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Month: November 2025

  • Week of November 24, 2025


    Short work week, long holiday week. On Monday after work and school, Charlie and I took apart my Shopsmith quill to figure out exactly which parts we needed to track down, since I’m pretty sure I’ll never get that replacement quill from Shopsmith. I filed a credit card dispute and ordered some secondhand parts. More…

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  • 100 Things I’m Thankful For (2025)


    The past couple years I’ve written this post at the end of December as kind of a year-end recap. This year I thought I’d change it up and do it on Thanksgiving instead. Here’s 100 things I’m thankful for this year. Happy Thanksgiving! Previous years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2017

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  • Months of October and November 2025


    With my shifted work schedule (now 7am-3pm), Charlie getting home earlier, increased work stress, and needing weekends to put our lives back together and get ready for the following week, the last couple months have felt pretty busy and my weekly blogging hasn’t made the cut. My regular time for writing this weekly post has…

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  • Peeking Under the City


    While visiting the Peekskill Field Library this week, Charlie and I stumbled across a gem that reminded me of something I might see on Doc’s Trunk Line blog: Peeking Under the City by Esther Porter and Andrés Lozano. The fun illustrations highlight some of the infrastructure underground that keeps a city running: Water, electricity, sewers,…

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