The sun is out today. I feel like this is the first time the sun has been out in weeks. Driving home last night, I realized that it wasn't fully dark yet. I am more than happy to welcome back longer days. I miss the light. Here's what has my attention at the moment. WORK
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Earlier this week, I went to kiss the husband good night. I noticed that he had a page from Archives.gov up on his laptop. "What are you reading?" "The Warren Commission Report." *pause* "Why?" (For what he does for a living, this could have been a legit work thing.) "The internet." I laughed because no further explanation was necessary. Heck, half of what makes it in to the links below is because of "the internet." "The internet" happens because everything is hyperlinked. We jump from one page, to the next, to the next, ad nauseum. We enter vortices of reading and research because of deep linking. I wrote a paper in college about how hyperlinks are the new footnote. They give us more information and context about a particular thing. We don't simply read a page and be done with it. We open additional tabs, do some quick Google searches, and jump between pages in fits of learning. Thousands of browser windows have crashed under the weight too many tabs open because someone wanted to fulfill a learning need. The internet is problematic and toxic for many reasons, but it's also one of the greatest inventions of human history. Information about anything is now available to be researched, read, shared, and discussed. Linking is the main form of connection showing us how everything we know and experience is interwoven. What have you ended up reading because of "the internet"?
It's a rainy in DC. So rainy that the gutters are basically small rivers. This morning, I was thankful for my knee high rain boots. They kept my feet dry as I stood in one of those rivers in order to get the kiddo out of our car during daycare drop-off. Here's what else was good in my week:
This past weekend, I had my kiddo make some art to decorate my cubicle walls. (She appears to be in a spirograph period.) I hung her pictures up on my walls this week and they make me smile. Plus, they are a lot nicer looking in the background of Zoom meetings than the gray fabric walls. Here's what else has my attention. WORK
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Journal Me Organized: The Complete Guide to Practical and Creative Planning Rebecca Spooner One of the categories of books I can't say no to is titles about organization, journaling, and productivity. I fell down a rabbit hole of linked subject headings when looking at books available through my public library... and that's how this book ended up coming home with me. As a bullet journaler, I love the artsy stuff. I honestly am not expecting to learn much. I just want to look at the pretty pages. These books are a comfort read for me. Additionally, I also started and finished Born on the Water from The 1619 Project. I had intended to read this book with my kiddo, but it's too advanced for her age. The book is wonderful, so I will save this on the list of things to read to her when she's older. |