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  1. For *absolutely everything* I have in mind I'd be shocked if it came to any more than $150,000-200,000 to make a house into a real home for me and my future kid, which should actually be doable when the time comes...I'm just disturbed by how much life costs now.

    #home #thoughts #dreams #goals #plans

  2. I'm trying to plan what I'll need in the future, and so last night I ran an experiment where I pick out pieces I actually like to furnish a standard-sized home. End result? A Pottery Barn cart that weighs in at $58,000...and counting. I'll need more money than I thought... 👀

    #home #thoughts #dreams #goals #plans

  3. Fri. May 22, 2026: The Start of Memorial Day Weekend!

    image courtesy of MonikaDesigns from Pixabay

    Friday, May 22, 2026

    Waxing Moon

    Pluto Retrograde

    Partly cloudy and cold

    A Friday before the long weekend. Woo-hoo!

    Wednesday night, after I scheduled the blog post, I ran 20 Fearless Ink business cards and 10 Pages on Stages cards. I couldn’t imagine I’d need more than that.

    Well, I could imagine it, but it wasn’t practical.

    (I didn’t need more, but I gave out a good many of the cards, and was glad I had them).

    I woke up at 4 (therefore not needing my alarm set for 5), did the morning routine, made breakfast, did the dishes, cleaned the litterboxes, got dressed and put some makeup on. Turning over the closet last weekend meant I was able to easily get dressed and accessorized in clothes I felt good in. I don’t think I’ve felt good in my clothes since early days on the Cape. I felt I hit the sweet spot between looking professional and pulled together without being corporate, in clothes that were also comfortable to sit, stand, drive, and move around. And comfortable shoes!

    I was out the door a little after 7 AM, stopping to top off the gas, and headed to Dalton. Traffic in Cheshire was a nightmare, which makes no sense at all. Chesire? Really? In spite of it all, I somehow zoomed down to Dalton and arrived a full hour early at the Stationery Factory, before even most of the vendors showed up.

    So I sat in the car and worked on the anthology story due at the end of the month.

    On local radio, they stated that a lot of people were already leaving on Thursday, doing a 5-day weekend.

    When the venue opened at 9, I wandered in, surprised the staff remembered me after two years. I haven’t been able to attend many of their events in the past year, so I think the last time I saw most of them was at this Expo in 2024. Still, I was greeted by name, and we all had a good catch-up.

    I got my tote bag and program and nametag. I got a cup of coffee. No pastries, this year, unless one bought them at the café area. But I’d eaten breakfast before I headed out, and didn’t need any sugar.

    I was happy to learn that Shire Tavern, which has become a popular regional hangout, was in the Factory. I knew it was in the area, but knowing exactly where it is makes me more likely to actually go there.

    I made the rounds of the different table vendors, had some good conversations, exchanged a lot of business cards, gathered enough swag that I had to offload it into the car before continuing on my day. There were also several people who should be talking to each other, and I suggested that, and then some that would be good partners with other organizations I know, so I have a bunch of follow-up emails to do today to get people in touch with each other. The two best conversations I had were with an organization out of Springfield that supports women-operated businesses and Berkshire Film & Media Collaborative, which wants to encourage more filmmaking in the region, and to build a studio up here.

    I attended the first two panel discussions, on grants (finally meeting someone I’d only dealt with through emails the past few months), and then on community business loans, which are different than bank business loans.

    Then it was lunch time. I’d been looking forward to the amazing (but messy) burritos we had in past years. Sadly, we did not have them this year. We had dry bread with a choice of grilled chicken, turkey, ham, or veg, some arugula, separate packets of mayo and mustard, and stale BBQ chips. Not as engaging a meal as in previous years, shall we say. But they fed us, which was appreciated.

    I’d spoken to everyone I wanted to speak with, and I already know the material from the final session, so I slipped out a bit early.

    I ran my errands, which included checking out the Aldi’s in Pittsfield, which isn’t any more enticing than the Aldi’s in Bennington. I found a couple of things, but the prices really aren’t cheaper than the local grocery store (in spite of claims), except for a few of the canned goods. I had better luck at Adams Fresh Market, where I picked up some berries for today’s luncheon and a pie for us here at home.

    At the thrift store, I found a trio of glassware to replace the glass that broke from a set from the 1970’s. They are coupe glasses, which used to be more prevalent for champagne than they are now, back in the day. (Those are the wider, shallower bowl shape, rather than fluted or tulip). We had a set of 8, and recently one broke. No one’s fault, things happen sometimes. I found one that’s a pretty close match, and two more that are similar, but with different stems. At 99 cents a pop, I grabbed all three. I tend to use them as dessert glasses for mousse or berry desserts and the like, rather than as champagne or cocktail glasses.

    Home, unpacked everything and put things away. I snagged a second fancy silver plated business card case from one of the vendors (I got one two years ago, and they encouraged me to take another), so now I can carry my Fearless Ink cards in one and my Pages on Stages cards in another. They didn’t have the really good pens this year, though. Two years ago, they had the best pens I’ve ever used, outside of a fountain pen. When the ink ran out, I saved the case, so I can try to get another ink cartridge for it.

    I didn’t pick up direct freelance work from the day, as I have in other years, but I had conversations that could lead to future work. It was a worthwhile day. I was much more comfortable and relaxed this year than I’ve been in previous years, which was nice, too.

    Bea was very happy to see me. Tessa took up residence in the computer chair while I was gone. Charlotte and Willa fussed. My mom was having a good day, which was also helpful.

    Cooked dinner and had a quiet evening. I will miss Stephen Colbert’s show. My friend’s husband worked on the crew since the beginning, and I’ve only heard wonderful things about the experience of working on the show, as well as the quality of the work itself.

    I realized I hadn’t written about the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, which was last weekend. Three of the Derby runners, Great White, Ocelli, and Incredibolt, ran. The race was won by Napoleon Solo, a horse I didn’t know much about, but is grey, and I have a fondness for grey horses (part of the reason I enjoy Great White and another Preakness contender, Bull by the Horns). The race was at Laurel Park rather than Pimlico, so the details I use to look at horses in Pimlico didn’t really hold for Laurel Park. I don’t know that track as well. Honestly, I didn’t pay much attention to this race, since there’s no chance of a Triple Crown this year, with Golden Tempo skipping it.

    To all those who whine about the Triple Crown being too hard – boo, it’s not supposed to be easy. That’s the point of it having meaning.

    It’s a breeding issue. They’re breeding only for speed on matchstick legs instead of speed and  endurance, which would help build longer careers and be healthier for the horses. So when they talk about skipping the Preakness “for the good of the horse” I just roll my eyes. Owners and trainers want to force a schedule change because they are not breeding as well as they could be, and they’re more likely to drive the sport even further into oblivion than it’s headed.

    Today, I’m making devilled eggs for the lunch, getting some ghostwriting done, and then heading for Lenox a little before noon for the 1 PM start time. I figure we’ll be eating and chatting until mid/late afternoon and hope that the holiday traffic won’t be too bad on the way back. When I get back, I should be able to customize next week’s CSA box.

    I might go to the Farmers’ Market tomorrow for eggs, although I don’t really need anything else. Maybe I’ll just show up, hang out, and socialize for a while? Although I’ll have been social two days in a row, and I might be done.

    But for most of the weekend, I  just want to chill out, and, if the light is good, get some sewing done. Sleep as much as the cats will allow. Cook some good food. Finish reading the scripts for the literary meeting next week. I’m presenting work by a playwright about whom I’m excited. This year, each of us on the committee gets to lead a session with a playwright we think it a good fit for the theatre.

    I also need to finish setting up the back balcony, including the shelf unit that serves as a boundary to our side of the shared space. Because so many people live next door, they tend to spill over without it, and that can be a problem. They mean well, but they get careless sometimes.

    Next week is a reasonably quiet week (at least so far) with lots of writing on several projects. Then it will be June the following week, and time for the reading of my play. It all goes very quickly.

    It went down into the 30s overnight, and will be fairly temperate all weekend, which should be nice, even though this morning was a bit chilly.

    Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up on the other side.

    #holidayWeekend #horseRacing #networking #Plans #smallBusiness #writing
  4. I don’t know if everyone was raised the same way, but perhaps you’ve learnt this from other sources, given that parents wouldn’t make things up and portray them as internationally accepted traditions.

    So, here are a couple of things I still remember because they’re about travel and adventure

    1. Only those who have sailed through the Drake Passage are allowed to wear an earring
    2. Only those who have sailed around the world are allowed to put their feet up on the table

    I’m almost forty, and it’s not that I particularly want an earring, it’s more that I’m considering a trip around the world. How many pages in a notebook would you need to fill to plan something like this?

    #plans #travel #yolo

  5. Nothing Going On

    It’s Friday night. The weekend is here. Thank fuck, you know? The weekend… finally.

    We have nothing going on this weekend. I have to pick something up at the drug store but other than that… nuttin’.

    Man, is that weird or what? It’s been a long time since we’ve had a weekend with nothing going on. 

    Like… weird, right?

    #plans #weekend
  6. Nothing Going On

    It’s Friday night. The weekend is here. Thank fuck, you know? The weekend… finally.

    We have nothing going on this weekend. I have to pick something up at the drug store but other than that… nuttin’.

    Man, is that weird or what? It’s been a long time since we’ve had a weekend with nothing going on. 

    Like… weird, right?

    #plans #weekend
  7. Nothing Going On

    It’s Friday night. The weekend is here. Thank fuck, you know? The weekend… finally.

    We have nothing going on this weekend. I have to pick something up at the drug store but other than that… nuttin’.

    Man, is that weird or what? It’s been a long time since we’ve had a weekend with nothing going on. 

    Like… weird, right?

    #plans #weekend
  8. Nothing Going On

    It’s Friday night. The weekend is here. Thank fuck, you know? The weekend… finally.

    We have nothing going on this weekend. I have to pick something up at the drug store but other than that… nuttin’.

    Man, is that weird or what? It’s been a long time since we’ve had a weekend with nothing going on. 

    Like… weird, right?

    #plans #weekend
  9. According to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently engaged in intensive planning aimed at establishing a... news.osna.fm/?p=46123 | #news #afd #government #loyal #plans

  10. According to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently engaged in intensive planning aimed at establishing a... news.osna.fm/?p=46123 | #news #afd #government #loyal #plans

  11. According to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently engaged in intensive planning aimed at establishing a... news.osna.fm/?p=46123 | #news #afd #government #loyal #plans

  12. According to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently engaged in intensive planning aimed at establishing a... news.osna.fm/?p=46123 | #news #afd #government #loyal #plans

  13. According to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is currently engaged in intensive planning aimed at establishing a... news.osna.fm/?p=46123 | #news #afd #government #loyal #plans

  14. Cowboy files plans for up to 20,000 orbital data centers
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    <p>Cowboy Space has filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission for a 20,000-satellite
    #orbital #centers #cowboy #plans

  15. Cowboy files plans for up to 20,000 orbital data centers
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    <p>Cowboy Space has filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission for a 20,000-satellite
    #orbital #centers #cowboy #plans

  16. Thurs. May 14, 2026: A Balanced Workday

    image courtesy of Pexels via Pixabay.com

    Thursday, May 14, 2026

    Day Before Dark Moon

    Pluto Retrograde

    Rainy and cool

    You can read the latest on the garden on Gratitude and Growth. I actually have a decent-sized post up this week!

    Yesterday morning, I worked my way through the draft of BETTING MAN, adding in the layers and the red herrings I needed in order to move forward. One wouldn’t think that could take all morning, but it did. Those fourteen chapters hold together better than I thought, which is a relief, and now there’s enough foundation to move forward.

    The tension builds better now around the attacks that have happened since before the book opens. The first death is at the beginning of Chapter Five – again, farther in than I usually like to put it, but that’s where it needs to be for this book. I’m about to drop another body when I move forward, and then two more in pretty rapid succession after that. There’s enough detail and differentiation in the thoroughbred racing scenes and the polo match scenes to give readers a sense of each without being overly expositional (I hope).

    The Nina books are more category length than standard length – usually between 60-70K.

    I did the day’s marketing. I wrote the blurb for BETTING MAN and created the page for the book on the Nina Bell website. I haven’t put the cover art up yet. I’ll do that when the edited version of the book goes through production. I did a bit of housework, in case the friend I’m taking to Lenox today comes up to the apartment. It’s not ready for a photo shoot, but I will vacuum and do a little more tidying up this morning, and it will be what it is, in transition between winter and spring.

    I did a nice chunk of work on the ghostwriting, although I don’t have a deadline for this assignment yet. I’m waiting on notes from the assignment I turned in Tuesday last week.

    It was a solid, balanced workday, which gave me a sense of satisfaction. I got the scripts for Monday night’s session with Athena, and will probably read them over the weekend.

    I’m pondering an LOI to a local organization doing a restructuring. I may work on that a bit tomorrow and next week, and then see if it’s worth sending.

    I dropped off/picked up books at the library, ran into Big Y for a big batch of cilantro that I need for today’s crockpot meal, and then picked up my CSA box at Savvy Hive. It was raining, so I did all the errands by car instead of on foot. There were too many books to lug around on foot anyway, and I wanted to get those errands out of the way yesterday to free up some time today.

    I’m skipping online meditation this morning, because I want to get my errands out of the way and get some work done before my friend and I head down to Lenox for the Clark Art Institute’s event down at Shakespeare & Co.

    I hope the rain lets up while we drive there and back. Driving through Pittsfield is always a nightmare because the drivers are so careless. Driving through Pittsfield in bad weather is even worse. But it will work out. If I need to drive like the little old lady from Pasadena, that’s what I will do.

    I will miss the library meeting and the library cohort meeting tonight, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. I’ve been there quite steadily, so missing a meeting here and there isn’t a tragedy for any of us. I always let them know ahead of time.

    I hope you have a lovely Thursday!

    #books #CSA #freelance #meetings #Plans #weather #writing
  17. Thurs. May 14, 2026: A Balanced Workday

    image courtesy of Pexels via Pixabay.com

    Thursday, May 14, 2026

    Day Before Dark Moon

    Pluto Retrograde

    Rainy and cool

    You can read the latest on the garden on Gratitude and Growth. I actually have a decent-sized post up this week!

    Yesterday morning, I worked my way through the draft of BETTING MAN, adding in the layers and the red herrings I needed in order to move forward. One wouldn’t think that could take all morning, but it did. Those fourteen chapters hold together better than I thought, which is a relief, and now there’s enough foundation to move forward.

    The tension builds better now around the attacks that have happened since before the book opens. The first death is at the beginning of Chapter Five – again, farther in than I usually like to put it, but that’s where it needs to be for this book. I’m about to drop another body when I move forward, and then two more in pretty rapid succession after that. There’s enough detail and differentiation in the thoroughbred racing scenes and the polo match scenes to give readers a sense of each without being overly expositional (I hope).

    The Nina books are more category length than standard length – usually between 60-70K.

    I did the day’s marketing. I wrote the blurb for BETTING MAN and created the page for the book on the Nina Bell website. I haven’t put the cover art up yet. I’ll do that when the edited version of the book goes through production. I did a bit of housework, in case the friend I’m taking to Lenox today comes up to the apartment. It’s not ready for a photo shoot, but I will vacuum and do a little more tidying up this morning, and it will be what it is, in transition between winter and spring.

    I did a nice chunk of work on the ghostwriting, although I don’t have a deadline for this assignment yet. I’m waiting on notes from the assignment I turned in Tuesday last week.

    It was a solid, balanced workday, which gave me a sense of satisfaction. I got the scripts for Monday night’s session with Athena, and will probably read them over the weekend.

    I’m pondering an LOI to a local organization doing a restructuring. I may work on that a bit tomorrow and next week, and then see if it’s worth sending.

    I dropped off/picked up books at the library, ran into Big Y for a big batch of cilantro that I need for today’s crockpot meal, and then picked up my CSA box at Savvy Hive. It was raining, so I did all the errands by car instead of on foot. There were too many books to lug around on foot anyway, and I wanted to get those errands out of the way yesterday to free up some time today.

    I’m skipping online meditation this morning, because I want to get my errands out of the way and get some work done before my friend and I head down to Lenox for the Clark Art Institute’s event down at Shakespeare & Co.

    I hope the rain lets up while we drive there and back. Driving through Pittsfield is always a nightmare because the drivers are so careless. Driving through Pittsfield in bad weather is even worse. But it will work out. If I need to drive like the little old lady from Pasadena, that’s what I will do.

    I will miss the library meeting and the library cohort meeting tonight, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. I’ve been there quite steadily, so missing a meeting here and there isn’t a tragedy for any of us. I always let them know ahead of time.

    I hope you have a lovely Thursday!

    #books #CSA #freelance #meetings #Plans #weather #writing
  18. Comment Apple prépare discrètement l’arrivée de la publicité dans Plans
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    #Mac4Ever #iOS26 #Plans

  19. Comment Apple prépare discrètement l’arrivée de la publicité dans Plans
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    #Mac4Ever #iOS26 #Plans

  20. Comment Apple prépare discrètement l’arrivée de la publicité dans Plans
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    #Mac4Ever #iOS26 #Plans

  21. Comment Apple prépare discrètement l’arrivée de la publicité dans Plans
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    #Mac4Ever #iOS26 #Plans

  22. Comment Apple prépare discrètement l’arrivée de la publicité dans Plans
    mac4ever.com/196174
    #Mac4Ever #iOS26 #Plans

  23. Wow the way i feel after doing all that work...
    I feel kinda neuroplastic.
    But anyways last night I settled on a super actionable plan that's my best one in a while like over a year if you don't count like going to college forever or whatever I was thinking about doing...
    I sorta stopped coming up with plans...
    But now I think I have a really good one...
    And it's something I'm currently acting on just procrastinating at the moment on the specifics...

    Before I was making all sorts of plans constantly and trying to execute on them...
    But then I stopped that and was more reacting to life...
    This is really good I have settled on a nice little plan that is very optimal...

    #blog #plans

  24. Wow the way i feel after doing all that work...
    I feel kinda neuroplastic.
    But anyways last night I settled on a super actionable plan that's my best one in a while like over a year if you don't count like going to college forever or whatever I was thinking about doing...
    I sorta stopped coming up with plans...
    But now I think I have a really good one...
    And it's something I'm currently acting on just procrastinating at the moment on the specifics...

    Before I was making all sorts of plans constantly and trying to execute on them...
    But then I stopped that and was more reacting to life...
    This is really good I have settled on a nice little plan that is very optimal...

    #blog #plans

  25. Wow the way i feel after doing all that work...
    I feel kinda neuroplastic.
    But anyways last night I settled on a super actionable plan that's my best one in a while like over a year if you don't count like going to college forever or whatever I was thinking about doing...
    I sorta stopped coming up with plans...
    But now I think I have a really good one...
    And it's something I'm currently acting on just procrastinating at the moment on the specifics...

    Before I was making all sorts of plans constantly and trying to execute on them...
    But then I stopped that and was more reacting to life...
    This is really good I have settled on a nice little plan that is very optimal...

    #blog #plans

  26. Wow the way i feel after doing all that work...
    I feel kinda neuroplastic.
    But anyways last night I settled on a super actionable plan that's my best one in a while like over a year if you don't count like going to college forever or whatever I was thinking about doing...
    I sorta stopped coming up with plans...
    But now I think I have a really good one...
    And it's something I'm currently acting on just procrastinating at the moment on the specifics...

    Before I was making all sorts of plans constantly and trying to execute on them...
    But then I stopped that and was more reacting to life...
    This is really good I have settled on a nice little plan that is very optimal...

    #blog #plans

  27. Ingo Kretzschmar, CEO of the bookchain Thalia, is planning a major expansion into the toy retail market. According to Kretzschmar, Thalia envisions the potentia... news.osna.fm/?p=45286 | #news #concept #expansion #massive #plans

  28. Ingo Kretzschmar, CEO of the bookchain Thalia, is planning a major expansion into the toy retail market. According to Kretzschmar, Thalia envisions the potentia... news.osna.fm/?p=45286 | #news #concept #expansion #massive #plans

  29. Ingo Kretzschmar, CEO of the bookchain Thalia, is planning a major expansion into the toy retail market. According to Kretzschmar, Thalia envisions the potentia... news.osna.fm/?p=45286 | #news #concept #expansion #massive #plans

  30. Ingo Kretzschmar, CEO of the bookchain Thalia, is planning a major expansion into the toy retail market. According to Kretzschmar, Thalia envisions the potentia... news.osna.fm/?p=45286 | #news #concept #expansion #massive #plans