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Pretty Good Hat

Game screenshot showing the text “I am unsure how to be me without you” written on a wall.

I’ve been playing a lot of Outer Wilds the last couple of days. It’s breathtaking in so many ways, a beautiful and inventive story about exploring a dying galaxy in a wooden spaceship, and then every so often a passage just gets me right in the feels.

Photo of bubbling peach cobbler in a cast iron pan.

Gluten free, grilled peach cobbler. We ate this for dessert with homemade molasses ice cream.

Porch with unfinished railing posts Railing post with cable connectors

Work in progress: Taking down the old porch railing and making a first run at replacing it with a cable rail.

Nailed It! but for loading the dishwasher after baking twice in one day.

Sun coming up behind high clouds

Monsoon season sunrise! This one has started a little later than usual, and the whole town is excited to welcome the rain and cool temperatures.

Watched Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse again. It’s just so spectacular and I see new things every time I watch it. The leap of faith scene never fails to give me a chill.

Photo of two journals, stacked, with a Lamy fountain pen.

Last week I did something I’ve never done before: I filled a journal. For the first time I have written regularly, almost daily, sometimes just a bit, for a year and a half.

Photo of a chocolate ice cream sandwich on a cutting board

Proof of concept homemade gluten free ice cream sandwiches appear to meet success criteria. Further use case testing (eating) is required prior to pushing to prod.

Photo of a plate of eggs, steak and tortillas Image of a heart rate graph with a lot of red

I went to the gym at 5am for a tough upper body workout and followed that immediately with a huge and occasionally epic spin ride for 800 calories. I stopped for steak and eggs on the way to work, and now I’m hungry again.