Lisa Sieverts

I added about 33% more butter to my sourdough muffin batter this morning, “just to use it up.” Oh, that’s good.

Wet, heavy snow here today. Me and hubby were good and went out I. `1 n N (last few characters were typed by my cat) anyway, we went out in the warmest part of the day when it was still raining and shoveled so that when it freezes tonight, while it will be an ice rink, at least it will be a level and smooth ice rink. Which might not sound like a good result but it’s better than uneven frozen lumps.

Am I showing my age if I say how much I LOVED this episode of Song Exploder | Yusuf / Cat Stevens? 🎵

I’m almost embarrassed at how well tracking is helping me stick to my 2021 resolutions. Note that one of them is posting to Micro.blog.

Just finishing up my Toastmasters club meeting at 7:30 PM on a Thursday. Even though we’re on Zoom and even though I miss seeing my fellow members in person, I’m still finding Toastmasters to be a worthwhile use of my time. Good to be able to practice Zoom speaking skills!

Attended an interesting webinar about assessment in teaching. Turns out most of us don’t enjoy grading. Personally, I love providing feedback and feel that I’m good at it, but I don’t like grading. If I’ve done my job well as a teacher, every student receives an A. 🏫

And I still want an “edu” or “teaching” or “school” link in Micro.Blog Discover. 🏫 Oh, hey, maybe we have it and just need to use it? micro.blog/discover/teaching

Have I mentioned lately that it’s T - 15 for teaching? 🏫 Ack! No, really, I’m ready, it’s just that converting from 50% online to 100% online has basically meant creating an entirely new course. Though I had already flipped my classroom so all that video can be reused, at least.

An interesting article making the case that countries should shift their vaccine plans to “First Dose First,” to get the maximum number of people at least partially protected. I’m interested in the Agile concepts that are buried here, such as “the best decisions are based in data and sometimes to get data we have to do an experiment with an uncertain outcome.”

No Learning Without Risk - Marginal REVOLUTION

Put differently shifting away from the default strategy to an alternative such as FDF or fractional dosing might be considered to be “risky”. But in this context, learning requires risk. When learning is desirable, it is also desirable to take on risk. Risk aversion can prevent learning and thus can be dangerous.

Currently reading: How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi 📚

Finished reading: Ark by Veronica Roth 📚

Finished reading: Randomize by Andy Weir 📚

Saving this here so I can find it again: Mac Shortcuts for a More Efficient Mac Workflow | Software Development Blog | Detroit Labs

If you’ve been using a Mac for a while, you likely have tons of tricks and shortcuts that you use every day to make your life easier. In an effort to share our knowledge, we’ve created a living list of Mac shortcuts to help you be more efficient.

The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gratitude and reciprocity are the currency of a gift economy, and they have the remarkable property of multiplying with every exchange, their energy concentrating as they pass from hand to hand, a truly renewable resource.

Copying @burk My favorite Fitness+ instructors so far:

• Jessica for yoga

IMHO Dustin’s yoga is too hard, without appropriate accommodations for the less knowledgeable.

More scary reasons to be careful

How COVID-19 Attacks The Brain And May Cause Lasting Damage | New Hampshire Public Radio nhpr.org

Read: www.nhpr.org

Finished reading: You Have Arrived At Your Destination by Amor Towles 📚

Finished reading: A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton 📚Definitely worth reading, but such a sad tale of white oppression of black people over generations.

OMG I have never spent so much time on Twitter as I have today. So I’m all hyped up. Time to back away from the computer and go do some functional strength training.

Unbelievable what’s happening at the US Capitol today. Total mayhem. Once, in the past, Republicans professed to be Keepers of the Constitution, carrying a copy in their back pockets. Now we clearly see them as hoodlums and gangsters and terrorists.

Last night I had such a vivid dream about dancing. Finally, after 10 months away, I’m missing it. This dream was about waltzes and Swedish-style turning dances. Yum!

(I overdid dancing, and especially the management of public contra dances, for 25 years. Took a while to heal.)

Currently reading: Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander 📚

Darn it, missed my goal of micro.blogging every day in 2021 on day 3! I will continue with my goal of posting more often and forgive myself for being absent minded.

My first inclement weather run.🏃‍♀️ Almost five miles post snow/sleet mix so the road was slushy and the trees were coated with ice that was now melting and dropping onto the road and me. But it was all pretty fun! Occasional sun made the ice glisten.

Finished reading: Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston 📚Totally fun and also a bit helpful to better understand The Mandalorian.