Ally recently joined the woodworking guild and today she’s volunteering with her grandfather (Matt’s dad) at the guild for the first time. They are building toys to be donated to families in need closer to the winter holidays. 🥰

Watched: The Godfather 🍿 This movie gets better every time I watch it.

This text from my introverted friend that works at the same large company as my introverted husband made me laugh.

isportlandburning.com 😛

You know when you see a mom or a dad first thing in the morning on TV? They’re fully dressed and look ready to conquer the world? Why doesn’t anyone show the person tiptoeing around in the dark trying not to wake their family while they get dressed and make coffee?

Good morning.

Watched: One Battle After Another 🍿

Others have said that going into this movie not knowing anything is the way to go. I’ll agree with that. It’s great though.

Finished reading: Abundance by Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein 📚

Reading any book related to politics now feels like it MUST be out of date, given how quickly things have/are changing in the US. This book though is about how some democratic policies have led to a lot of the struggles we’re having with things like homelessness. It’s a good read.

My daughter recently started watching The X-Files for the first time. 📺 I haven’t watched it since it first aired and I didn’t watch all of it so I’m rewatching it now. Every episode has a moment of “Whoa, it’s that person!” or “Wait, who is that?” immediately followed by “Wow, they are so young!”

The cat takes advantage of the recliner every time I try to work there. He’s pretty cute, but then every once in a while he tries to lick his neck hairs which get stuck in his mouth because they’re too long. :laughing: Am I supposed to trim them??

Does he look annoyed or bored to you?

I forgot about the “new job, new laptop” excitement! My new computer arrived yesterday. Hehe!

I’m looking forward to next week. (Fully expecting to need extra sleep as well.)

It’s been five years since my best friend passed away. I think she would hate for her digital legacy to be stuck on Facebook at this point, but that’s where it is. I can’t bring myself to log in over there to see if anyone else noted this anniversary so I hate that it’s there too.

This afternoon, my son and I went to watch the Hamilton recording that’s in movie theaters for a limited time. There were some scenes I hadn’t noticed, before which was surprising.

After all this time, the talent involved is still awe-inspiring.

Going to the movies on a Tuesday afternoon is a rare treat I don’t know that I’ve ever gotten to experience either.

My son sent a text saying that his new apartment has reached “the pile stage of organization” and asked for some help moving beyond that. 🥰 I’m looking forward to spending the day with him.

Last night I was thinking about Joseph, Oregon which made me think of fresh tomatoes which made me think of BLTs which reminded me that this is the perfect time to get a BLT from my favorite local bakery. This may be all I want to eat between now and October 1st. Heaven!

Late summer in Portland translates to spiders. Lots of them! Orbweavers specifically, I think.

This wouldn’t bother me so much, except for the fact that I keep running into spider webs every time I walk outside. I’m fairly confident last week I had a huge spider dangling from my hair after walking through a web with my forehead and today I had a web stretch across my eyeballs. My eyeballs!!!

I didn’t know there was a Guinness World Record for walking on Lego bricks and I’m also not planning to attempt it. I was reminded how painful it is just yesterday! Bringing visibility to the struggles veterans face is a worthwhile goal, however.

Besides the obvious struggle of being laid off, the most difficult part of this is missing people. I’ve had 4 years to get to know and care about these people, many of them I spoke to just about every weekday. It’s weird to suddenly not have that!

Heather Cox Richardson’s short history of the Nineteenth Amendment is just as good as you’d expect.

This past Friday marked a decade since we moved to Portland Oregon and this house. While it was obviously nice to be able to walk down the hill and put my feet in the Pacific Ocean before, the whole family has really thrived in Oregon. It was a good decision.

I just used my slide rule in my physics final.

My youngest is thriving in school and in life. :)

Some of the neighbors had told me they heard an eagle in the trees above my house, but no one had seen one. Tonight we were sitting outside enjoying the lovely weather when a bald eagle flew 20 feet over our heads!

Wow! I am glad I was able to see that beautiful bird so close!

Things you notice when you look closer.

I noticed today that when the sun was shining the bees were out, but when the sun was hiding I couldn’t find any bees.

Cory Booker is a hero. AP news link here.

Being at the ATmosphere Conference, spending time with intelligent, passionate people in real life, was like a breath of fresh air. Gratefully, the feeling lingers.

Videos are here for future reference.

Testing something.

Looking forward to attending the ATmosphere conference in Seattle this weekend with a couple coworkers.

No, Mr. President. We don’t want you to break the law.

Finally! I have wanted to see Hamilton forever, it seems!

Finally! I have wanted to see Hamilton forever, it seems!

I’m ready for people that actually love our country to be in office again. This is a disgrace.

@steveflip.bsky.social Hi.

@steveflip.bsky.social Hey happy Friday.

A dark evening: kimberlykg.com/2025/02/2…

Yesterday evening, we had only our second storm this winter. This one came in the form of an atmospheric river along with some wild wind. We (the neighbors and I) anticipated losing our power and indeed we did. Wi…

This little guy has become such a constant companion that I’ve begun naming him. Lately, he’s Robbie the Ribbiter.

I’ve never seen him, but sometimes I’m fairly certain he’s inside with me. This was recorded in my basement.

This little guy has become such a constant companion that I’ve begun naming him. Lately, he’s Robbie the Ribbiter.

I’ve never seen him, but sometimes I’m fairly certain he’s inside with me. This was recorded in my basement. kimberlykg.com/2025/02/2…

Yes, we’ll be there.

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I guess he likes me.

My youngest is thriving in college but he’s so busy that we haven’t done a family call in a couple weeks and the last text from him just said “wonderful, thank”.

He’s coming up so we can see a play this weekend though, so I guess I’ll let it slide. Ha!

@re5et.bsky.social These are fun. github.com/sjpiper14…

Maker Skill Trees! What a cool idea this is. https://github.com/sjpiper145/MakerSkillTree/tree/main

@gryphondreamer.bsky.social Hi friend!

Finished reading: Tiamat’s Wrath by James S. A. Corey This book was more exciting and I like where we’ve landed now. Excited to read the final book in the series next. 📚

Some Bluesky threads that helped today:

Multnomah County Office of Sustainability

Lincoln’s Second Address

Leopards

I need a word that means “Task that’s annoying to do at the time you’re reminded of it”.

Examples: Kindle needs charging, just as I’ve snuggled into bed to read. The backup camera needs to be cleaned, right as I’m ready to get on my way.

Does this exist? Can we make one up, if not?

Finished reading: The Familiar: A Novel by Leigh Bardugo 📚

I listened to this as an audiobook. I enjoyed both the story and the narration.

Currently reading: Tiamat’s Wrath by James S. A. Corey I’m anxious to see how the series is wrapped up. 📚

My son got home today (end of first term of sophomore year at college is this week), immediately announced he was starving and then fell asleep as soon as he had food. Some things never change, it seems. 🥰

Matt set up some fun LED lights on the house that can be controlled with the WLED app. Our Sunday evening gathering enjoyed the different settings, but the littlest ones were most excited.

PDX airport getting some love here.

If you’re in PDX over the next few months, definitely visit the Exquisite Creatures event at OMSI! We went a couple weeks ago and I’m planning to go back with the kids soon.

Not the best photo, but it represents pure joy. The blanket on the left covering kid #1, the blanket on the right covering kid #2 and the two kitties on my legs making me extra, extra warm.

Happy Thanksgiving! Both kids are home so I’m happy as can be. The daughter brought her cats who have been helping us cook all day. :) They’re adorable as you can see.

The Onion continues to bring me joy.

Some sights around the neighborhood on a recent walk. This is my favorite time of year in Oregon.

My son and a friend of his took a short roadtrip (his first as an adult) to go see redwoods in Crescent City this weekend. Of the photos he shared, this is my favorite. Ha!

Currently reading: Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) by James S.A. Corey 📚

Looking forward to reading books that are not part of a series when I get through these next 3 books.

Finished reading: Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey 📚

The only thing I’ve written this week that wasn’t work related was a pretty bad haiku composed at 4 a.m. that ended with ‘crime in fact does pay’.

This world we live in is currently still beautiful, however.

Well, this is new. The past two days I’ve had slugs INSIDE my (quite new) mailbox. I carefully removed both and put them in the grass, but HOW are they getting in there? The PNW has some drawbacks after all.

Currently reading: Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey 📚

I am SLOWLY make my way through this series. I keep pausing to read other books though.

This is not my cat.

Want to read: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi 📚

Today I seem to have the opportunity to learn the term Vorführeffekt.

Picking this up for Sam over the summer has turned out to be quite fun for me.

I’m getting together with the neighborhood ladies this evening to complete our ballots. Vote!

Look at this adorable perfection!

This selvage quilt is really something. 🧵 🪡 mastodon.social/@BenitaSk…

Our anniversary gift to each other this year was season passes to Broadway in Portland. Tonight was the second show of the series for us. The costumes and set design always inspire me.