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It’s about time I leveled up my selfie game!  Way past time, I would say.  I finally got myself a ring light tripod for my phone.  Bonus that it’s pink!  No more awkward selfies! And I don’t have to pester my husband for full-body shots any more!  Or photos of my back!  The tripod also came with a bluetooth remote, which makes things easier as long as my hands aren’t showing.

I still have a lot of awkward selfies in my backlog, though… sorry. Ha ha.

2021 was a year of hanging in there and starting to take back my life.  My tiny baby grew into an active toddler in the blink of an eye.  Around October I started to get more sleep and was finally able to relax a bit.  I’m really happy I was able to start posting here again as a much needed outlet for my hobbies.  I have tons more to share from my backlog, which is fine because my life these days is pretty… unglamorous.  Lots of t-shirts and yoga pants, and a drooly kid making messes everywhere.  And, of course, the pandemic still rages.  We’re taking things one day at a time.  …

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It’s hard to believe it’s been over a year since my son was born. He’s grown so much and is active and curious and full of smiles!  As of this month he is finally consistently sleeping through the night, and I am starting to get more rest. I finally have enough energy that my brain is able to focus on something besides just trying to survive the day!

So, I’ve been sorting a lot of photos lately, and it has been both therapeutic and a little depressing.  Who knows when or if I’ll be able to get back to a lot of the things I used to do, but sorting, editing, and posting photos is definitely something I can do while watching the kiddo!  Quite honestly, I have an enormous backlog of photos, so I have plenty to post even if I’m mostly an exhausted blob on the couch for the entire next year.  Or more (let’s hope not). Hah.

I’ve been thinking about how fiction and video games often glorify physical strength in the form of brave heroes who skillfully slay legions of evil monsters who have come to destroy the land.  However, this kind of strength is mostly irrelevant to modern life, perhaps even opposite to the kind of virtues we should be glorifying.  …

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It’s been a while.  I’ve been keeping myself busy around the house.  Life is not simple or easy.  We each have our own challenges.  But something has been bothering me.  I try not to be an angry person, but nothing makes me angry like anger does. Can we all please just… stop?
Stop fighting over things that don’t matter, stop obsessing over the wrong things and picking on the wrong people, and focus on the real problems and what we can actually do to help.

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