📸 March Photo Challenge #17: Early. This is my awesome Kate Bush mug. I drink coffee from it in the early mornings during our together time when nothing is awake yet. We have some of our best conversations in the early morning. It’s a very intimate, special time for me.

The cover from my mother’s book.

📸 March Photo Challenge #16: Road. A page from my mother’s childhood copy of The Wizard of Oz. One of my most treasured possessions. “Which road leads to the Wicked Witch of the West?” asked Dorothy.

I just said bye to one of my employees for the last time in person. I cried. I’ve grown close to this team. I hope I’ve been a good leader for them. Imperfect, yes…but good I hope. I set out to be a kind person first, and a manager second. I hope it mattered. I think it did.

I can’t wait to take today’s photo challenge photo. It’s going to be of something very special to me. :)

🪑 ALWAYS COUNT THE CHAIRS 🪑

We have semi-regular manager summit meetings at my agency. My role has been to co-coordinate them with a small team. At the last one, I stopped in to the large conference room first thing in the morning to make sure it was set up for that afternoon’s meeting. I glanced around quickly and thought to myself, “This looks fine. No messes, nothing to rearrange, I know how to work the projector in here, the tables are all lined up classroom style, it looks like some tables were removed from the back, but I’m not worried; this afternoon will be good to go.

Several Ohio pension systems lost millions of dollars after their shares in a pair of failed banks tanked over the weekend. Ohio pension systems lose millions in failed banks but say they’re a tiny fraction of investments Tiny fraction? Tell that to the pension owners.

📸 March Photo Challenge #15: Patience. An early album named Patience from my favorite band, Over the Rhine. “I love the patience in your eyes” is a line from the song Circle of Quiet. These liner notes are autographed elsewhere.

“Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over toxic train derailment - The Guardian”

“Nearly every tumultuous movement in American politics has coincided with a call to ban books.” “The Librarians Are Not Okay - The Atlantic”

Florida book bans are not a hoax

📸 March Photo Challenge #14: Horizon. The lyric sheet from my limited edition Scarlet’s Walk CD by Tori Amos. From one of my favorite songs, Carbon: “Keep your eyes on her horizon.” First time this has been out of the box since the year it came out.

I’ve worked at this agency for about 8 years. Most of the time it was good. I loved my first boss, and I loved my second boss. We just clicked. But my third boss, well, let’s just say we think she’s from Eastwick. Unexpectedly, she arranged this for my last day in the office.

Tell Congress to fund libraries here. bit.ly/FundLibrariesFY24 Takes about one minute.

📸 March Photo Challenge #13: Connection. A very cool and complicated iOS shortcut that I’m not smart enough to build made this. I know it’s cheating a little but the song’s been in my head all day long thanks to this challenge so I’m submitting it.

I swear some of these Republicans would be burning witches at the stake if they still could. Democrats Need to Fight Harder as the GOP Tries to Eradicate Trans People

💐 Just ordered an e-card for a colleague who not only lost her father a week ago, but also her mother in-law this weekend.

🧪 Testing a Shortcut.

Daily Wire host Michael Knowles: “…for the good of society…transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely—the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.” Beyoncé: Might I suggest you don’t fuck w my sis ‘cause she comfortable. 🏳️‍⚧️ (Fuck you, Michael Knowles)

📸 March Photo Challenge #12: Shiny. A photo of the lyric sleeve from my vinyl copy of Dove by Belly. The song, my favorite on the album, is called “Shiny One.”

📸 March Photo Challenge #11: Gimcrack. I guess I do own a few knickknacks. Also, I absolutely had to look up the word “gimcrack” because I’m not as smart as all that. That’s like a GRE vocabulary word right there.

👠 I wonder if Dolly Parton has said anything about the drag ban In Tennessee.

🎵 NOW PLAYING: THREE BABIES BY SINÉAD O'CONNOR FROM THE ALBUM THREE BABIES - EP ON MUSIC

🎵 Now Playing: Three Babies by Sinéad O’Connor from the album Three Babies - EP on Music

Post a great album with no explanation. Tag others to do the same. Okey dokey, then. @odd @jean @maique

🎵 Now Playing: Adam by Meshell Ndegeocello from the album Bitter on Music