Finished reading Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, a short fantasy novel about an orc who retires from the adventuring life to open a coffee shop in a city where nobody has ever heard of coffee. This was completely ridiculous and cozy and charming, and the kids would probably describe it as “so gay (affectionate)”.

Finished reading Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett, followup to Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. I guess I didn’t mention that the first book was a romance novel in addition to all the other stuff it had going on. This book continues right along the same path, and was equally charming.

Meghan and I went to MariPili with Amy and Dave. Great evening.

Fixed a few lingering and/or latent bugs on this here microblog, including the nagging time zone abbreviation bug.

This morning’s kitchen victory: migas (Meghan’s belated birthday breakfast).

Saw a coyote hustling down the street.

Finished reading The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi. Several short murder mysteries linked by an explicit exploration of the form, the overarching story doesn’t play fair but nevertheless is clever and ends on a satisfying note.

Walked down to Northgate and back up past Bitter Lake: about 20k steps, 10 miles, 3¼ hours.

The bambina has consistently tested negative.

Went to the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival with Meghan: Imagine a comics and/or games convention, but for plant and garden nerds.

I got blisters on my fingers!

I’m now in the rare-for-me situation of reading two books at once: The first gets me so mad that I can’t read it at bedtime, so I had to start a second.

Tonight’s kitchen defeat: briefly grabbed a skillet fresh out of a 450°F oven.

The bambina came home early from a birthday party yesterday when her friend’s mom tested positive for covid.

Went out for dinner last night with the family, Billie, and Katie and Matt and their kid.