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Mazie was sharing with us that her History teacher has them do a Weekly WIL. A what? 🤔

WIL is an acronym. What I Learned. 💡

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I hope you have had a great summer! ☀️

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👋 Hello! I hope you are well!

It is time for my regular summer break publishing the Weekly Thing. I take July and August off while summer is in full swing. This summer is going to be even busier as we are moving houses! A house came on the market that we loved, in a neighborhood we know, and we decided to take the leap. All the buying and selling stuff is done, and now it is just time to fill a lot of boxes with our stuff. 📦

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This week I over-consumed on financial news. With inflation, interest rates, and markets all in wild spots there was plenty to consume. It was a rough week in all of these areas. As I was reading and listening to different observations I noted there were many references to charts and data with the comment of “we have never seen this line above the other line”, or “X has always been higher than Y, this is the first time ever that Y is higher”. When I hear these things I always assume this new and novel situation is terrible. ☠️ Indeed, things are so far off the tracks that we are obviously doomed.

But in fact, the data doesn’t actually infer that. It just says that it hasn’t happened before. It is new! ✨

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Summer is officially here. The kids are done (or finishing) with school and have the whole summer in front of them. It is fresh and delightful outside. Warm, but not hot. Trips are planned and eagerly awaited. It would be great to be able to bottle this up so you could have just a sip of it in the dark and cold days of winter. ☺️

Looking below it seems I got a bit verbose. It was also Apple’s WWDC this week. Let’s keep the intro short and move onto this weeks exploration, discovery, and learning! That will make more sense as you keep reading…

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Hello there! Here I am hitting your Inbox on a Sunday morning again. What can I say, life has been pretty full lately. That is a good thing. 😊

There is a lot in this issue so I’m going to keep the intro brief. Let’s get on with it!

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I use Pinboard to keep all my bookmarks back for a long, long time. I just checked, and my first link in my archive is from August 18, 2005! There are currently 13,026 links. 😳

This week I stumbled upon this funny HTTP Cats site and it gave me a chuckle, so I added it to Pinboard. Ultimately that is how I get things into the Weekly Thing. But to my surprise, I had already added it. In 2015. It is pretty rare that this happens but it makes me smile when it does. 😊

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Good morning! ☕️

It is just after 6am as I type this. It looks like it will be a fabulous Saturday.

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Hello, I’m back! 👋

It is nice to be showing up in your inbox again. It has been six weeks since #218. I feel a little rusty. That seems to always be the case when I take a break. The words take a little bit to get going again. ⌨️

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Hello there! 👋

We are getting ready to head out on our Spring Break trip. Atypical for us, we have very little planned other than a delightful location with amazing beaches just a short walk away. 🏖 I am planning to spend a lot of time relaxing, and also reconnecting with photography. I enjoy how photography pushes me to engage my creative senses.

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I have another Sunday issue of the Weekly Thing for you. I’m going to keep the intro brief again this week. 🤷‍♂️

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Sunday delivery has become a bit of a regular thing the last couple of weeks. 💀

I’m a bit behind, and am going to skip right to the links this week. 👍

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Hello! 👋

We continue to see horrific bombing and combat in Ukraine, along with incredible resilience from the people of Ukraine. 🇺🇦 You’ll find a list of organizations to support the people of Ukraine below. 😢

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This is a different Weekly Thing again. The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the result of Russia’s War on Ukraine, has been growing worse. There are many, many organizations that are working hard to help people in Ukraine. Please take a moment to make donations if you are able. In the meantime, see the photos from Weekly Thing #213 of Ukraine if you missed them.

Select list of organizations to consider…

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This is a special Weekly Thing on Ukraine, there are no links this week… and there are a lot of photos!

Nine years ago I knew very little about Ukraine. In the time since, I’ve had the opportunity to work very closely with so many great technologists and professionals in Ukraine. I’ve learned much about the history, the people, and the rich culture.

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👋 Hey there! Hope all is great with you!

I’m a little late getting this issue of the Weekly Thing out so I’m going to keep the intro brief. Tammy is driving and I’m tapping on the laptop. Thank you LTE! We are heading to Ely, Minnesota for some outside fun this weekend. Years ago I developed a big crush on Ely after visiting for a dog sledding photography workshop. I’m looking forward to snowmobiling and dogsledding! ❄️

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This was another week with a lot going on. I frankly wasn’t sure I was going to be able to get a newsletter out this week, but persevere I did! I’m feeling like I have a lot of balls in the air. 🤹‍♂️

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My favorite thing recently? The days are getting longer.

On our way to dinner tonight at 5:30p we were driving along and it was still light out!

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Hey there! 👋

This week has been a bit of a whirlwind for me — moving a lot of things forward all at once. 🌪

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It is great to be back from my Winter Break. It has only been six weeks but much has happened…

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Welcome to the final issue of the Weekly Thing for 2021! After I hit send on Issue #207 I won’t be back to your inbox until January 22nd with issue #208. What will you do to enjoy your Saturday morning coffee without the Weekly Thing? I’m sure you will figure something out. 😊

I really enjoy the holiday season, and try to slow things down. It is the perfect opportunity for me to take some purposeful time to reflect. With the higher than usual level of volatility in our lives over the last couple of years, I think that time for reflection is more needed than ever. I also have this growing feeling that in addition to the volatility, we all have a lot more noise in our lives than we ever had before. There are so many ways for things to get to us. Too many. Solitude may be the rarest commodity of all, even rarer than privacy.

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The retail industry put Cyberweek 2021 in the books this week which is always a big week for everyone. It is great to see everything scale up, processes humming along, and years of expertise come together to deliver great results. 👏

Let’s get right onto the links shall we! 👍

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For everyone in the United States I hope you and your families had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! I had almost forgotten how we spent last year without vaccines and celebrating Thanksgiving by ourselves for the first time. It was nice to be with family again.

Seeing news of a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, has me wondering what turns the pandemic is about to make. I’m dubious of our ability to stop the spread of a variant. At best we may slow it down.

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I’m behind deadline this morning and finished putting together this Weekly Thing pre-dawn as the late-fall sun was slowly rising. I don’t mind it though. A blank document, some wood-wick candles, and a delicious cup of hot coffee is a great way to start any day.

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Last weekend we hosted the Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser and it was a great success! We had more than 100 people stop in to buy hand-crafted Wicky Thing Candles, a custom Jiggy Thing Puzzle, Four Bees Honey, and fresh baked cookies. It was great fun hosting everyone, and the kids particularly enjoyed walking guests through the various options and checking them out. Plus we had awesome custom shirts! 🤩

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