{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Leah Meredith","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/phinnia","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"58733","username":"phinnia","bio":"Public health major.  Pronouns: she/her/hers.  Lives in New York with a cranky cat and a spouse of the male persuasion.   Social justice activist.  Black Lives Matter.   I'm that loud New Yorker your mother warned you about.  Shockingly, I'm also Canadian.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":2,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/avatar.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"10507200","content_html":"<p>So I was in the hospital with a stroke.  (I’m fine now, except for some lingering numbness in one finger of my left hand).</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/11/01/so-i-was.html","date_published":"2020-11-02T04:10:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-02 04:10","date_timestamp":1604290226,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10467543","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/phinnia\">@phinnia</a> Description:  Sean on a swing, smiling, outside his house. Not wearing a mask, but socially distant.  He looks joyful.  He has brown hair in his eyes and is wearing brown shorts and a long sleeved green shirt.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10467543","date_published":"2020-10-25T14:06:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-25 14:06","date_timestamp":1603634761,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10467506","content_html":"<p>Happy nineteenth, my sweet boy.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fphinnia.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F63c2c8cb30.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/25/happy-nineteenth-my.html","date_published":"2020-10-25T13:49:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-25 13:49","date_timestamp":1603633797,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10463184","content_html":"<p>The Infanta is behind my head taking up my entire pillow.  Thanks, Infanta!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/24/the-infanta-is.html","date_published":"2020-10-24T14:30:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-24 14:30","date_timestamp":1603549850,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10458240","content_html":"<p>My read for between courses, as all I have to do is hand in my paper next week and a discussion board question, is Medical Apartheid, by Harriet A. Washington.  One hell of a book so far, and I’ve just made it through the prologue.  📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/23/my-read-for.html","date_published":"2020-10-23T14:30:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-23 14:30","date_timestamp":1603463453,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10457906","content_html":"<p>It is raining and I detest the rain because it makes my joints hurt and now I have to find a lawn to shout at the children to get off of, but I think the kids are doing okay these days, actually.  Besides, this is Manhattan.  Who has a lawn?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/23/it-is-raining.html","date_published":"2020-10-23T13:05:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-23 13:05","date_timestamp":1603458312,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10453217","content_html":"<p>Fun fact for today:  they have to redo dyslexia tests for braille-reading children, because the letters are different.  They mix up R and W (which are reverse of each other) and E and I) frequently, rather than B and D.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/22/fun-fact-for.html","date_published":"2020-10-22T16:16:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-22 16:16","date_timestamp":1603383379,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10449509","content_html":"<p>Oh, Infanta.   He’s gone downstairs.  I promise, he’s coming back.  It’s not an emergency.  I promise it’s not.  I really do.   You don’t need to treat it like the end of the world.  I understand your concerns, but - see, he just came back.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/21/oh-infanta-hes.html","date_published":"2020-10-21T23:37:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-21 23:37","date_timestamp":1603323444,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10448038","content_html":"<p>FINISHED the paper.   I put it down, and will give it a good read-through later, before I hand it in.  But it’s good!  Really good!  Has a title page and everything now!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/21/finished-the-paper.html","date_published":"2020-10-21T16:02:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-21 16:02","date_timestamp":1603296163,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10445075","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/baker\">@baker</a> He is!   Quite fussy.  We spoil him terribly, too.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10445075","date_published":"2020-10-21T02:11:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-21 02:11","date_timestamp":1603246305,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10444530","content_html":"<p>The Infanta likes almonds now.  I found this out because he stole one off my plate this morning.  Well … fine, then, cat, go ahead.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/20/the-infanta-likes.html","date_published":"2020-10-21T00:16:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-21 00:16","date_timestamp":1603239381,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10444528","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/baker\">@baker</a> I have one somewhere, but we usually just buy one.  This year the cat has started stealing the almonds off of the top.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10444528","date_published":"2020-10-21T00:14:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-21 00:14","date_timestamp":1603239286,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10437836","content_html":"<p>First bite of pannetone.   I love pannetone.   A pre-Christmas tradition.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/19/first-bite-of.html","date_published":"2020-10-19T15:46:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-19 15:46","date_timestamp":1603122400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10433702","content_html":"<p>I know I left some things out on that paper.  On the other hand, I suppose that’s why it’s a rough draft.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/18/i-know-i.html","date_published":"2020-10-18T19:53:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-18 19:53","date_timestamp":1603050783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10428896","content_html":"<p>Hmm.   What to do with oneself on a Saturday?   The mind is awash with possibilities.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/17/hmm-what-to.html","date_published":"2020-10-17T18:02:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-17 18:02","date_timestamp":1602957743,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10426325","content_html":"<p>Spouse’s birthday gift arrived, so I can show it off now.  He loves it.  It is a (somewhat) tactile paper map of our neighborhood/building.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fphinnia.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F69a5b71cac.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/16/spouses-birthday-gift.html","date_published":"2020-10-17T03:08:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-17 03:08","date_timestamp":1602904121,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10423690","content_html":"<p>Done first paper draft.   Six pages.  I’m going to lie down now.  I HATE doing reference pages.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/16/done-first-paper.html","date_published":"2020-10-16T15:39:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-16 15:39","date_timestamp":1602862775,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10420762","content_html":"<p>It’s a good day when you can quote a report written by the Office of Civil Rights.  Thank you, Justice Department, for making my essay writing that much easier.  You write good report.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/15/its-a-good.html","date_published":"2020-10-16T01:51:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-16 01:51","date_timestamp":1602813108,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10420709","content_html":"<p>I have over half of the rough draft of my final paper done.   Excellent work, me.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/15/i-have-over.html","date_published":"2020-10-16T01:27:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-16 01:27","date_timestamp":1602811632,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10419299","content_html":"<p>We have named the forced air system in our bedroom, which cools or heats it depending on season, Edgar/Donna.   I will not explain, and trust in the reader to get my terrible puns.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/15/we-have-named.html","date_published":"2020-10-15T18:41:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-15 18:41","date_timestamp":1602787288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10418195","content_html":"<p>My mother’s turtles have gone into winter hibernation.   I suppose this makes sense, as The Infanta has his winter coat now.  The wheel continues to turn.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/15/my-mothers-turtles.html","date_published":"2020-10-15T14:02:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-15 14:02","date_timestamp":1602770557,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10416256","content_html":"So fun highlights from the IEP conference:  our nonverbal kidlet with autism (also blind) can now reliably tell us how he’s feeling on any given day.   THIS IS FUCKING HUGE.  Also, he does not like corn.   When we went in to this school, all I wanted was for them to find some way to com... <a href=\"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/14/so-fun-highlights.html\">phinnia.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/14/so-fun-highlights.html","date_published":"2020-10-15T03:44:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-15 03:44","date_timestamp":1602733465,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10414408","content_html":"<p>Oh, long IEP meetings.  I need a drink.   Seriously, I need a drink.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/14/oh-long-iep.html","date_published":"2020-10-14T20:14:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-14 20:14","date_timestamp":1602706445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10413350","content_html":"<p>There are many hammerings in the apartment above us.  Perhaps assemblages of furniture.  (No idea what, actually, merely speculating.)</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/14/there-are-many.html","date_published":"2020-10-14T16:00:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-14 16:00","date_timestamp":1602691207,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10409600","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gregmoore\">@gregmoore</a> I’m in New York, where it’s … well, my spouse says ‘nippy’ and I say ‘cold’.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10409600","date_published":"2020-10-14T00:36:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-14 00:36","date_timestamp":1602635815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10409174","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gregmoore\">@gregmoore</a> She is a lovely coworker.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10409174","date_published":"2020-10-13T23:08:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-13 23:08","date_timestamp":1602630492,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10408274","content_html":"<p>What is WRONG with the METRIC SYSTEM?   Asking for a friend, who is actually me.  <strong>screams in Canadian</strong></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/13/what-is-wrong.html","date_published":"2020-10-13T19:09:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-13 19:09","date_timestamp":1602616184,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10407762","content_html":"<p>The view from my room - a tenth floor view from Harlem, of Randall’s Island and Queens beyond.  You can see the I❤Radio building in the distance.  #NYC, represent!   #adayinthelife</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fphinnia.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F3a22f77c9b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/13/the-view-from.html","date_published":"2020-10-13T17:26:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-13 17:26","date_timestamp":1602609971,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10407424","content_html":"<p>Argh.   Tomorrow, I will have to wear <em>socks</em>.   I hate wearing socks.   I despise socks.  And yet, tomorrow, I have to wear socks, unless I want my feet to freeze.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/13/argh-tomorrow-i.html","date_published":"2020-10-13T16:08:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-13 16:08","date_timestamp":1602605316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10401563","content_html":"<p>Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, and we are having poutine.   (We celebrate both Thanksgivings here, in our proudly bi-national home).  🦃🍁🥣</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/2020/10/12/today-is-canadian.html","date_published":"2020-10-12T14:23:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-12 14:23","date_timestamp":1602512591,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10352464","content_html":"<p>@tallin32 I know.  Blindness awareness month is right after STEPtember.  It’s kind of a ‘shame’ that Autism Awareness Month isn’t in August or November, we could have gotten them all over with at once.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10352464","date_published":"2020-10-02T22:19:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-10-02 22:19","date_timestamp":1601677182,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10321999","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tallin\">@tallin</a> makes a fantastic mushroom soup.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10321999","date_published":"2020-09-27T02:50:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-27 02:50","date_timestamp":1601175025,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10306183","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jw\">@jw</a> Yup!  Canadians think of it as that enclosed glass porch sort of thing in front of a cottage or house.  At least my generation did (I’m Gen X, I suppose).</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10306183","date_published":"2020-09-24T01:28:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-24 01:28","date_timestamp":1600910902,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10304780","content_html":"<p>@macgenie They were probably all Snowbirds.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10304780","date_published":"2020-09-23T18:40:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-23 18:40","date_timestamp":1600886444,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10304778","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/baker\">@baker</a> You’re welcome!   (I lived in SE Portland for a while.  Lovely place.)  But yes, I was commenting to the spouse that the people on the top floor of the apartment they’re building next door had ‘Florida rooms’ and because he’s half Canadian, he knows what I mean.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10304778","date_published":"2020-09-23T18:40:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-23 18:40","date_timestamp":1600886412,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10289869","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tallin\">@tallin</a> I think we should start with the reproductive glands first, as someone directly affected by the ridiculous and outdated phase ‘wheelchair bound’.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10289869","date_published":"2020-09-20T20:32:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-20 20:32","date_timestamp":1600633924,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10280357","content_html":"<p>@macgenie I’ll see if I can get her to send me one.  She’s in Canada, i’m in New York - the border’s closed.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10280357","date_published":"2020-09-18T17:55:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-18 17:55","date_timestamp":1600451750,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10239842","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/phinnia\">@phinnia</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/omrrc\">@omrrc</a> Of course, this was in the era of ‘glass prizes in Cracker Jacks’.  But still.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10239842","date_published":"2020-09-10T17:03:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-10 17:03","date_timestamp":1599757427,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10239837","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> They are indeed illegal here.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10239837","date_published":"2020-09-10T17:00:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-10 17:00","date_timestamp":1599757207,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10239836","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Omrrc\">@Omrrc</a> Yes, but all the plastic is safely encapsulated in a large, brightly colored capsule.  And one of my uncles was killed by glass beads in cracker jacks.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10239836","date_published":"2020-09-10T16:59:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-10 16:59","date_timestamp":1599757184,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10221302","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Miraz\">@Miraz</a> Wow!  That’s incredible.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10221302","date_published":"2020-09-07T01:56:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-07 01:56","date_timestamp":1599443794,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10213355","content_html":"<p>@fardles Sleep while you can!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10213355","date_published":"2020-09-05T03:56:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-05 03:56","date_timestamp":1599278178,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10211344","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/schuth\">@schuth</a> Well, they ARE.  I have a cousin who was briefly adopted by one when he was about two months old, and he’s never been quite right since.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10211344","date_published":"2020-09-04T19:45:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-04 19:45","date_timestamp":1599248714,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10210299","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollyhoneychurch\">@hollyhoneychurch</a> Unless we go downstairs and then come upstairs with them in a paper bag, probably not.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10210299","date_published":"2020-09-04T15:26:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-04 15:26","date_timestamp":1599233162,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10207480","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tallin\">@tallin</a> Also true.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10207480","date_published":"2020-09-04T01:41:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-04 01:41","date_timestamp":1599183699,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10206022","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollyhoneychurch\">@hollyhoneychurch</a> He does like regular meatballs:  he just really liked the salmon ones.  And it was special, him getting his own takeout food.  Our internet names … well, that’s a whole other story. 😃</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10206022","date_published":"2020-09-03T19:36:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-03 19:36","date_timestamp":1599161777,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10205154","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollyhoneychurch\">@hollyhoneychurch</a> He just sort of runs away whenever the intercom rings because he knows it means People.  (Or sometimes, Takeout.)  Sometimes if you are quiet, he will come out from his hiding places, eventually.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10205154","date_published":"2020-09-03T15:39:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-03 15:39","date_timestamp":1599147597,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10204585","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/hollyhoneychurch\">@hollyhoneychurch</a> He doesn’t like people.  Except his own people.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10204585","date_published":"2020-09-03T13:10:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-03 13:10","date_timestamp":1599138659,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10202384","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/phinnia\">@phinnia</a> Description:  Siamese cat with short tail, looking annoyed into camera because I called his name before I snapped the picture.  He was washing.  That fluffy blue blanket in the background is his to lie on.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10202384","date_published":"2020-09-03T02:23:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-03 02:23","date_timestamp":1599099783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10202160","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tallin\">@tallin</a> You really are.   One of your vaguely … you-like qualities.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/phinnia/10202160","date_published":"2020-09-03T01:25:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Leah Meredith","url":"https://phinnia.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fphinnia%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"phinnia"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-09-03 01:25","date_timestamp":1599096339,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}