Rather than turn up the heat, I decided to wear a sweater. I likely won’t be able to get away with this much longer, as the temperature keeps going down. Winter is coming! #mbnov
Microposts
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 →
Currently reading: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers 📚
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 →
Says by Nils Frahm is both a great song and today’s #mbnov word of the day
Finished reading: Breath by James Nestor. A great book about the importance of breathing. Full of interesting stories that certainly convinced me to be more thoughtful about my breath. The end of the book also has a good summary of the main points with detailed methods. 📚
The latest news on a promising COVID-19 vaccine is great news. Especially for my elderly grandmother, who is very keen to get out of her apartment and see her friends again #mbnov
I hope we can return, some day, to politics being a force for good, instead of division #mbnov
I’m not sure what binds them so closely, though I treasure it #mbnov
Our lungs inflate with fresh air at the top of the ski hill #mbnov
Puzzling through the outcomes of a wild week with the help of a lager 🍺 #mbnov
I often miss the days when I had to stoop down to pick up my kids for a hug. Though I’m very proud of the teenagers they have become #mbnov
Hexagons are the Bestagons is good fun
Yesterday’s #mbnov word “astonish” would have been a great one for today, given how near the US presidential election is today
Every year I’m astonished by the first snowfall #mbnov
“We follow this new type of leader through upheaval. Because we have confidence. Not in their map, but in their compass”
Amy C Edmondson, How to lead in a crisis
Currently reading: Breath by James Nestor 📚
Having just finished a collection of quick, urgent projects, I’m looking forward to some time to concentrate on the big picture #mbnov
A couple of episodes in and I’m enjoying Long Way Up on Apple TV+. Relying on electric vehicles really adds to the adventure
Rouge River hike
An impressive attempt to visualize the standard model of particle physics by Quanta Magazine
More quantum weirdness: tunnelling particles can exceed the speed of light
Some great colours on the neighborhood trees 🍁🇨🇦
For my “A Day In The Life” photo, here’s a look out my window at a beautiful Fall day here in Toronto, Canada at noon
A great day for apple picking 🍎 🌳
A nice hike through Crother’s Woods
This agenda shortcut from Matthew Cassinelli is a useful way to start my day. I modified it to include flagged reminders and just have it appear as text, rather than be read aloud by Siri.
Although waiting can be annoying, How to Wait Well makes some good points:
Waiting pulls us into the present unlike any other experience of time. In the waiting, we realise that this moment is meaningful as it exists, not as some step toward a future moment. Waiting is present tense, and its meanings are full of the potential to transform the ways in which we see the world. Each moment is its own experience and its own fulfilment.
If you’re at all curious about physics, I strongly recommend you consider watching Sean Carroll’s Biggest Ideas in the Universe. Well worth the investment of time to watch
I’m listening to The Jungle by Plants and Animals a lot this week 🎧🎵
I continue to enjoy these posts on A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry. This one starts a new series on iron and steel production.
Using Shortcuts automation to automatically switch my watch faces has really helped enforce the work/personal transition. A simple, yet effective trick