![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/33765/2026/img-5822-m.jpg\")
Best conversation topic I’ve had this week: how to release a skunk from the humane trap you set out in hopes of catching the groundhog eating up your garden produce.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://annarama.net/2026/04/30/best-conversation-topic-ive-had.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T23:51:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 23:51","date_timestamp":1777593062,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88860524","content_html":"@JohnBrady 😸 …and the introvert’s version might be: “We Do Not Have Wifi - If You Do Not Want to Talk to Other People - Read a Book or Write in a Notebook - Pretend It’s 1995”
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/88860524","date_published":"2026-04-23T15:35:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 15:35","date_timestamp":1776958540,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88860115","content_html":"
@joshuapsteele Thankfully, not quite that bad! 😹
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/88859837","date_published":"2026-04-23T15:25:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 15:25","date_timestamp":1776957926,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88816784","content_html":"@annahavron @joshuapsteele I’m thinking here of someone I met at a vocations conference who was returning to the ministry after being in a completely different field for 20 years.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/88816784","date_published":"2026-04-22T23:34:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-22 23:34","date_timestamp":1776900844,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88816644","content_html":"@joshuapsteele ELCA, and my understanding is that if someone is on leave from call for too long or is no longer on the roster, but did not leave due to misconduct, they can seek call with the permission of the bishop, but will also need to go through some kind of process before they can return to the parish. I believe the bishop has some discretion on what’s required, but they want to know you before they let you go back into the parish.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/88816644","date_published":"2026-04-22T23:29:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-22 23:29","date_timestamp":1776900589,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88815315","content_html":"@joshuapsteele fwiw, just one more opinion from the internet; in my denomination, ordination is not considered to be an ontological state. To be ordained in my denomination, you need to be approved to go to seminary, you need to graduate in good standing with the academic requirements of the MDiv, in good standing with the assessments of the seminary faculty, and in good standing with the office of the bishop of the synod that authorized you to pursue the ministry of Word and Sacrament (pastor/priest, verbiage depending on whether you’re an American Lutheran or a European Lutheran). But you are not eligible to be ordained – in my denomination, at least – until a congregation calls you to be their pastor, and calls you with a near-unanimous vote (not a good idea to accept a call if 75% of the congregation votes “yes” but 25% vote that they do not want you to be their pastor). So: seminary, synod, and a congregation all have to resoundingly vote yes before you can be ordained. If I was no longer under call (serving a parish, or serving under a synod-authorized special call such as a chaplaincy) for long enough, I would no longer be eligible for another call without pursuing further credentialing. So that is the jurisdictional authorization part.
\nBut as to your more philosophical question, whether ordination confers something real and permanent, I’m not sure. However, I believe being in ministry definitely does. Being in ministry changes people over time, or it should. I think of it this way: To say I have been ordained is similar to saying I have been married. That is indeed meaningful and important and something no one can take away from me. But I think ordination is more like a wedding ceremony and marriage license - you’re approved to embark on the adventure, but that is not in itself the actual adventure; being in ministry is more like a marriage, living the adventure itself. It is the formational experiences of being in the ministry that conferred real and permanent changes for me, but it is the ordination that prepared me for the ride.
\nIf any of that makes sense.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/88815315","date_published":"2026-04-22T23:01:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-22 23:01","date_timestamp":1776898879,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87724158","content_html":"@Miraz …and the headlines echo the camera angles, as far as depicting agency and authority.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/87724158","date_published":"2026-04-06T21:30:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 21:30","date_timestamp":1775511044,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86754412","content_html":"\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86754412","date_published":"2026-03-23T00:25:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 00:25","date_timestamp":1774225518,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86620839","content_html":"@dwalbert 😸 I have to say, he is highly effective! I would gladly rent him out, but he is a terrible traveler.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86620839","date_published":"2026-03-20T17:59:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 17:59","date_timestamp":1774029551,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86605191","content_html":"\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86605191","date_published":"2026-03-20T13:54:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 13:54","date_timestamp":1774014891,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86605186","content_html":"@dwalbert No need for a Carl Orff alarm clock when I have a Cat, Oomph alarm clock: thirteen pounds of hungry tabby landing upon me just before dawn. 😸
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86605186","date_published":"2026-03-20T13:54:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 13:54","date_timestamp":1774014883,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86602192","content_html":"@jabel Makes sense! I suspect it was hard to get spices in rural areas, or grow enough herbs to season the amount of food that might need to be made to sustain an 18th or 19th century farming family in PA or Indiana. And starch + meaty scraps = the thrifty farm food loaf that is scrapple.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86602192","date_published":"2026-03-20T12:49:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 12:49","date_timestamp":1774010998,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86599934","content_html":"@jabel Now that I think about it (with second cup of coffee), I like most sausage because it’s seasoned, but PA Dutch cooking is not really known for its seasoning, it’s fairly bland. To my taste, anyway.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86599934","date_published":"2026-03-20T12:09:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 12:09","date_timestamp":1774008564,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86599449","content_html":"@JohnBrady 😹 I hope that’s all it is. Edited to add: I shouldn’t be, er, catty, I guess, since I love most sausages and who knows what’s in those.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86599449","date_published":"2026-03-20T12:02:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 12:02","date_timestamp":1774008149,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86599272","content_html":"@jabel @robertbreen Thank you both for your kind words!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86599272","date_published":"2026-03-20T11:59:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 11:59","date_timestamp":1774007972,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86599250","content_html":"@jabel I went to seminary in Gettysburg, so… yes. Have I had it since? Nope.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86599250","date_published":"2026-03-20T11:58:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 11:58","date_timestamp":1774007930,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86566263","content_html":"@annahavron thanks to @isaacgreene, @dwalbert, @bethanyh, and @robertbreen for inspiring this post
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86566263","date_published":"2026-03-19T22:14:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 22:14","date_timestamp":1773958455,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86566123","content_html":"The Haunted Smart House\nLights turn on and off randomly; speakers in different locations of the house start blasting the Everly Brothers. And none of us knows how to fix it.
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/33765/2026/img-5689-m.jpg\")
@isaacgreene What a joy! Thank you for posting that!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86484003","date_published":"2026-03-18T20:24:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 20:24","date_timestamp":1773865453,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86425178","content_html":"@calebgreene when that came out, I was too scared by the premise to watch it 😸
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86425178","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:07:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 00:07","date_timestamp":1773792440,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86425066","content_html":"@bethanyh I’m just grateful it wasn’t “Carmina Burana”
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86425066","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:06:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 00:06","date_timestamp":1773792371,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86424863","content_html":"@dwalbert my cats feel the same way 😸
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86424863","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:02:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 00:02","date_timestamp":1773792145,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86424189","content_html":"@isaacgreene ya think?? 😹edited to add, I also served as translator between my analog family members and my tech-oriented ones
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86424189","date_published":"2026-03-17T23:47:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 23:47","date_timestamp":1773791229,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86424157","content_html":"@isaacgreene 🙀edited to add, I think some replies crossed, this is my reaction to any bed that needs wifi to operate
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86424157","date_published":"2026-03-17T23:46:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 23:46","date_timestamp":1773791172,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86423401","content_html":"@dwalbert I did always tease my father about the house in “Meet the Parents” 😸
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86423401","date_published":"2026-03-17T23:30:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 23:30","date_timestamp":1773790229,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86422492","content_html":"@isaacgreene @calebgreene @bethanyh @dwalbert …and I didn’t even mention the robots. (My mother likes them, because “they never have to go to the vet, they never need a litter box”) Maybe I’ll write a blog post.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86422492","date_published":"2026-03-17T23:14:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 23:14","date_timestamp":1773789243,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86381333","content_html":"@isaacgreene And then there are the hauntings. 😸 I just visited with my widowed mother, who is living in a deteriorating smart house. (She has said for forty years that “one of these days” she will learn how to use a computer.) My father, who was an electrical engineer and developer and created and maintained it, died a couple of years ago. Lights turn on and off randomly; speakers in different locations of the house start blasting the Everly Brothers. I literally thank God that he set up bypasses for the heat and the lighting, so when a light turns itself on or off we can turn it back the other way, and we can control the temperatures in the house. I’m also thankful we could unplug the speakers. But there is a camera in the reading room that follows me everywhere I go; and I have no idea whether it is still recording, or where any of those files are stored. I always walk up to it, move around, see if it follows me, and then say something like, “oh, you’re still up!”
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/annahavron/86381333","date_published":"2026-03-17T13:04:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 13:04","date_timestamp":1773752676,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85601887","content_html":"From Leah Libresco Sargeant’s latest newsletter:
\n\n\n\n\nI think feminism is, at its heart, a collection of people deeply concerned with what it means to be just to women, as women, not as defective men or generic, unsexed human persons. I certainly disagree with some other feminists on what justice consists of here, but I think we’re all concerned with fundamental asymmetries of sex and how to respond to them.
\n
Well said.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://annarama.net/2026/03/05/from-leah-libresco-sargeants-latest.html","date_published":"2026-03-06T00:09:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 00:09","date_timestamp":1772755744,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85240272","content_html":"I updated my now page.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://annarama.net/2026/02/28/i-updated-my-now-page.html","date_published":"2026-02-28T21:58:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-28 21:58","date_timestamp":1772315922,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83746799","content_html":"back for seconds
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/33765/2026/cardinal2-m.jpg\")
a Northern cardinal for you, @miraz\n@jabel enjoyed your link re “millers,” do y’all call cardinals redbirds? (Do you say y’all?)
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/33765/2026/northern-cardinal-m.jpg\")
Starlings are colorful
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Dinner guest
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Such a great Caturday today! Here is my tuxedo girl looking festive. Of course black and white is elegant for every occasion.
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/33765/2025/2892936117819064488-m.jpg\")
My daughter’s cats, who ignore the umpteen other cat beds around the house to crowd into this one.
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/33765/2025/same-catbed-m.jpg\")
toggle switch for fall 🍂🍁
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Teach Me to Care, Teach Me Not to Care
\n\nCaring in the right amount, about the right things, at the right time, gives us the energy and motivation to act on what matters. If your experience is anything like mine, however, you wake up at 3:00 a.m. caring too much about things you cannot fix.
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/33765/2025/8b3daf53ae-m.jpg\")
We got to see Chris Thile play mandolin last night. Pure joy.
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Reader Question 10: Personal Productivity Analysis Paralysis: analogoffice.net
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\"Efficiency, as I have discovered, is the enemy of depth.\": analogoffice.net
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\n\nWe do not usually turn to spiritual traditions for time management principles, but we ought to.
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AI-free rubber stamps, courtesy of Leavenworth Jackson
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","summary":"","url":"https://analogoffice.net/2025/06/02/remember-cash-money.html","date_published":"2025-06-02T17:36:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Anna Havron","url":"https://annarama.net/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F67047.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"annahavron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-02 17:36","date_timestamp":1748885811,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62273037","content_html":"Apple blossoms, from a tree espaliered along an iron fence.
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