I’m sad too. I grew up in the early 1970s loving newspapers and oddly loving the classified ad sections (that sounds strange, but reading scattered somewhat classified content still is pleasing to me. That is how my carefully curated Reddit home feed felt.) As newspapers died, I realized that my small metro area had no good written way to interact or hear about local issues. Our local subreddit became my best source.

And I loved reading subs such as /nursing and /medicine and /talesfromyourserver not because I work in those areas, but because they are IRL communities that I count on for my quality of life and hearing their stories helped me empathize with them and (I think) made me a better human.

If I woke up in the middle of the night, I could read something to get my mind off of whatever was running through my head.

Other than paying for my Apollo subscription, making about 25 comments a year, and using the upvote function liberally, I didn’t interact much. My almost 10 year old account is very shy. I was always wary of being attacked or ignored. Oddly, IRL, I’m very apt to dive into any conversation.

I’m tentatively trying to be more interactive here. Smaller groups feel safer.

Thanks for the encouragement and normalization words. I’m maybe the lurkiest lurker ever, but I absolutely can and do upvote!

So in the early 20 teens before I learned how to subscribe to my own curated feed, I inadvertently saw things I never wanted nor needed to see. Though I never subscribed to those, sometimes in browsing r/popular I’d read those. Those two subreddits were never the sources of such sights. I’m both 1. still sad at losing my mindless reading habit and using the elegant Apollo app and 2. Grinning at greedy little pig boy’s schadenfreude.

To every season turn turn turn. Life is certainly a series of firsts and lasts. I love how you and your wife have chosen to mark something as timeless as the shedding of baby teeth. My “baby” graduated from college last month and soon will move to a big city.

Every start and every finish are markers and celebrating them with those you love is a treasure. Thanks for sharing your treasure. ❤️

I keep mulling around the idea of a TV sub to discuss the long list of cozy murder shows I love. Most are on Acorn TV or Britbox for US audiences. I don’t mind helping start discussions and contributing, but don’t want to do it alone. Here are my list of favorites (in no order): Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise, Brokenwood Murders, Shakespeare and Hathaway, McCormick and Dodds. There are more!

I think having one sub for this type of show could end up being a good start for more subs if one show starts to dominate, but could stay as a hub for those of us who like them all and want to discuss.

I wouldn’t mind starting, but am sporadic in my online time so would want help. Anyone else interested? Any ideas for making it a fun place to hang out and discuss the odd passion for laughing at (totally fictional) murders?

Ditto! I’m much less self conscious posting here, but have just been busy lately and not felt the energy for posting.

Of this list, I only had PDAs. I had a couple of versions of the Palm Pilot. I remember learning the script using the stylus.

I’m getting closer and closer to my 60th birthday, and still remember my delight at using a mouse on a Mac with one 3.5 inch drive. Inserting and removing program vs storage discs was tedious, but just loving the intuitive interface and how quickly I was able to make the mouse an extension of my hand. So much easier than learning function keys and keyboard shortcuts. And then combining mouse clicks, functions, and keyboard shortcuts to be so much more productive than ever before.

We still have an original iPod that my husband uses in our basement, and I believe we still have a working Atari game console.

For now it’s great! I loved newspapers and was a co-editor on my high school paper. Reading and writing have always been favorite things for me to do. Thanks for your time in the newspaper business. Wonder how many here still seek the goodness of that medium that was also largely lost?

So someone fat fingered my fat finger post and the misplaced post was related to slimming down fat fingers! I love Internet forums! 😝

So frustrating! Reminds me of a set of keys that went missing in our apartment many years ago. Searched everywhere! Days later, DH leaned back in in the recliner and pulled the lever to extend the footrest. When we heard that metal on metal drop, we both jumped to see the keys on the ground. Yes, we’d searched the gaps in the cushion. I’m convinced aliens took them and pranked us by returning them at the moment we found them.

Thanks for doing that! Maybe I’ll do the same. I am such a planner, that I worry about creating monsters I can’t control. 🥸

That’s probably what is happening! Someone else is reporting. Good to know, and I retract my concern. I’m going to edit my post in case someone else is in the same boat. It’s happening a lot on this particular post, so if there is something wrong with this post, maybe someone should address.

I love how the gray one is occupying your lap. Had a little dog who did that and for her, we were at her service. We weren’t holding her, she was sitting on us. You and your fur babies look ver cozy!

It’s so vibrant! Basting is maybe my most avoided part of quilting, but so important.

Thank you! I have made two others but don’t have photos yet.

I appreciate you posting this. My DH has tinnitus and it’s truly constantly frustrating for him. His workaround is always needing background noise. I would never complain about that, but when I have the chance for quiet, I love it. And I’m sad DH can never experience true quiet. I hope this and other successful treatments are available soon!

When we sold our baby items over 20 years ago, I was surprised that the umbrella stroller was sold to a woman who put her tiny dog in the stroller. I think it’s great that they make them now for that purpose. A great way to take a small dog out safely and keep them mentally active even if they might be getting older and not able to walk as far!

Love this so much!!

I really like your color choices! The blocks set off the center patch well. What is that pattern name?

Great question! And I do! I haven’t done a Round Robin, and would certainly enjoy it, (I love yours) but here are quilting my quilts social things:

I love Instagram sewalongs, and just finished the Alison Glass Trinket. I post as @anjnpr. You can see the blocks I’ve done there. Also, my past projects are well documented. It is really fun for me to see how others interpret their designs.

I’ve taken a few lecture monthly BOM classes. Last year I did The Quilt Show Garden Party Down Under.

My first retreat this year resulted in a small group of fellow quilter friends who are meeting monthly to just hang out while hand sewing and talking about our projects and other typical chatty things. Four of us are making the Janeen van Niekirk Tiny Houses for entry into our local quilt show next spring as a group project.

I got brave and entered three quilts in our local show a year ago and two of them received ribbons.

I love talking about quilts almost as much as making them, and have found that they are a great way to make wonderful friends IRL and online.