This year, may we all learn to better embrace our differences, be more accepting of all LGBTQ+ people, regardless of appearance, ability, or experience. We are all on the same journey together and now more than ever, we need to grow and strengthen our entire community.
#Community #Gay #Pride #Frederick #OnePhotoAndACaption
It’s been nice to have a long break to recharge, and hang out with the Best Human.
This has been a nice long, long weekend, but it’s back to work tomorrow. The break has given me some time to ponder creative energy and outlets, and regroup on some other personal goals that have been long-neglected. I’m feeling recharged, and only have 9 working days before my June vacation, and fewer than 20 days until I’m 55!
#Whiskey #Thoughts
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A few highlights from the weekend with the guy! 🙂
We spent the afternoon out in town and had a great lunch, some good whiskey and treats.
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It’s been a bit over a month and I’ve been busy, and… kinda processing my place in my work… in relation to what is currently the present societal situation.
I love my work. I’ve loved this work more than my 28-year career in media.
This past week, I was at a work conference. While taking a class toward a certification, I had a moment of clarity. And of purpose.
The class was about resilience and leadership and was very interactive. During a breakout group we were asked to discuss our most profound “mountaintop moment” and what it meant to each of us.
In the course of the conversation, I came to realize that everything I did in the previous career, the skills I learned, and all the rest, has led me to be doing the work I do, in this intense, heavily scrutinized, and contentious time.
It is maybe the first time in my (almost) 55 years that I have ever felt like my work IS my true life’s calling.
I’m feeling blessed to be part of a community of professionals with an incredible determination and sense of purpose, in spite of, or, maybe because of the challenges we face as a profession, and as a society, and as a nation.
What a great recharge of my focus and energy!
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For the first time in an age, my “Get Up! Mix” from Apple Music is on-point with the mood and energy I need for a Monday morning!
Mostly emo, punk, indie, etc. and I’m here for it!
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There’s a TON of great journalism about the state of democracy out there. Some comes from mainstream sources, but a HUGE amount is coming from the journalists and organizations in the tech space.
Wired and TechDirt and Garbage Day have all pivoted to include, or focus entirely on the current and critical matters of our government’s disintegration by billionaires, led by a core of tech billionaires.
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I’ve been following some great discussions about what can be done about the things that are happening…
The links above are US government websites, but you can also learn more at these sites:
Your local or state election office. Search “election office” and your state, county, or municipality.
There are SO many elections happening this year. Get involved. Participate. VOTE. And help others do it too!
Democracy takes work and care and all of us.
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It’s been a long year this week… and pretty much every week for the last 7.
I’m grateful to have a 4-day weekend to recharge and recover and reconnect with the good in my life. This weekend is going to be 100% self-care and good energy.
It is tough to do, but feeling off-balance and despairing is by design. All of this is intended to keep us stuck.
We can’t let it. We must push forward and push away from the darkness toward the light.
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I just passed 200 RSS feeds in NetNewsWire! I have a sense that was around my count back at the peak of RSS before social media exploded and reconfigured how we used the Internet.
Even before enshittification set in on the corporate social media sites, I liked the “curated by friends” aspect of it. And a lot of things I stumbled onto via Twitter (I joined FB much later) ended up getting the site’s RSS feed added to NNW.
I keep FB because I manage the page at work, but mostly do all of that through a third-party scheduling tool. I deleted my Twitter a couple of months ago… I honestly can’t remember, and don’t miss it.
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