Category — Microblog Mondays

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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I got Ole Parsley near the pandemic’s beginning: June 7, 2020. It wasn’t my first pandemic plant — the first… several… died from overwatering. But Allison taught me how to keep plants alive (and to stop naming plants I intended to eat), and Ole Parsley was a constant companion for the last 2.5 years.

I knew he was dying, but I couldn’t face it until this weekend when I said goodbye in the backyard. Maybe it is silly loving a plant this much, but I spent a lot of time with Ole Parsley.

Yesterday, we bought three new parsley plants and two new basil plants for good measure. There’s a lot of lush green that will slowly die over the next few months as I snip off leaves while cooking. I’ll love those plants, but none will ever take the place in my heart held by Ole Parsley.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts that are connected to businesses or are sponsored post.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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I was reading a blog post, and the person mentioned that they were working to become ambidextrous. Just because.

It never occurred to me that this was something to attempt, at least not without clear reason, such as not being able to use your dominant hand or because it naturally occurred. But 1% of the world is ambidextrous. That number seems a little high. That would be 78 million people. More than the entire population of the United Kingdom. Without a dominant hand.

I’m not sure why I’m still thinking about this person’s comment this far after the fact, except to wonder if we should all be attempting to write neatly with our non-dominant hand.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts that are connected to businesses or are sponsored post.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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Josh picked up excellent Halloween candy to pass out tonight, and we managed not to eat all of it before today. (I cannot say the same about other years.) It has chocolate (Kit Kat and Hershey), peanut butter (Reese’s options), AND non-chocolate candy (Twizzlers). It also has Almond Joy, which no one in the world likes except me, so all the kids leave it behind, and I get them for myself.

What are you passing out?

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts that are connected to businesses or are sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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As someone who absolutely judges a book by its cover — I’m more likely not to read something I want to read if it has a bad cover than to read a book because it has a good cover — I thought this website is brilliant.

It gives you the first page or so of a book to read. If you like it, you can reveal the title and author so you can read it for real. If you don’t, you click “next book.”

Playing “guess the book” from the first page is also fun. It’s obvious when I’ve read the book or am familiar with the characters. (I see you, Mr. Phileas Fogg.) But I’ve been surprised sometimes to discover that a book I never thought about reading is actually quite engaging.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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This is the coolest tool. (I know I say that a lot but technology is amazing.) Let’s say there is a long video, and you’re not sure you want to watch it because you don’t know what it’s about. You could scroll around and see what you can glean, or you can put the video through this tool and it will pop out a summary.

So, for instance, I found this video of someone driving around Chincoteague.

It returned: “The Chincoteague Island Scenic Drive is a beautiful drive that takes you along the island’s coastline. You’ll see beautiful views of the water, the island’s wildlife, and the Historic District. The drive is perfect for those who want to experience the beauty of the island. The video is a 4K travelogue of the scenic drive on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, narrated by a foreign tourist. The tourist enjoys the scenery and sounds of the island, including the wild horses.”

Isn’t that brilliant?

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