Quick jaunt to DC to start this week. CID ✈️ DCA direct!

Haven’t run much in the last several years after injuring my knee running a half marathon. Having lost a bunch of weight this spring, it’s time to try it out again. Boy am I out of cardio shape. Time to be back at it.

Oh man, this bit in Naomi Alderman’s latest novel, the thoughts of a woman who left a religious cult. I know these feelings. #exvangelical

And Martha knew she was truly alone. Now and forever. Her friends in the valley would always understand why she left but not why she'd stayed. The Enochites would understand why she'd stayed but never why she left.

Current status: monitoring the video game room at the post-prom party. Watching the level of play, pretty sure I could beat most of these kids at Mario Kart. 😂

2024 Reads: NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman 📚

A moving and empathetic history of modern grappling with neurodiversity.

Headed into a busy weekend… high school tennis tonight for K15, prom tomorrow night for A18. I volunteered to be a post-prom party door monitor from 11:15pm to 2:00am… I suspect I will not be making it to church on Sunday.

May your garden always thrive: A beautiful little essay from Wil Wheaton.

After a tense last 19 minutes:

Way to go Dallas!

#DallasStars #NHL #StanleyCup

2024 Reads: The Light Within Darkness by David Jeffrey 📚

Blew through this one in a day to finish up the trilogy. Really enjoyed this one.

2024 Reads: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar 📚

A stunning little novella. Spare, keen, and gripping.