Latest in Blaugust 2026
The Word That Wore a Sailor's Name Tag
A post I stumbled onto the other day, A 450-Year History of Blogging by Brennan Kenneth Brown, gave me one of those "huh, wait" moments about halfway through.
What I Wear, No Matter the Season
Everyone's got their own way of dressing for the seasons, some people run hot, some run cold, and it shows in what they reach for in the closet. Reading Tops or Bottoms? · 2 min read
Life Lately: Albuquerque
I have not done this in a long time, talking about my life, daily life, or what we are doing these days. · 3 min read
The Plateau Under My Feet
I grew up in Elkhorn City. I always knew Pine Mountain. I always knew the Breaks. · 1 min read
WordPerfect 5.1 and the Tandy That Started It All
Long before laptops, before the internet, before any of the tech I write about now, there was a beige Tandy 1000 SL sitting on a desk, and it changed everything for me. · 2 min read
Caught My Eye: Clouds Over the Sandias
After we finished our errand in Bernardo, on the drive back to Albuquerque Monday, August 17, we took a different road than we came in on, and I caught this shot of the Sandia Mountains. · 1 min read
Turning 51 (Or 15, If You Squint)
Happy birthday to me. Today I turn 51. Or, if we're doing the math the fun way, flip the digits and I'm a solid 15. · 2 min read
Worth Keeping: Eliminate Two Things
I screenshot things. Quotes, lines from posts, stray bits of wisdom that show up while I’m scrolling. Most of them sit in my camera roll until I forget why I saved them. · 1 min read
From the Vault: July 16, 2012
Still true: you might look at my blog and think I'm an extrovert because of how much I put out there. I'm not. I'm an introvert, and I'm proud of it. · 1 min read
Bringing Back the Salmon Cakes
Salmon cakes weren't a regular thing growing up. We'd have them every once in a while, and I always looked forward to it. Then life happened and I just... · 2 min read
Purpose Doesn't Come First
This post is my entry for the August 2026 IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Chris at Uncountable Thoughts. This month's topic: purpose. · 9 min read
Webmentions Were Here the Whole Time
Several other blogs I follow have webmentions, so I looked into what they were. I thought they were pretty cool. · 3 min read
Keep On Blogging
robertbirming. com said it better than I could. Funny timing too. · 1 min read
Finally, Something Built for How I Actually Talk
Every time Google or Apple announces another voice-to-text feature, I feel the same thing: ugh, when is this coming for us. · 2 min read
Caught My Eyes: The Last Orange Line
I flew out to Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday night. The airplane was above the clouds, and I saw this beautiful sunset beyond them. There it is — the last orange line. · 1 min read
From the Vault: February 8, 2008
Originally posted in Feb 2008 on Tumblr. Found this one while digging through my old blog. Thought I would share. · 1 min read
Chasing the Perfect Ice Cream
Found this piece from Tasting Table on making ice cream with four ingredients, two plastic bags, and five minutes of shaking. No machine needed. I have tried this twice already. · 1 min read
Almost 100, and I've Only Seen a Piece
I have come across so much about Route 66 over the years, in movies, old photos, and road trip stories. It always looked so cool. I've always wanted to drive it myself. · 2 min read
Why You Should Blog
There's a great piece over at shellsharks. com called You Should Blog that got me thinking. He's got a solid list of reasons in there too, worth reading on its own. · 6 min read
AuguStory - How I started a Blog
I am already in the middle of Blaugust this month, and then Robert Birming started something called AuguStory. Why not do both, I figured. · 7 min read
We Handed Bullies a Better Weapon
I read a 404 Media story back in May and I still think about it. · 5 min read
Ghost Bikes
I walked past them for years, back when I lived in DC — those all-white bicycles chained to signposts and light poles around the city, sometimes with flowers or a photo tucked into the spokes. · 3 min read
Titles, and What I Didn't Think About
Bloggers, can we make better titles for our posts? by Michael Harley On where I provide my unsolicited opinion about how you write posts on your blog. · 3 min read
600 Million Blogs and Counting
I saw a stat that stopped me for a second in a post by Manton Reece: there are over 600 million blogs out there right now. Not posts. Blogs. · 2 min read
The Robotaxi That Watches Back
I read this story (see below) about two teens in San Mateo, California, who were riding in a Waymo robotaxi and started shooting Orbeez out the windows with water guns. · 2 min read
The One Set I Can't Fit
I love LEGO. I love Super Mario. Both go way back for me. · 2 min read
Your Browser Is Telling on You
I came across this Lifehacker article about browser fingerprinting and figured it was worth talking about. · 3 min read
The LEGO Jaguar I'm Not Sure I'll Buy
LEGO just revealed the new Icons Jaguar Type-E Roadster (11381). Dark green, wire wheels, doors and hood and trunk all open, and the fabric roof folds back too. 1,673 pieces. · 2 min read
Keyboard Shortcuts Are the Best Invention
I learned Cmd+` last week. It's the key above Tab, the one with the tilde on it. It switches between windows of the same app. · 3 min read
I Lived in DC for 28 Years and Missed This
I lived in Washington, DC for 28 years. Walked past a lot of buildings in that time without ever looking twice. · 1 min read
One Hole Down
I bought the tiny house in July 2024. It came prebuilt as a shell, so my dad has spent the two years since finishing the inside, on and off. Walls, floors, electrical, kitchen. · 3 min read