About Annie

I do content & documentation things for Teamup, a small company of wonderful people. After ~20 years as a freelance writer.

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In which poetry saves my soul

1970-01-01 08:00:00

“Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep going No feeling is final. — Rilke” I don’t think much about it because it’s background: like a program I...

What’s the most consequential decision you made in your life to lead you to this moment?

1970-01-01 08:00:00

For the WeblogPoMoAMA challenge created by Annie. This question comes from Keenan who has a very good blog. ““I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and...

What makes me vulnerable?

1970-01-01 08:00:00

For the WeblogPoMoAMA challenge from Annie. Earlier today, in preparation for this time when things get calm, work is wrapped up, and I have a few moments, I gathered up...

Doing dumb stuff faster is still dumb

1970-01-01 08:00:00

It might even be dumber. Because if you do dumb stuff faster, your reward is almost always more dumb stuff to do.  Having AI write dumb-ass jargony emails or page copy...

Bits and pieces

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Oct 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM The Internet is full of horrors interesting people and wonderful things.  Here are some bits and pieces I’ve enjoyed recently.  I really like Kerri’s list of...

It sure will

1970-01-01 08:00:00

““Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have...

This post is not about body wash

1970-01-01 08:00:00

This is a system: [A bottle with green leaves and a white label sits on a bathroom counter. The label reads eucalyptus mint body wash. The blurred background holds other...

Fumbling for the words

1970-01-01 08:00:00

September 4, 2023 at 11:32 AM ⮕ Oct 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM I write two things over and over. Different versions of the same two things, over and over. And...

Faith doesn’t look like being brave

1970-01-01 08:00:00

This post was originally published May 01, 2017. I freshened it up a bit and republished it Oct 22, 2024 at 8:04 PM because I’m feeling nervous about the state of things,...

Relationship circles

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Oct 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM I’ve been meaning to write this down for a while. Inspired to do so now by John Philpin’s post. I don’t have any insight on...

How to do the RSS

1970-01-01 08:00:00

This is a simple guide for people who are not super tech-oriented. I like the recent You should be using an RSS reader article that’s being shared.  And I think...

How to be confident

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Oct 15, 2024 at 8:34 PM Start off insecure, intimidated, and uncertain.  Stumble along. Be so scared. Really terrified. Sometimes paralyzed with fear. Eyeball other people and wonder how they seem...

The week has gone, the week is ahead

1970-01-01 08:00:00

 Oct 13, 2024 at 9:33 PM I am tired but in a good way. Sometimes I’m tired because life is overwhelming and confusing and I know too much and can do...

I love your week notes and day notes and art and lists

1970-01-01 08:00:00

I like it when you write about what you watched and read and listened to this week. I want to know. I love when you share a funny moment or...

I have to talk about my secret hairstyle

1970-01-01 08:00:00

I had an undercut for several years. It started in 2016 as a cute little shaved triangle at the nape of my neck. Then it expanded slowly upward and around-ward....

I wonder if I was a good wife

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Memories are weird. First of all, they’re not real. I mean, they are real: They’re real stories we have in our brains about what happened. But they’re not really what...

Systems and change

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Systems are never perfect. Systems contain many arbitrary elements and guidelines which exist just because we have to agree on some basics in order to get anything done. Systems outgrow...

Dear friends and family who are thinking about voting for Trump

1970-01-01 08:00:00

I just posted this on FB, where 1) I never post anything, anymore and 2) I still have a lot of connections from my very southern, conservative, Christian upbringing. It...

I love getting older

1970-01-01 08:00:00

I’m 43, which doesn’t seem old to me. I certainly don’t feel old. But when I was a kid or a teen or a college student, 43 seemed pretty old....

Just do the thing

1970-01-01 08:00:00

It happens. Every single time. Right about now, I run into trouble. I start doing something I care about. I’m enjoying the rhythm. The feeling. The action. Then I start...

To walk open-eyed through the earth:

1970-01-01 08:00:00

• Notice the small miracles and accept them as such. • Make the first move. • Protect enthusiasm.  • Reject apathy. • Receive the gifts I am given even though...

Feeling alive is where it’s at

1970-01-01 08:00:00

I have discovered that my own personal satisfaction with my life requires a good balance of comfort and challenge. Sometimes life gives me plenty of challenges all by itself, and...

A brief history of (my) blogging

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Xanga. The gateway blogging drug for me. College years, so 1999-2003. What did I blog about? I have no idea. My memories are…. very sparse. I remember using Xanga, having...

Sometimes, sadness

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Maybe it’s the songs in this playlist. Maybe it’s fall. Maybe it’s because I get paid on the 1st and feel broke again by the 2nd.  Maybe it’s the repetition....

Prodigy stories from ye olde Internet

1970-01-01 08:00:00

Inspired by Lou’s recent post: Memorable Internet Moments We had a computer in our basement which my parents used rarely and my older sister and I used all the time....