My first pair of pointe shoes (at 32 yrs!)
In January, I took advantage of a wonderfully snowy afternoon to climb Saint-Hubert and try on some pointe shoes for the very first time.
Let's manifest together a marginally less noxious year, shall we?
I have a handful of New Year's resolutions for 2023 to share. As usual, these are "soft resolutions": drink tea every day, read 14 books, write every day, and at least an hour of ballet a week.
I created a bookish social networking site, Millefeuilles.cloud
I created a website called Millefeuilles.cloud, which uses Bookwyrm and which lets people talk about books on the Fediverse.
For My Patrons 🔒 : Social Network Infiltration by Face-Eating Leopards
Reports circulate that Social Network users are shocked beyond all reasonable belief that Groups who have rules against allowing face-eating leopards then block Groups hosting face-eating leopards.
Searching for a Kintsugi magician
I'm lighting the bat...err... tea signal! I am looking for a kintsugi ceramic artist to cure a sick teapot.
I spun up a mastodon instance and haven't crashed yet 😎
I created an instance of Mastodon, a social media technology built on ActivityPub, for my own use over at silvan.cloud.
For My Patrons 🔒 : The timepiece and the Mille feuilles (early draft)
Even the three crows arguing in the old Dutch Elms quietened. The pétanque players were gone, the rings and weighted balls stowed away neatly. No sounds of children, no passerby, no baby carriages, no dog walkers.
TikTok Experiment Notes
My (loosely defined) goals on the TikTok app are to share videos of tea, accompanied by the occasional plant or book video, but only for as long as it’s fun for me.
4100 to 6000 unmarked child graves: truth and reconciliation after 7 years
In anticipation of Truth and Reconciliation Day, I read this week for the first time the book 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph, published in 2018.
Leif and Gersande Talk Tolkien, Ep 2: Many Thoughts Adrift
In which Leif and Gersande react to the second episode of Rings of Power, "Adrift." We're talking orcs, Khazad-dûm, Dissa and Durin, lots of obscure Silmarilliony details about the Maiar (& the Sun and Moon!) as we revisit the timelines of the second and third ages, and more.