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Inspired by all the enthusiasm for Spotify’s end-of-year Wrapped summaries, tuneR is my extremely rudimentary first start at my own version, done in R/Shiny. I’d love to hear if it works for you and what else would make it more fun!

a pizza sitting on a wooden cutting board. It's topped with bright green slices of cooked sprouts, contrasting with white cheese and red sauce.

Pizza tonight: Brussels sprouts and oyster mushrooms! This was a good one. My gluten-free toaster-oven crust continues to do All Right.

I spent a lot of this week toting my X-T30 around the house, just shooting things I liked. Then I did some cabinet cleaning and handled the old X100S for a few minutes. Wow; the X100S still feels incomparable. That viewfinder is still so beautiful to use.

Per policy, I ate the last piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast, straight from the baking dish, standing at the sink.

Also, breaking news: Tonight we made another pie.

My annual photo gifts are complete! Cards (btw, there’s no good stock card for the mid-pandemic holiday season; “joy” seems like way more than I can hope for); calendar for my parents (I’ve been making this since 2003); and, this year, a secret new photo book for my ❤️. ✅ 📷 🍻

A bottle sits beside a partially full glass of very dark beer. They sit mostly in shadow but are lit by one bright spot of sun

I’ve had this bottle of World Wide Stout in the fridge for, I think, two years. Today, puttering around in the kitchen together, seemed like a good day to crack it open. It was delicious.