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We’ve been sick with the flu the last two weeks so I’ve done zero prep for the new year. But waking up to a fresh dusting of snow was nice.

A snow-covered landscape with bare trees is visible through a rectangular window.

I forgot how loud an indoor water park can get. The kids are having fun though 😄

Planting bamboo along a driveway is fun! Ignore that it’s impassable mess when covered in snow. Every winter storm we need to keep shaking the snow off to keep it from freezing to the ground. Maybe this is why the previous owner left 🤣 (they planted it).

Snow-covered bamboo blocks a driveway with a backdrop of winter forest scene.

I didn’t realize day one now had a web app and an android app. I’m going to have to check it out.

I had a good time attending a virtual Homebrew Website Club meeting this evening while I worked on my blog redesign. I was inspired by a codepen I came across for a journal with flipping pages done with CSS. The design only shows for desktop and its still a work in progress, but I’m having a blast.

App Defaults 2026

Quite a few changes from my last update in 2023:

📧 Email Client (Web): Fastmail

📧 Email Client (Android): e/os default mail app (K-9 Mail fork)

🕸️ Website: Micro.blog & Namecheap

📝✅ Notes + Todos: Index cards, Micro.blog private notes (both notes and todos), and Logseq (for work notes)

📔 Journal: …

I downloaded the hobonichi app to see if I liked it more than day one. It is cuter which may help me stick, but I like the encrypted option of day one and with day one I can use the android share sheet and get thoughts like these into Micro.blog. I’m going to give each a month and then decide.

I purchased a variety of green teas to try for the new year. As a way to take quiet moments and enjoy some health benefits. Today’s selection: premium dragon well long jing. It has a nice smell and its quite mellow.

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Our town reported 25in of snow for today’s blizzard. Though I feel like we got more. Not the best day for a shear pin to break on the snow blower. So we got to hand shovel the way too long driveway.

Women in snow gear standing in front of large snow pile and bamboo.

Handwriting a blog

Handwriting a blog – March 1st 2026 Link reference [1]: handwritten.blog on the Internet Archive Link reference [1]: handwritten.blog on the Internet Archive
Handwritten blog post — transcript below. Decorative doodles: Left margin: a vertical trail of blue teardrop/raindrop shapes, and a blue swirl/spiral shape Inline after mind wander.: a small drawing of a swimmer with a red cap and goggles, with blue splashes Bottom of page: a row of colorful triangular bunting/pennant flags in red, yellow, and blue
Handwritten blog post — transcript below. Decorative doodles: Upper left: a blue flower with petals splayed in two directions, like a snowflake or asterisk shape. Between paragraphs: a horizontal divider made of small blue leaf/teardrop shapes in a row. Left of second paragraph: a stick figure mermaid with a yellow hair and a curvy green tail
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One of the nice things about going to my kids swim meet is that I have time to let my mind wander.

A few years ago, I came across a website called "Handwritten. blog." Sadly, it is no longer hosted but you can still see some of it on the internet archive [1].

Maybe …

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The Waiting Game
Handwritten blog post — transcript below. A decorative border of two curving rose vines with green leaves runs down the left and right sides, each topped with a pink/red spiral rosebud; a small red broken heart appears inline before the second paragraph.
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My kid fell in love with the local agricultural school during a summer camp session. This year our state switched all technical schools to be lottery based. We filled out the application and today was the day. We waited…

No luck. I have a very sad kid.

Blood Moon Eclipse
Handwritten blog post — transcript below. Doodles: Three grey cloud shapes and two grey spiral/swirl shapes are scattered around the margins; on the left side is a dark grey cloud with a red/coral half-circle peeking behind it, suggesting a blood moon obscured by clouds.
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I got up this morning around 3am because… my brain sucks sometimes. Anyway, it was cloudy then and its still cloudy now. Oh well…

♥ Loura

Using AI at work
Handwritten blog post — transcript below. Doodles: Two grey squiggles adorn the sides and along their bottom, sets of small green plants with pink buds. At the end of the post is a simple drawing of a stick figure shrugging with a thought bubble. Inside the thought bubble is a question mark. Under the stick figure is the word 'shrug'
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Using AI at Work

Well, the time finally came. My boss wants me to start using AI in my workflow. In anticipation I've been playing around with Claude Code the last couple of weeks. It's improved since the last time I tried it out.

Maybe that's why I'm feeling drawn to this handwriting mood with my blog. Something a bit more me that isn't a quick prompt into existence.

Shrug

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I’ve had kid(s) for a decade and a half now, and I’m still surprised how early registration opens up for things… like summer camp. Guess I know what I’m researching this evening.

Auto-generated description: A digital journal interface displays an agenda for March 22, 2026, featuring martial arts and fitness activities, personal notes, and a video link.

I’m required to use Claude at work so I’ve been testing it out. My favorite so far: A PWA quine PKM system. Took what I liked from Logseq (outline - simplified) and single file architecture (Tiddlywiki). I also added in sync to Micro.blog’s private notes with chunking. Came together in a day.

I feeling the digital mess of my files across devices pretty strongly today. The urge to toss everything in an archive folder and zip it… is strong. But I’ll still know there is a mess of files within it. Don’t get me started on digital photos. It’s my blog too. It feels messy and disordered right now, not theme-wise (though I kinda want to switch back to my rpg one) but …

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Now that I got my pkm tool to where I want it, my next project is going to be a CMS that lets me build a website like a sticker book.