Mostly lemon based – Page 12 – Kate's somewhat eclectic journal

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I should not have worn the “Impossible” teeshirt today: computing edition.

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So this is going to be about me being pissy after a day of disastrous computing. Feel free to skip it. A while back I…

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Gently moving forwards

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So, like I say, I’ve been trying to give myself some grace. I’ve also been trying not to get drenched, and the weather (as is…

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Northerly rocks

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I have finally made it to the north wall. I’ve not been exactly thrilled to work on the problem of moving the innumerable rocks that…

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Not great.

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Back in 2005, I wrote this. It’s not alone. There are lots of entries around my dad’s illness and death where my emotional exhaustion reared…

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Watching the clouds roll by

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One of the nice things about this house is the view from the sofa. You can watch the clouds roll past the big fir trees.…

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Things continue not so much apace

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We’ve been working on the house in a kinda of slow way. Some jobs are just – well – they’ve been lacking urgency. We’ve done…

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Bits, bobs and interior froof.

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We’re continuing to try and work towards a more finished home, although it turns out that the stay-at-home order allows only for “essential” building work,…

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More wood, more plants, just more.

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So, the stay-at-home / shelter-in-place / passive-aggressive-stop-going-the-fuck-out order is now in place. People were asked nicely to not congregate and to keep space to avoid…

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I wrote a thing for facebook

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I often try and stay off facebook, and I definitely stay away from talking about health topics, but I know some people I’m friends with…

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Learning Opportunities II

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When we put up the picture rail yesterday, we discovered that… the middle of our hourse is about an inch lower than the edge of…