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@MereCivilian What a great set up! Love it!

@danielpunkass Nope. After entering my credentials, it opens the NYT app, but never gets past the login screen in Black Ink. I suspect having the NYT app installed on my iPad is the problem.

@danielpunkass Love a daily crossword! When I link my NYT account on the iPad app, it hangs on the log-in screen. I’d love to check this out!

@isaacgreene I loved this one too!

@rscottjones Whoa! Not a fun experience! But I’m so glad to hear the outcome.

“Take it that you have died today, and your life’s story is ended; and henceforward regard what further time may be given you as an uncovenanted surplus, and live it out in harmony with nature.” — Marcus Aurelius

Go travel, my friend!

@davoh I love these shelfies you share. I can only imagine the range of conversations you must be having. Your students are very lucky to have such an engaged, well-read professor!

@cliff538 I loved this one so much! Claire Keegan is an amazing writer.

@cheesemaker Right?! Claire Keegan is amazing!

@terrygrier.bsky.social Love this! I wish I were closer to join!

@GabrielCornish Ah, this is so hard. We lost our 12-year-old Boston Terrier this past week. Such a big hole they leave.

@joshuapsteele I went down the notebook rabbit hole last year after hearing a podcaster describe how he loved his Plotter notebook. I tried the Plotter (too fussy), the Traveler’s Notebook (too lumpy and wouldn’t lay flat), the Lochby FIeld Folio (the metal clasp kept thunking every time I opened it), Field Notes (too small), only to return to the notebook I’ve used consistently for the past five years (the Scribbles That Matter B5). The wide variety of notebooks available makes this a personal choice. One of the fundamental choices you have to make between your Leuchtturm and the Lochby is whether you’re a Lumper or Splitter. @annahavron writes a wonderful Analog Office blog that helped me navigate what worked best for me. I’m a proud lumper!

@Eyebeemania I’ve definitely enjoyed the first two volumes of Manchester’s biography of Churchill. I haven’t read the Roy Jenkins one though, so I can’t compare. Might be a Churchill overload to read both (if that’s possible!).

@cliff538 Ah, you have a wonderful journey ahead of you!

@bradleyandroos Ah, thank you. I love that quote too. I heard it on the How I Write podcast, which is also an excellent source of ideas for creative writing and blogging.