Now

What I’m Up To

As suggested here, this is what I’d highlight if I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a year:

Supporting Oliver as he moves toward the end of public school in June and helping him plan what comes next for him. We had several meetings with agencies and educational opportunities in February, and we’ve come up with a solid plan that he’s enthusiastic about.
Supporting Catherine as she enters her 5th year of living with metastatic breast cancer. She changed medication in February, and is getting used to managing the new side-effects.

Working remotely with colleagues at Yankee Publishing, primarily on the infrastructure supporting Almanac.com (this is my 23rd year of this partnership).
Planning a visit to Yankee for the first week of April.

Writing posts for my blog as needs and interests dictate; planning toward an upgrade to Drupal 8 shortly.
Mentoring a team of 4th year UPEI students on the development of a citizen sensor network for Charlottetown called SNACKS; their work will be finished up at the end of this semester in April.
Honing my trade as a letterpress printer.
Stretching my skills as a bookbinder.
Diving ever deeper into the world of fountain pens, focusing on the monthly Pen Night in Charlottetown.
Carrying my sketchbook with me almost everywhere I go. Which means I have a lot of sketches of the view outside Mad Wok, where I take lunch several times a week.

I’m organizing an unconference called Crafting {:} a Life, to be held here in Charlottetown in June. It has its own website.

Serving on the board of directors of Stars for Life, and continuing to do what I can to advocate for government support of people with autism.
Thinking about how non-profit organizations supporting people with autism on Prince Edward Island can better coordinate our services, training, etc.
Entering my last winter as a home and school member; my final Annual General Meeting will be in April.

Inspired by Belle B. Cooper, I’ve now added this section where I list the day-to-day tools I use in my work.

These are the apps in my dock.

These are the apps on my home screen that I use every day:

I last updated this March 3, 2019, and have set myself a reminder to update it monthly from here onward.