March 18, 2015The bird feederSwoosh. Plunk. Flick. Flick. Flickflick. Tap. Taptaptaptaptap. Swoosh.
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October 31, 2014How I writeThis is a devlog I wrote at Mapbox that inspired my talk Writing for everyone.
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October 21, 2014Half ShareWe enjoyed 20 weeks of the Fox Creek Farm CSA.
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June 6, 2014Happy Birthday Blog
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January 11, 2014The Cheers Sweatshirt
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August 12, 2013Windowsill Cherry TomatoesThis past winter I decided that I wanted to grow food. More specifically, I wanted to wake up in my Albany studio apartment, reach my hand to my windowsill, and pick food off of my plants.
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January 1, 2013New Years Eve Homemade Sushi