No, autocorrect, I don’t want to change “be an issue” to “bean issue”…unless I happen to be editing a recipe with specific legume requirements. 🫘 #AmEditing

Promo photo from EFA. Headshot of person with dark brown hair and red glasses, smiling. Text reads: “Indexes explained for non-indexers. Proofreading gets faster and easier once you understand how indexes really work. Jolanta Komornicka. Instructor.”

Proofreading an index and not quite sure what’s going on? Why are things are out of alphabetical order? What’s the best way to cut for length?

Come to my EFA webinar to learn what non-indexers should know about indexes! Aug. 14.

#edibuddies #AmEditing

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Cat: *paws at window screen*
Me: “Young lady, if you don’t stop that, I’ll have to close the window. You don’t want that to happen, do you?”

An illustration featuring 6 different species of birds native to Japan, all perched on plum blossom branches with light pink flowers. From top to bottom left to right, the birds featured are: brown-eared bulbul, Japanese tit, common kingfisher, warbling white-eye, rufous turtle dove, varied tit. They are illustrated on a light blue-purple background, with flower petals and feather motifs around them.

Some springtime birds I saw while visiting Japan! 🌸🪶

A squid is doodled in a very fun blocky graphic designy way and the words read “stuffed squid Portuguese style Lula recheadas a Portuguese”

A googley eyed squid with comically large popping out eyes on a red squid with darker red speckles on a can. It says “spiced calamari in ragout sauce”

I honestly don’t eat a lot of seafood, but I *love* looking at the art on tinned seafood.

Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the number of cool people who are doing cool stuff and sharing it online — visual artists, writers, comedians, musicians. I’m grateful to them all for putting goodness out into the world even when times are tough.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t have to:
• “update your wardrobe” every season
• add accessories to “style” your outfits
• change your style to avoid looking “like a millennial”

These rules exist to sell you things you don’t need. If you like your clothes, wear them.

“oohs and ahhs” → “oohs and aahs” #AmEditing

So weird that only one political party is expending this much time, energy, money and political captital to prevent as many people from voting as they possibly can - and ignore or nullify those votes if they feel like it. One would think this imbalance would dominate headlines. 🤷‍♀️

May or may not have fallen asleep during the workday because I’m still so tired from #ACES2025 🙃

Belated happy birthday! Great to see you at ACES.

When we return from a trip, it’s interesting to see what the petsitter has been watching on our streaming services. Our last sitter favored true crime shows; the new one watched Harry Potter movies.

So dang happy to be at #ACES2025 with my people 💙

Close-up of a SaltFire Brewing Co. beer in front of a teal vehicle.

QR code for Freelancers Happy Hour 2025 at ACES

Calling all #ACES #edibuddies going to Salt Lake City! We are planning to gather at SaltFire Brewing Co. on Wednesday night, April 2, at 5:00 p.m.! Get your tickets at the link below or by using the QR code:

bit.ly/freelancershappyhour2025

#ACES2025

A dog in a tie happily typing on a laptop while intense military combat takes place behind them.

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

Shout-out to mental health professionals, parents, teachers, and anyone else who is taking care of others’ emotional needs right now in addition to their own. Y’all are doing some of the hardest work.

A vibrant colony of oak mazegill polypores grow at the base of a dead oak tree alongside moss and vines in a snowy forest All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

Thomson Reuters' AI copyright win blows a hole in AI industry’s fair use defense Thomson Reuters' AI copyright win blows a hole in AI industry’s fair use defense

A bit of good news: Thomson Reuters just had the first big copyright win against an AI company.

No, no, this is perfectly comprehensible behavior: everyone knows nighttime is the right time for the zoomiest zoomies.

At least three earthquakes have happened near Boston while I’ve lived here, and I’ve never felt one until today. It’s creepy, but TBH I’m glad I know what everyone is talking about this time. 🙃

Yup!

Yup!

this is your irregularly scheduled social media reminder to take your phone out of its case and disinfect both case and phone, brought to you by me remembering to do this myself

Lately, all the time.

I’m going to repost this at different times of day until everybody’s seen it.

I’m so very sorry, Karen. Wishing you better times ahead.

Black Lab - Wash it away YouTube video by Ramil Asuncion

Day 29: Swim #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2024

Not swimming, but the sea:

Black Lab, “Wash It Away”

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Fun fact: Philadelphia (no, not NYC) has the oldest T-Day parade. 💛🧡💚

Audioslave - Cochise (Official Video) YouTube video by AudioslaveVEVO

Day 27: Rev #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2024

Audioslave, “Cochise”

(It’s not in the lyrics, but the beginning of the song sounds like an engine.)

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