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I've been pregnant since April and will hopefully deliver while it's still 2024. This has meant some wild hormone fluctuations; sometimes my brain is so foggy I can't concentrate, so I listen to audiobooks while playing a phone game, walking, or doing chores. Some days are crystal-clear and I am laser-focused on a physical book.… Continue reading What I Read in 2024
I am 18 days away from my due date, and according to doctors my baby is head-down, getting ready for birth. We're healthy! I'd like to tell every smug weirdo who has ever been unpleasant about my 20-year vegetarianism that my blood pressure has consistently been 120-over-80 for this pregnancy, but actually, I don't care… Continue reading Last Chance Before Life Change
It feels like I've been in survival mode since the end of June. The heatwaves keep coming. This week, Hurricane Debby rolled over us, so temperatures were actually in the 70s. It's just that it stayed humid and the wind was so intense it gave me sinus migraines, blew down trees, and was disruptive overall.… Continue reading 2 Hot 2 Cloistered
June had a beautiful start, but its last two weeks have been and will be lost to a long heatwave. Water ice has never been more appropriate! It comes with lots of sinus headaches, and fatigue. And longing to be outside in the sun, but staying inside to do yoga instead. Well, I still like… Continue reading Beating the Heat (Or, the heat beats me)
As seen from the Amtrak I was on the road again this week and had to travel light. I did the thing that always makes me feel like Cheryl Strayed in Wild: I finished reading a book and mailed it home to myself, to save room in my suitcase. (People Collide by Isle McElroy was… Continue reading Early Autumn Colors of Pennsylvania