Following a lovely week with friends visiting from Brooklyn, I headed to visit my mom in the countryside. She is not doing well; there was general weakness when I saw her, and my uncle is reporting bouts of dementia as of this week. We suspect Alzeihmer’s disease. As before …

I’m writing this between a busy day and a delightful dinner. Brief by necessity, dense by design. The following is a summary from the (new) development blog.

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Much has happened and once again sadly I am constrained by time: in just two hours I need to join my visitors and friends from abroad for dinner.

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Visitors from abroad! I truly can’t get enough of them. It is such a pleasure and honor, every time. There’s …

Somehow life caught up and this update nearly missed getting written at all. There is a lull today between two long hectic periods and I will attempt to cram a decent write-up in the few hours available. Still shorter than usual though.

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On the family front, I had to visit …

The next two weeks will be filled with travel without much time to write, so you are getting this month’s update a bit early. Much has happened anyway.

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The situation with my mom is “complicated.” Being able to use the word “complicated” today marks a significant upgrade from my …

“Day in the life:” I am squeezing the typing of a first draft of this post in-between breakfast and leaving for my gym class before lunch. Today is a “no-meeting day” and so I am hoping for a good chunk of work this afternoon. I’m wary of letting that …

As I am typing this, I am feeling the tug of this wonderful fidget toy on my attention, at the corner of my eye.

This is a Purple sample. Purple is a mattress brand, and their mattresses are made of this material. With this texture. No other filling than air …

This month: flowers and home improvements. Plus some crazy projects.

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Increasingly, yet moreso in April than earlier, I am making fake excuses to spend more time walking outdoors. The excuses range from “getting groceries” (I could bike, but I don’t) to “getting some fresh air” (after working two hours …

Buckle up: we need to talk about serious stuff.

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Before that, a brief recap of the past few weeks. I was in Austria for a bit more snowboarding. The weather did not look great initially: far too warm and sunny. Afternoon snow was akin to the slush ice you slurp …

You are likely reading this while I rest briefly at home from a fierce jetlag, mere days before my next travel. Life wont return to normal until much later in March, if at all—I’m not sure I want it to!

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In February, I did a thing that only …

What happened this month? I went to Toronto to visit friends: mission accomplished, it was lovely spending time together. Bonus mission: snowboarding! Blue mountain is small but adequate for just one day.

It was cold! And very fluffy.

These three days in Toronto were the prefix of a longer stay …

Stuff happens: I do not really set “goals” and so the topic of comparing “goals set” vs. “goals achieved” is somewhat non-sensical to me. One thing that does deserve attention, however, is how much 2024 was different from the years before that.

It is said that life slows down with …