This is my “now” page. Check out nownownow.com for more information about “now” pages.
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Living in Nova Scotia for over 20 years, “kids” are now 21 and 25. Adrian and I have been together for 35 years. I am working for the Community College supporting access and trades courses. I am a “cancer surivivor”.
Pets
Currently two dogs.
Podcasts
I was listening to too many US politics podcasts before the U.S. election. I posted about it. My current favourites are Help I Sexted my Boss (best on video for the facial expressions) to make me laugh, Today in Focus from the The Guardian and Front Burner to help make sense of what is happening in the world and Mel Robbins for her sometimes interesting guests. Many others I dip in and out of but do not regularly listen.
After a 15 year gap I started listening to The Archers again and have been fairly consistent for the last two years.
Books
Recent reads:
Slough House series (after watching Slow Horses) by Mick Herron
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs
Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
This Land – The Struggle for the Left by Owen Jones
Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
Learning to Love Midlife – 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age by Chip Conley
Research and Rabbit holes
Current research interests and the rabbit holes I end up down:
- The small web / personal websites / indieweb
- LGBTQ+ Outdoors and Hiking Groups
- Federated social media
- Self-hosting / homelabs
- Leadership – emotional intelligence, Susan David and Emotional Agility
- Mindfulness
Goals
Current self-imposed goals:
- 10,000 steps at least five days a week
- 30 minutes cardiovascular exercise five days a week
- 10 minutes mindfulness every day
- Getting as many progressive organizations as possible off toxic social media sites (particularly ‘X’)
This site
I used to describe my website as an “Oh look I have a website” site and then found out there are such things as Everything/Nothing or E/N site which mean everything to the writer and nothing (or almost nothing) to anyone else. I am good with that. It is not everything to me and I mainly use it to play around and work out if I can do things or test things or whatever.
The last significant update to this site was on 24th February 2024 when I changed the site logo and a little of the look and feel – particularly the front page. I also added my ideas page and then listed on aboutideasnow.com which is a great resource for the small web.
This page inspired by: Derek Sivers and nownownow.com
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