books
Light & cozy reading suggestions are a frequent request in the Women in Tech slack I'm in. Here are a few that have come up a lot, so we can link this post when someone asks again! * Legends & Lattes, and it's sequel, Bookshops and Bonedust
reflection
Broad Strokes We moved to a new house in Lincoln early this year. We also spent a lot of the year planning to move away from this house, and out of Nebraska entirely. This fall, we received the paperwork that will let us move to Canada as permanent residents. We
resources
I think it's really important to be prepared for the unexpected. One of those unexpected outcomes might be that I could die much earlier than I hope to. Maybe even both my spouse and I could die at the same time, leaving my family to take over our
resources
I still stand by all the posts in my 2018 French resources post, but there are a few other things I've used since then for languages including French, Spanish, and German (and some that are for other languages, too!). So here's a list! Lots of Languages
resources
Have you given serious thought to moving from the US to Canada? Are you not quite sure where to start exploring your options for immigrating to Canada, despite all the search results you've seen from SEO farms with names like VisasNowPlease or Fancy Immigration Lawyers LLC? I have
books
I just finished reading the book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown. The core idea of the book is to do less, but better. Say no to things that aren't essential, so you have room to focus on what is truly essential to you. The
code
In Eleventy (the static site builder used to create this site), you can access Node environment variables (process.env.MY_VARIABLE) in your templates. Neat! But how? How to set up the variables for use in templates The Eleventy docs provide a code snippet to use: module.exports = { myVariable: process.
books
his originally appeared as a series of tweets but I want it to live on my website instead so here it is. Susan Stryker writes in Transgender History that transgender liberation has a lot in common with reproductive liberation: one goal is securing access to medical services for a nonpathological
eleventy
I've been seeing a lot of people blog about setting up a now page on their website. Kind of like an about page, a now page is a page on a personal website that tells you what that person is up to in their life. Some people blog
books
I've seen people in online personal finance spaces mention the book "Your Money or Your Life" quite positively, but didn't really know what to expect when I came across it on my library's e-book lending app the other night and started reading
recommendations
I read a lot of books while pregnant and in my first year of parenting, about pregnancy, giving birth, and parenting. Here are some of the ones I liked best. Pregnancy * The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy - get this instead of any What to Expect books for
year-in-review
2022 started with a lot of impatience and discomfort for me. I was incredibly pregnant, and my baby, due in mid-January, came late. Having a newborn was a whirlwind I barely remember, to be fully honest. I remember: so much help and support from my mom, my spouse, and the
