Sips coffee. Has moment of self reflection. Closes app.

Great observations, and now thinking about how this is different from the classic XKCD drawing, Dependency. xkcd.com/2347/

I had a question about writers block from the highschool students. I told them that when this happens it means I need to step away and shift to work on a different creative project. It means my mind needs space to figure it out. So I do other creative things. Draw, work in my yard, talk to friends+

“Their howling void” would be a great title for a book about <gestures about> all of this.

Lovely! Thanks for sharing. I went to the Royal Canadian Mint website for a look-see. Didn’t find yours, but spent more time than I expected marvelling at the artistic treasures there. Kids loved them too, but didn’t appreciate the dad joke: “Oh, to be moneyed enough to be a numismatist.”

I never knew that in the United States literally the president can do anything as long as everybody agrees not to stop them. Very weird, realizing the entire thing was made of cotton candy