Some day this blog might go away, but for now, I am going to choose joy

Some day this blog might go away.

This isn’t a threat, I’m not actively planning on taking down this blog.

Plus, I just paid my fees for this year to keep my blog living where it lives for another year. [The frugal person in me, wouldn’t just reup and then quit, that’s just not in my nature]

I like this blog and this community.

A few years ago, I took a prolonged break from social media. It was necessary for me. I got a little caught up in counting the number of likes that I received. But a funny thing happened. I didn’t miss it at first, but after a while, I really did start to feel like I was missing out on other people’s lives. I am glad to be back in your life if we were separated during the time I was on my social media break.

Perhaps, someday, I will need to take a break again (not that I am currently planning on it). Perhaps some day it will be permanent (again not that I am planning on it).

But sometimes I get a little cagy with personal information. It is hard not to feel this way in 2025 for me at least.

I read or heard an piece of news today that reinforced to me that ICE uses social media to spy on immigrants. Sometimes social media doesn’t feel like a safe place to do much more than post memes. The world feels unpredictable.

However, more than ever, I feel like I need social media to connect to people.

I really feel right now, the present is all we have.

I don’t know what tomorrow will hold.

I am guessing that someday my boys will ask my to stop posting pictures of them.

Also, if reading science fiction has taught me anything, it is that someday the electric grid will fail and we will all become nomads searching for the hospitable place that will become our new home. The internet will cease to exist. We will make our bread in stoves that me make our of barrels over the fire. We will have to reinvent certain technologies and we will spend our time in the evenings around the fire telling stories and keeping watch from intruders.

So right now, I am going to share my joy while I still have the opportunity. Here are some pictures of my family, my joy.

We celebrated a special milestone for Mr. Man this past weekend. The picture at the top of this blog and this picture are from this past Saturday.

These pictures are from April when Aunt Liz came to visit right before Easter.

And here is one more of Nugget and our new dog friend Tracker.

Cheers for now!

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