Lo and behold, a follow-up post

         In a turn of events I'm genuinely surprised by, I am making another post as a follow up to my last one. I tried posting a gif here but apparently there's some error which is stopping it from posting properly. Here's an alternative to convey what I was hoping to do with a gif. le gasp. (Edit: As in many things, refreshing the page fixed the issue! See gif below)


        I am not into day 3 of my adventures in learning how to code. I'm approaching this by doing one lesson a day. That way (hopefully), I can make sure I don't feel too overburdened and drop it. I found the beginner HTML lessons fun! The basic structures were introduced by slowly building and modifying a webpage on brown bears. Learning a new element, and then applying it to the page I was building was great. It allowed me to see the impact of each new element and gave me a tangible depiction of my new knowledge. Maybe when I feel a little bit more comfy, I'll modify my webpages here with HTML. Who knows!

        In other news, I've read a whole book since my last post! I think this is my first whole book read in several years. I was a very prolific reader when I was a kid-reading 1-2 books a week. Once I went to college, that dropped off very quickly. I still read these days, but more often than not I'm reading fanfic or internet articles. Getting lost in reading a book and turning page after page gave me a very real feeling of nostalgia. I hope to do it more! 

        The book I read is called thrifty green by Priscilla Short. It explores the intersection between being thrifty and more conscientious/conserving of the resources we utilize. I am privileged enough to be able to think about the ways in which I can live a more eco-friendly and non-wasteful lifestyle, with the only limiting factor being my willingness to try. The author talks of her experiences living a very spartan life off-grid for one year. She no longer does so, but she talks about the thoughts and internal calculus of navigating decisions around her lifestyle now that she's back on grid. I found the thoughts and nuance around taking what she'd learned living off-grid and applying the principles to living a less consumeristic, more conservatory lifestyle to be very interesting. The book came out in 2011, and there are definitely things that don't resonate as strongly due to the difference in time- which is a wild thing to consider! How odd that I consider something from the year I graduated high school, dated. Then again, depending on who you ask (myself included), I'm certifiably ancient.

        That's all I have for today! Right now, I'm digging the idea of getting some of my thoughts out in writing, so I might do this more often. Posting a link to thrifty green by Priscilla Short below. I'm struggling to think of a sign off that sounds easy and not contrived or like a business email. I took 5 semesters of Italian in college, so I'll shrug off any potential embarrassment and say ciao!


thrifty green by Priscilla Short: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11083175-thrifty-green 









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