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: Went downtown west center this afternoon to go Japanese stationery shopping - found and bought a Kakusta standing silicone pencil case for my urban …
: Micro.blog’s RSS reader Inkwell is now my way to view feeds. When I sit with my iPad, the web browser has an always open Inkwell tab. Its Today tab …
: Watched The Importance of Being Ernest, a Take Your Seats National Theatre at Home presentation, on a whim upon recommendation on YouTube this night - …
: Currently reading: Dilla Time The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas 📚
: The Shape of Paris by Brett Novak is my intro to the creative freestyle skateboarding of Andy Anderson. I appreciate flowing street style skating …
: Finished reading: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher - a new habit of mine as of this audiobook is reading on my weekend midday walks: very good, …
: Many cyclists (in groups or alone) on my midday walk. I plan to start getting out on my bike within the next few weeks as well…
: Spent the sunny, warm day in Potsdam walking among the early flowers on the Freundschaftsinsel and the vibrant paintings at Museum Barberini in the …
: There are snowdrops in our courtyard once again, with more flowers this year - today I caught a glimpse of them from the ground level.
: ‘All you need is a chair and a view’: could daily ‘dusking’ make us healthier and happier? In the Netherlands, dusking, or schemeren, was once an …
: Found a front yard full of my first flowers of the season (on today’s first day of meteorological spring): purple crocuses, snowdrops, and winter …
: Inkwell RSS reader by @manton (beta) is great, has got me reading through feed posts that I’d been skipping over elsewhere. The in-browser flow fits …
: First outdoor café visits of the pre-spring season - 18C and sunny - and long walks downtown and back this weekend
: Currently reading the audiobook: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher - started listening a couple nights ago while the Champions League game Bayer …
: With the books that were with me for 3 months due back in a couple days I’ve stumbled upon the Libby online library for Berlin and borrowed a number …
: Had the pleasure of seeing a small v formation of geese flying east over the street crossing this morning on the way to work.
: Got to see the women’s gold medal curling match SUI - SWE (5:6) this morning. Now watching the 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremonies.
: Heard a v formation of geese flying over with the living room window open. Letting in some fresh air after an afternoon out (trip to a café in …
: Trying out Unread RSS reader on the iPad via @brentsimmons
: Watched the Olympics men’s curling final GBR - CAN (6:9) , one more match tomorrow morning - the women’s final
: Went to another Berlinale showing and saw: La Face Cachée de la Terre The Hidden Face of the Earth - a moving film about the meaning of images when a …
: Still watching the Olympics every day even if I haven’t posted about it for a few days…
: Trying out Current RSS reader app via @manton - NetNewsWire is my main reader app for a while now, but I’m also anxiously awaiting Micro.blog’s …
: Went to the Berlinale to watch the screening of the competition film Rosebush Pruning 🍿
: Day off after the trip, got up early then went back to sleep. Lounging around now, going to go out somewhere later…
: Winding down after a weekend train trip to Bremen and Oldenburg for an art exhibition tour of 3 museums: Alberto Giacometti “Das Maß der Welt“ on its …
: Rainy day, thought I’d be able to walk home in the mild temps, but it was too wet so took the tram. Now back out to the rain for a grocery store run …
: Watched Olympics double luge, and more curling, men‘s CAN - GER (7:6) - what has turned out to be my favorite sport these winter games
: And on to the Hertha BSC - SC Freiburg DFB Pokal quarter final (1:1 Freiburg on penalties) ⚽️
: Watching the Olympics mixed curling final SWE - USA (6:4)
: I can hear so many birds chirping in the neighboring courtyards when I peek my head out the windows, and I’ve seen quite a few by us. The upstairs …
: Did a fun figure drawing workshop this evening - hoping it’s the spark to get me back into regular sketching again…
: Ended up falling asleep early
: I have the day off tomorrow, should I enjoy the late night bedtime by watching a movie later?…
: Had a look at one of my favorite trees in the neighborhood, my red leaf tree, on a long, brisk walk at dusk - the first big stretch of the legs and …
: Watched the Olympics women’s downhill skiing
: Just watched Norway - Czechia (3:6) mixed doubles curling (round robin) - I’ve come to a greater appreciation of the sport after watching a video on …
: Tonight’s Olympics after an evening of coffee and a real walk downtown on paths of cleared or melted snow: team figure skating, men’s single luge, …
: Have to remind myself about the Olympics games - watched curling mixed doubles then speed skating women’s 3000m
: Just caught up with the thousands of backlogged RSS posts in my feed reader until this moment, simply setting many as read in bulk, yet actually …
: My delight when I got up after a nap, the cats together on the couch
: Watching the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony 🇮🇹
: Finished watching Big Mouth 📺
: Searched for books of creative exercises or prompts the other day to help me get into the habit of daily writing, but I need look no further than my …
: I’ve imported all of my old, old transcribed ideas and notes which were just sitting on iCloud as txt files after I copied them over from a backup …
: Watched: The Ballad of Wallis Island - on histories, collaboration, and creativity 🍿
: Exploring the Ulysses writing app, going to test it out on all my devices as much as possible for the trial week
: Did some reading in the pink Poäng chair, then watched Hertha - Darmstadt (2:2 - Berlin’s 5th tie in a row) in the background on the couch as I caught …
: Café, some shopping, and a longer walk in the mall - glad Alexanderplatz has relatively well cleared off paths
: Trying out Awake app (via No More Snoozing Alarms) hoping its “missions” will help me get up better, quicker - multiple alarms every morning have been …
: Documenting the sidewalk sea of ice in the neighborhood on my way home
: Watched: Before Sunset (a month after watching Before Sunrise) 🍿
: Managed to get to the library to renew my overdue books today, but realized there are yet more newly overdue needing attention…
: Watched: The Phoenician Scheme 🍿
: Back from a neighborhood café and a walk in the mist. It’s gonna be icy tonight - another evening on the couch, might watch a movie…
: Watched: The Life of Chuck on Friday and completed on Saturday before bed - I haven’t read Stephen King in years, but I’d love to read the novella …
: Walked to the library to renew some books only to see that they’re closed for the weekend due to heater issues - at least I got out a bit in the …
: Had a lazy evening in from the cold catching up on my open web browser tabs. Looking forward to going out when it’s not as cold tomorrow, so we can …
: Just got back from the movies, saw: Silent Friend - as a tree lover I couldn’t resist this film revolving around a solitary old ginkgo - noticed the …
: A listening session for pure, constant head bopping Fred again.. and I play music for each other…at my house! (youtube) 🎵
: Started reading Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by Andrew Sean Greer a couple of months ago - I’m going to continue reading it tonight before bed …
: After a couple years of being interested in the Micro.blog project, I finally started an account here. Looking forward to what I’ll make with it…