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:

Family

• Oliver’s Stars for Life day program has restarted, based out of our house; he’s auditing Susan Brown’s HIST 2620 Rule Britannia-Cool Britannia course at UPEI this fall.
• Our tomato plant is coming along just fine, with four tomatoes in various stages of growth (all still green); our hot pepper plant has born a single pepper, which turned red a couple of weeks ago and will be harvested soon.
• After a short vacation at Deroma Cottages in Georgetown Royalty last weekend, we’re spending a week on the western shore of Cape Breton next week to close out the summer.

Paid Work

• Working remotely with colleagues at Yankee Publishing, primarily on the infrastructure supporting Almanac.com (this is my 24rd year of this partnership).

Unpaid Work

• Writing posts for my blog as needs and interests dictate.
• Honing my trade as a letterpress printer.
• Diving ever deeper into the world of fountain pens, focusing on the monthly Pen Night in Charlottetown.

Volunteer Work

• Serving on the board of directors of Stars for Life, focusing on obtaining long-term, sustainable funding for the organization.
• Serving on the Mayor’s Task Force on Active Transportation for the City of Charlottetown; acting as co-chair and the liaison to the Parks & Recreation department.

I last updated this August 26, 2020, and have set myself a reminder to update it monthly from here onward.