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Sabbatical recap
Well, my three-month sabbatical is over, and I’m back at work as of Monday. I was off work for 96 days. It was the longest I’ve been off work since my last parental leave in 2017 (about the same in terms of time), but for a good chunk of it the kids were in school…
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Is it time to jailbreak my Kindle?
I love my Kindle, and I’m not particularly mad at Amazon, but I do think it might be time to jailbreak the thing so that I can a) explore different ways to use it, b) have a little technical-ish project to do while I’m on sabbatical, and c) educate myself on one more area of…
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 2019. I came across it on a list of the 30 best non-fiction books of the last 30 years (Archive.today link). It was long (502 pages). I finished it and liked it very much, but I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone.
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Late spring plantings
We planted some more plants. It was one of the best things I did last week. 🌱
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Drum lessons
One of my goals for my sabbatical is to learn how to play the drums. I’ve always wanted to play, just never actually made the effort/time/space for it. This is my chance! I’m a month in now and so glad I’m making the effort.
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Writing and drawings by Nick.
