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Happy Things Friday: 27 February

It’s Friday. Already? The days are evaporating and I’m of mixed opinion on the whole thing.

On the one hand, I feel like I might very literally go crazy from all the last-minute details…

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  • Life
  • Feb, 27, 2026
  • 58 Comments

A (Golden) Day in My Life: Friday, 20 February 2026

I haven’t done an A Day in My Life post in almost a year. Oops.

Technically, I didn’t set out to record this as an “official” Day in My Life, so timestamps are few…

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  • Life, Personality Insights, Random, Time Management
  • Feb, 24, 2026
  • 31 Comments

Fresh FIGs: Gratitude Collective Week #2

For anyone joining for the first time—welcome! Here’s a peek at last week’s basket of fresh “FIGs”.

Before I dive into the literal dozens of FIGs we’ve collectively gathered over the past seven days, I…

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  • FIG Collective, Gratitude, Life
  • Feb, 18, 2026
  • 29 Comments

My First Grey Hairs

I never know whether to spell grey with an “e” or an “a.” I think grey is more common in Canada/Britain, but I also see gray constantly. I mostly go back and forth and…

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  • Life, Random
  • Feb, 10, 2026
  • 61 Comments

What in Tarnation Are Fiddleheads??

A few weeks ago I wrote about serving fiddleheads when my sister was visiting, and lots of people told me they had to consult Google to figure out what in Sam Hill I was…

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  • Life
  • Feb, 03, 2026
  • 35 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 30 January

Well, that was a doozy of a week!

My part of the world (and honestly, most of North America, it seems) got walloped with winter. It was absolutely frigid and, to add insult to injury,…

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  • FIG Collective, Happy Things Friday, Life
  • Jan, 30, 2026
  • 49 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 9 January

Whelp… this has been quite a week. A bug of some sort hit various members of the family, we ran into unexpected logistical issues with our company (business “company,” not the people visiting kind)…

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  • Life
  • Jan, 09, 2026
  • 48 Comments
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