Sorry to have missed last week’s check in! We had some crazy rain and wind in Davis and much of the town lost power for a few days—it threw us all, quite literally, off course! But California needed some water, and I’m happy to see we got feet of snow in the Sierras (reminded me of #Februburied).
Our little babe turns seven tomorrow (as she’s been letting everyone know all week!), so I’m posting early and taking off to celebrate. We’re going to go skiing on the day, and then have a few friends joining her for a zoom party on Saturday morning (along with a mermaid to entertain). Hopefully we can make the day special for her! She makes every day special for us. Her gift request? “A comb that folds out of a circle.” I think she means one of these. Here are some looks back at the last seven years.
Happy Friday! Trying to hold onto that Wednesday high as long as possible! From Amanda Gorman, “there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it; if only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Between following the second impeachment and thinking through all the implications of barring a president from posting online, I’ve continued to be distracted by news. There continues to be plenty of reason for gloom and doom this week (e.g. NASA confirms 2020 was the hottest year on record in a warming trend; only 10 Republicans joined the call to impeach; White supremacists are threatening violence at the inauguration—read this for more on the ever-updating and disturbing insurrection details; thousands of people are dying—especially people of color—from COVID every day; and so on), but I think I’m going to step away from the headlines for a bit and post some non-newsy links this week.
Here are some items that came into the house over the holidays and which have been making me smile, as well as a few other items of note…
