We had our baby shower this past weekend, and I’m glad to have it behind us. There’s still another one for/from my side of the family in two weeks but it should be very low-key comparatively. My mother drove for 8 hours to be here for the weekend (New England summer roadwork smh) and it was the first time we’ve seen her since last August, so it was really wonderful to have her up. I sent her home with so many plants…

I’m nearly done rebuilding our original bird coop, and it’ll be super great to have that finished and ready. It was a huge pain to move by myself with no tractor access but the frame held up admirably, and the new tweaks should make maintenance way easier - it feels like a prerequisite with all of the additional work we’ll be facing in another month.

Same same! Wait’ll that guy finds out about Anti-Flag!

Since when did punk rock talk about politics 🤣

Since the dawn of punk rock? Read a poorly photocopied zine fer cryin’ out loud. Half of the Dead Kennedys first album was about Dianne Feinstein or Jerry Brown and the political landscape of San Francisco. Literally every Bad Religion song is political. Let’s not even get started on all the Brit punk that Thatcher inspired.

Relevant youtube link

Quite probably the finest renditions of Tomas Kalnoky’s music ever recorded

I’m with you 100% on the music helping with time management, there’s nothing like putting on an album with the right bpm for what needs to get accomplished. And the small dance movements, head bops, and shimmies while working helps to prevent getting burned out on the chores. Plus that feeling of serendipity when the task completes around the same time as the album… pure magic.

Went to the farmers market from 7-1 today, came home to find my wife running a fever so I’m now doing laundry and dishes. I’ll have to go do all the watering a little later today, but that’s okay. I still have about 7 cubic yards of wood chips to move, and our pond is now low enough to allow me to buck and remove the trees that fell into it during a wind storm earlier this year. Some of that will get done today, and I’ll be doing more of it tomorrow before and after the weekly grocery run. I also recorded and edited a video for our channel but I’m sorta 50/50 on it a few hours later and don’t know whether it’ll be posted or just deleted despite the time it took to do all that.

I, too, clean to music! It’s usually some kind of bop like Parov Stellar or Caravan Palace to prevent me from stopping to admire my work partway through.

Not my usual cup of tea but I listened to the whole thing and enjoyed it, thanks for sharing!

I think Nancy was the one who had a relationship with the shooter…

The whole thing just feels a little hinky to me, but I agree with you in doubting that trump planned it. That said, keep an ear out for lines from ronnie’s speeches

Given the slant of the article, it really feels like The Register missed an opportunity for a spicier headline like “Mike Howell, Heritage Foundation executive, reportedly discloses gay furry prison sex fantasies”

Didn’t see this when I made my comment but yeah. Reeks of the reagan playbook

I’m not entirely surprised…

His first campaign was entirely cribbed from reagan too

when reached for comment, the makers of the ai tool stated that they were shocked that the tool was used for the purpose for which it was built

/s because it’s not a real quote but also:

/s

Hey thanks! He stopped by the farm today to take a short tour (nothing like you all are dealing with but it’s hot & dry for us northerners) and I’m going to be visiting one of his rewilding projects in a week or two to consult. We’ll see where it goes!

We’ve had a friend visiting for a few days to help build out his photography portfolio and get some nice pictures of stuff around the farm, which I’ll be sure to share once I’ve gotten them. It’s super nice to have outside perspective - I don’t always feel the progress that others perceive, and don’t give much credit to the work that’s put into it. I should put more into validating myself and my efforts, but it’s still nice when other folks help out with that.

I’m also nearing functional completion of my bookshelf project but have been a little bad about documenting it for !diy - I have a few photos I’ll share once I have regained some of my bandwidth. I’ll still have to do the trim but will be able to start storing our books, records, and stuff there soon instead of all the small shelves and stacks scattered around the house.

Wednesday morning edit: a few weeks ago I met another photographer, one who works for National Geographic. They reached out this morning to see if I’d be interested in collaborating on a project or two of theirs and I’m crazy excited for that opportunity

Yup, been there. I’ve been getting bitten this week while removing the suspect eggs. Sometimes the girls will get off of them for enough time for me to inspect but sometimes they come back quickly and angry

That looks delicious, and well plated to boot - great job!

Hey congrats! That’s awesome! Also very happy to hear you’ve found another outlet for your music and great people to boot

Certainly not the U.S. citizens

I’ll tell you that it does - or at least, the remembering becomes slightly less painful as time goes on. The lessons really stick, but it becomes easier to remember all the good stuff, and those are the things you should hold on to the hardest during those difficult times.

And I’m glad you shared with us, if for no other reason than helping you process your grief. I’m sure we’re all sending our love, hoping to lighten the load in some small way.