Almost 2024! For my final post of the year, here are a few things that I consider highlights of 2023: California Balboa Classic (January) This is one of the largest balboa events that happens each year and we had such a fun time that right now I feel like I would like to attend every …
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75: Almost Summer
I know it’s not officially summer yet, but it sure feels like it is. We went dancing at the Kits Showboat last night and it was glorious as usual. About a month ago, there was a fire at the Showboat and we were all scared that we would lose our summers of free dancing at …
74: Extraordinary 2023
2023 is already almost 2 months in so I guess it’s clear that blogging is not at the top of my list of priorities this year. There is, of course, a list of priorities, and I do plan to continue posting somewhat regularly, but I’m not making any promises about the frequency. First, let’s get …
71: Birthday Week
It’s the first day of my birthday week off! This is a favourite tradition of mine; I take a week off with no big projects on the schedule and just indulge in doing whatever I feel like. This week’s plans include tomorrow night’s Jazz Cats Social event, plus between 3 and 7 more live jazz …
70: Fall Plans
It has been super rainy for the last few days (with an atmospheric river on the way), and today is the first day off I’ve had in months that has zero appointments or tasks scheduled. Finally, I am getting that fall feeling that I love so much. It’s belated this year due to ridiculously long-lasting …
68: Dance Community
When I first started this blog I thought I was going to have interesting insights into things and that some kind of theme would emerge as my focus, but after 3 years it’s pretty clear that I am just into blabbing about myself. I would like to blame the pandemic for that because the last …
63: Value Circles
About a year ago, I read a book called Smart Couples Finish Rich, and while it wasn’t amazing, it did have a few good takeaways that made it worth reading. I have long forgotten most of the specifics, but it was essentially about making financial plans as a team and understanding why you were doing …
60: Birthday Post
This is my birthday post! I’m going to be 42 on Monday. That being the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, I feel like I should make this year count. The past year has felt like a bit of a black hole, but looking back on my previous birthday post, it does appear that …
58: Fall Plans
I checked in on what I had posted in my last update to see if it would spark any ideas for today and it turns out I had predicted that I would write about my fall goals. I forgot I said that, but that certainly makes it easier to come up with something. I actually …
52: March Madness
This week marks the one year anniversary of living in a pandemic, for me. It probably varies slightly for everyone, but this was the week last year that I packed up my computer to work from home, and then was almost immediately laid off for almost 6 months. Right from the beginning it was being …
Dancing In Irreverence 