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Running club
I typically prefer to run alone (mostly), but when an opportunity came up to be a parent volunteer with the running club at my kid’s school, I couldn’t resist. Running is important to me, so the thought of passing that on to others made me jump (or run) at the chance. Now that we’ve gone…
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Dividing my day by coffee
I work and play in spikes and I’ve realized that I can neatly divide a typical day up by what cup of coffee I’m on.
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A matter of perspective
While I was writing my summary about coaching, I had a thought about this drawing of a hand holding a cube. If you imagine yourself as the cube (your behaviors, motivations, values, etc.), then what a coach helps you do is turn that cube around in your hand and look at it from different directions.…
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Mushroom log
My buddy Alex (who also supplied me with my wok) sent me a surprise shitake mushroom log. Aside from never thinking I would ever write “surprise mushroom log” in a sentence, I was surprised by how easy and tasty homegrown mushrooms are. These shitakes grew like crazy and tasted great. I’m hoping to get a…
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All about the path (Affinity Designer practice)
This week I became reacquainted with the almighty path. Not the proverbial path of life but the paths created in a vector design tool or, more specifically, the path tools available in my vector design tool of choice, Affinity Designer.
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Making pattern fills in Affinity Designer is easy to learn, like everything else
I’ve been learning how to use Affinity Designer since last year. I love drawing and design, both physically and digitally, and after getting a Wacom tablet for Christmas, I’ve started to make “making stuff” a daily habit.
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Reading many books at once
I’ve always wanted to be a promiscuous reader and not let myself get “stuck” with a book I feel obligated to finish, but I seem prone to falling into that trap. I’ve never quite been able to have multiple books going at a time, quite books I’m not into, and start new ones whenever I…
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My wok fried omelettes look like crap, but they are delicious
This post doesn’t need to exist, but it does simply as proof that I’m now starting to try cooking more that just asian cuisine in my wok. Tonight Last night I made omelettes with a side of stir fried shitake mushrooms, potatoes, and yeasted waffles.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
