Michelle Newcome
@michellenewcome.com
Publisher of How2Conquer / global security and crisis management consultant / member of the UN Committee for the protection of public places / avid photographer. michellenewcome.com
We're in the thick of a remodel and here's the thing about being in my no-fucks-given era - I could care less about designing for the nebulous "other" who might someday buy my house.
I'm all about whimsy now.
These scones are going to make me smile every day.
I'm all about whimsy now.
These scones are going to make me smile every day.
July 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We're in the thick of a remodel and here's the thing about being in my no-fucks-given era - I could care less about designing for the nebulous "other" who might someday buy my house.
I'm all about whimsy now.
These scones are going to make me smile every day.
I'm all about whimsy now.
These scones are going to make me smile every day.
Jingle lives the soft life.
June 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Jingle lives the soft life.
I really wish I didn't have a reason to leave my porch today.
But it's ransomware tabletop exercise day for a client. We've been planning this exercise for close to a year and it's a BFD. So, I guess it's time to leave this sanctuary and go straighten my hair.
But it's ransomware tabletop exercise day for a client. We've been planning this exercise for close to a year and it's a BFD. So, I guess it's time to leave this sanctuary and go straighten my hair.
June 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I really wish I didn't have a reason to leave my porch today.
But it's ransomware tabletop exercise day for a client. We've been planning this exercise for close to a year and it's a BFD. So, I guess it's time to leave this sanctuary and go straighten my hair.
But it's ransomware tabletop exercise day for a client. We've been planning this exercise for close to a year and it's a BFD. So, I guess it's time to leave this sanctuary and go straighten my hair.
I've flown almost a million miles. And the only flight that ever terrified me was an aborted takeoff in Denver. So every time I takeoff from Denver I get this little residual tickle in my lizard brain.
But I'm also grateful to see the vast prairie my ancestors came to as immigrants.
But I'm also grateful to see the vast prairie my ancestors came to as immigrants.
April 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I've flown almost a million miles. And the only flight that ever terrified me was an aborted takeoff in Denver. So every time I takeoff from Denver I get this little residual tickle in my lizard brain.
But I'm also grateful to see the vast prairie my ancestors came to as immigrants.
But I'm also grateful to see the vast prairie my ancestors came to as immigrants.
I'm not this kind of risk taker.
April 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm not this kind of risk taker.
Yep. This is Jingle and she's judging me for feeding a stray cat on the porch.
March 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Yep. This is Jingle and she's judging me for feeding a stray cat on the porch.
Around 5:25 pm every day the setting sun hits my disco ball planter and turns my office into a party.
The trick is to remember to look up from my monitor to see this magic since it only lasts about two minutes.
It's a beautiful way to end the day before I head home.
The trick is to remember to look up from my monitor to see this magic since it only lasts about two minutes.
It's a beautiful way to end the day before I head home.
February 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Around 5:25 pm every day the setting sun hits my disco ball planter and turns my office into a party.
The trick is to remember to look up from my monitor to see this magic since it only lasts about two minutes.
It's a beautiful way to end the day before I head home.
The trick is to remember to look up from my monitor to see this magic since it only lasts about two minutes.
It's a beautiful way to end the day before I head home.
Highly recommend picking up an obsessive new hobby during these weird times. Mine's fountain pens, which means I go around every day with ridiculously stained fingers. Worth it because there's no AI pop up offering to write for me.
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Highly recommend picking up an obsessive new hobby during these weird times. Mine's fountain pens, which means I go around every day with ridiculously stained fingers. Worth it because there's no AI pop up offering to write for me.
We rent offices inside an old church. Every day I'm grateful that I enter work through this quiet and meditative walkway because my work is serious and disquieting.
February 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We rent offices inside an old church. Every day I'm grateful that I enter work through this quiet and meditative walkway because my work is serious and disquieting.
On a call just now with a new client. I'm not lead on this so I don't have much to say, but I did have a few comments. But maddeningly people kept talking over me.
Until I realized Jingle had turned off my microphone when she stepped on my keyboard just before the call started. She's not sorry.
Until I realized Jingle had turned off my microphone when she stepped on my keyboard just before the call started. She's not sorry.
January 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
On a call just now with a new client. I'm not lead on this so I don't have much to say, but I did have a few comments. But maddeningly people kept talking over me.
Until I realized Jingle had turned off my microphone when she stepped on my keyboard just before the call started. She's not sorry.
Until I realized Jingle had turned off my microphone when she stepped on my keyboard just before the call started. She's not sorry.
I just discovered I lied! (Inadvertently). I looked at the actual box the pen came in and it's a 144R! The label says, "made in W. Germany" which is such a trip! I'm amazed I kept all the packaging.
January 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I just discovered I lied! (Inadvertently). I looked at the actual box the pen came in and it's a 144R! The label says, "made in W. Germany" which is such a trip! I'm amazed I kept all the packaging.
I find the inner workings of mechanical objects to be incredibly beautiful.
This is my 27 year old furnace. It died in a blaze of glory on Sunday.
This is my 27 year old furnace. It died in a blaze of glory on Sunday.
January 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I find the inner workings of mechanical objects to be incredibly beautiful.
This is my 27 year old furnace. It died in a blaze of glory on Sunday.
This is my 27 year old furnace. It died in a blaze of glory on Sunday.
My mother arrived in Atlanta Nov 8th for a visit. She was supposed to fly home at 7 am this morning but no flights are getting into our out of Atlanta. We're all in edge.
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My mother arrived in Atlanta Nov 8th for a visit. She was supposed to fly home at 7 am this morning but no flights are getting into our out of Atlanta. We're all in edge.
Jingle has questions about Atlanta getting this much snow.
January 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jingle has questions about Atlanta getting this much snow.
I'm sure everyone with a tall dog knows the microwave trick to keep food unmolested.
Until the dog learns how to operate the microwave door that is.
Until the dog learns how to operate the microwave door that is.
December 21, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I'm sure everyone with a tall dog knows the microwave trick to keep food unmolested.
Until the dog learns how to operate the microwave door that is.
Until the dog learns how to operate the microwave door that is.
The best part of Thankshiving has arrived - the turkey noodle soup stage.
December 3, 2024 at 12:04 AM
The best part of Thankshiving has arrived - the turkey noodle soup stage.
Leaving the hotel and this very random CD was on a table. I'm guessing in a bid to entice a youth to pick it up?
As if the youths would know what to do with a CD.
As if the youths would know what to do with a CD.
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Leaving the hotel and this very random CD was on a table. I'm guessing in a bid to entice a youth to pick it up?
As if the youths would know what to do with a CD.
As if the youths would know what to do with a CD.
I guess we've given up on all standards in fancy resorts now. I mean, I don't expect a full heavy starch, but maybe just a bit more dryer time?
November 8, 2024 at 8:45 PM
I guess we've given up on all standards in fancy resorts now. I mean, I don't expect a full heavy starch, but maybe just a bit more dryer time?
My dog's bark is every bit as bad ass as you'd expect from this picture.
It's her world, we're just here to refill her water bowl and open the treats.
It's her world, we're just here to refill her water bowl and open the treats.
October 22, 2024 at 12:38 AM
My dog's bark is every bit as bad ass as you'd expect from this picture.
It's her world, we're just here to refill her water bowl and open the treats.
It's her world, we're just here to refill her water bowl and open the treats.