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13 November 202317 November 2023

Riga, Latvia, November 2023

Graham and I went to Riga for an Ubuntu Community Summit on the weekend, and then I did the housewife in luxury thing while he was attending an engineering sprint during the week. My notes on the summit content is in a separate post.

View from our room. The image does not do the golden dome and golden autumn leaves justice.

Riga is a beautiful city, I think Latvians put Italians to shame when it comes to style (hot take) but Latvia is also very flat and the clouds moved in for winter and I think they’ll only see sun again in many many months.

15 October 202315 October 2023

The maths olympiad

Of people not realising your potential. I don’t know why this memory pops up so often, or why now. I guess because I’m watching an artsy movie about a young person struggling with anxiety.

29 September 202329 September 2023

Garden and home inspiration

Some notes as I psych up to start renovating.

25 September 20232 October 2023

September adventures part 2: Bus through spain, ferry, and Italy

After visiting the Alhambra in Granada, we took a bus along the coast, spending the night in Valencia before getting back on the bus to Barcelona, where we were getting on a ferry to Italy.

23 September 202323 September 2023

September adventures part 1: Alhambra in Granada

View from the place we stayed at, Cuevas El Abanico, with a lovely little terrace.

22 June 202325 June 2023

My Carver, my Azores

Quick stop at the Parque Natural da Ribeira dos Caldeirões

The Carver finally arrived, getting it shipped was a mission, probably availability related, and finding the right company. Seems like shipping things under 30kg is easy, and an entire car or container is easy, but the middle bit is a challenge, somehow. We ended up with Bentrans, and I recommend them. I bought this Base model (max 45kph) second-hand from Living Plus and Pedro is just great. We’re still deciding if I will upgrade to the faster S+ (max 90kph) and then either return or sell this one, but honestly the Base is doing just fine on these twisty roads.

11 October 202211 October 2022

Dra jou eie gewig

I’ve been spending more time with Afrikaners in the past weeks. It’s been hard.

23 September 202220 October 2022

Walking copper equine statues and a treasure hunter

A delightful dream I had on 23 September 2022.

I’m on anti-anxiety medication (Setraline 50mg daily, not much but it keeps me from sliding into non-functionality), and I don’t know if it’s the meds or a healthy imagination but I have amazing dreams! Complete plots, like a movie, start to finish, mostly hanging together and mostly just really nice, not confusing or scary. They’re so cool I thought I should try document some of them, so here goes.

25 December 20213 November 2022

A letter to my younger self.

22 June 2020, with some edits in December 2021. A while ago someone suggested I write a letter to my younger self. I couldn’t think what I would possibly want to say. But today, cuddling my big Appaloosa, Indigo, I thought at least I should tell younger-me that she does finally get a horse.

18 October 202018 October 2020

The story of the unholy horse.

the unholy horse statuette — the unholy horse