Because at that point, I still believed in doctors. I still believed they could help me. I still believed they were someone you called when something was wrong. And I soon realized that wasn’t the case.

#NotJustFatigue Short Documentary from Elizabeth Ansell on Vimeo.

I was just adding some things to my cart on Home Depot to be delivered and everything said “Free” until I added two canvas drop cloths and then all of a sudden a $79 delivery fee got added.

WTF

Maybe it is just best for me to stay off social media for the next two weeks than play whack-a-mole with filters and muting to avoid the Olympics.

There are days when I am overwhelmed with grief and rage at the regressive attitudes toward public health and disabled people. In my opinion, the ableist, fascistic, and eugenic nature of proposed mask bans under consideration in New York City and Los Angeles is bleak. But what is happening now is not new or surprising; the hate is more explicit, that’s all.

Today’s featured photo from the Photos app (2024/07/24)

A field of wildflowers backed by an evergreen forest and blue sky.

Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA.

June 17, 2021

I’m so impressed with the resourcefulness of the King Arthur Baking website.

Common ingredients measurements and weight chart.

The day started out rough, got a little rougher, and has progressively gotten better. Phew!

“I did this thing because of this other oppressive thing and I know this thing is the height of privilege but I’m doing it anyway and leaving you behind in your marginalized state and sucks to be you” really is a way to choose to go now by self-proclaimed allies.

Ah, to be a short-timer with absolute immunity…

@lzbth it is definitely a warmer colored bloom, but I have several orange pots around the garden so this does a good job of picking up that color along the back border where most other flowers are cooler colors

Today’s featured photo from the Photos app (2024/07/21)

Misty morning in Sitka Harbor aboard the MS Westerdam.

August 17, 2011

@Miraz me too and thank you

@nsmsn that sounds like a fine afternoon

📝 From Apple Annie’s Weblog

Your blog is a vulnerability.

2024-07-20

Today’s featured photo from the Photos app (2024/07/19)

Proven Winners ‘Sombrero Adobe Orange’ echinacea in my back sun perennial border. This was eye-level when I was planting an agastache yesterday. I managed to get along with the bees that were also eye-level.

July 18, 2024

Updated my Blogroll page to include the “About” field which I co-opted to include a feed for every blog. Also did a lil' styling.

@AndyNicolaides haha that’s so right

@odd it was not you, and thank you for your kind words

I just published something on my weblog that was hard to hit publish on. It could go either way, but this is the end for me thinking about it for now. I actually feel a weight off my shoulders and can breathe a little easier tonight. If I was a drinker I’d have a beer.

@odd can't say I don't feel it myself sometimes

📝 From Apple Annie’s Weblog

To omg.lol: an uncomfortable home

2024-07-17

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. ― Jodi Picoult

@manton yeah, I guess the main issue is, for example, I have a custom config.json where I'm only overriding what I need, but I like to refer back to the other one but now I can't see it :(

@news well, now I'm not sure I agree with my previous sentiment, perhaps @manton can clarify something for me: previously you had three sections of templates showing the level of override: your custom/override templates, the current theme's template, and the core MB templates. Now there does not appear to be a distinction and I'm actually not entirely sure where my overrides are anymore since it is a flat list without sections.

@tracydurnell I'm glad someone got a kick out of that 😁

@news oh this is so much better than having to think every time I click "Edit Themes" to choose right them for the blog I'm on

@V_ Much appreciated, unfortunately with the course of this illness, the longer you have it the less likely of recovery.

@mandaris haha no worries

@markstoneman It does not appear to have come through as a webmention. I even checked the dashboard under Account > Webmentions.

@manton Thanks for the reply. I've had these thoughts rolling around for a while. Sometimes you just have to get it out.

@torb It's true, I don't shell out $10/mo because I don't want it work out. It feels bumpy right now, and maybe it will get better, maybe it won't, either way I can't make a swift change so we'll see how things are in the fall/winter.

@V_ Thanks for sharing this. I have ME/CFS and am always glad when more people become aware.

@help my uptime monitoring showed it was down almost five hours, first notice was at around 7:30pm PT and came back up at around midnight

@mandaris I guess I didn’t word my post very well, I need a break from everything that’s happening

@petebrown I have thought the exact same thing. I was very late to watching the show, just within the last few years, and multiple times I muttered “this show was a mistake.”

@Denny sounds good!

@rscottjones not upstairs, I have the remnants of a dumbwaiter pulley system in my basement though

@Miraz @jean I had forgotten about Vera! I am partway through the series and do not actually recall why I stopped watching, possible it was due to the severity of some episodes.

@Miraz oh this looks great! I’m currently watching The Brokenwood Mysteries but I’ll add this to watch next.

@lzbth how hard was that? I'm not positive of a definitive list of members/accounts, is there one?

@lzbth Thank you for the well wishes.