967th Friday Blog Roundup
We woke up to the first snow of the year on Monday. It was just a dusting that melted by 10 am, but it existed and caused a two-hour school delay. Despite the twins being out of the school system, I still get the school alerts, so I woke up to an email telling me the start time of all-day Kindergarten and when the buses would run.
This will happen again and again this winter, so I’m hoping it’s just the first alert that will sting this deeply. I scrolled through old photos from past snowstorms, the kids’ faces peeking out from underneath layers of Polartec, clutching their kid-sized shovels. I thought about texting one of the pictures to our group chat, but I decided to save the sad for myself. There’s no reason to make everyone else nostalgic, too.
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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.
Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.
As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.
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And now the blogs…
But first, second, helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:
- None… sniff.
Okay, now my choices this week.
Scientist on the Roof left Russia so her children wouldn’t grow up with antisemitism, and despite America selling itself as the solution to every other country’s discrimination, her children are encountering it here, too. If you think it’s not happening around you, it is. If you think your Jewish friends or neighbours aren’t impacted by it, they are. And if you need to understand how upsetting this fall/winter has been for Jewish kids (and Jewish adults), read this post.
Lastly, The Next 15,000 Days posts her yearly Christmas wish to hear from her readers. It makes sense in the season of connection that we would slow down and share an email. Go over, read, and reach out.
The roundup to the Roundup: First snow. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between December 8 – 15) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week. Read the original open thread post here.
4 comments
A dusting of snow – that sounds lovely.
It’s wonderful that you have so many memories (and photos) that you can look through – even if they make you sad. Will you remove your number from the school alert system?
Thank you for mentioning my post!
Everyone loves snow nostalgia – you should put it in the chat. You’d probably be able to keep the sad for yourself.
I am enraged at the culture that has evolved to make antisemitism prevalent again. I know it never goes away entirely, but it’s so sad to think that people in general can continue to hold such stupid fucked-up ideas about others. I’m sorry you have to experience this. And I’m still mad about that girl from your college, so I do not need fuel to add to the fire.
I don’t have much to add to what both your other commenters have said. Snow – how lovely! And if it brings back happy memories, maybe that’s not too sad? Although if it hurts, can you remove your number from the school notifications? Otherwise, you’re just torturing yourself unnecessarily.
And “a” said it too, about antisemitism AND the girl at your college (that story has stayed with me). I don’t get it. I hate this type of injustice and moronic prejudice. And obviously I don’t know how it compares in the US with what we see or don’t see in NZ. But I certainly feel for you and Natka and all your families and friends.
Snow! We had a lovely little snow too, and then a bigger one last week. I hope snow doesn’t become something we used to have… I remember moving to Western NY and wondering why there were tall sticks on the fire hydrants… It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a big snow.