by Ira | Apr 20, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I have a new project, inspired by Liz. You go into your photos every day and search for today’s date, and you see all the photos from the years for that day and look at the ones you want to keep, and you delete those you don’t need anymore. It’s magical for me because...
by Ira | Apr 19, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
New bed, who dis? Nothing like the feeling of brand new sheets, which I’ve said before and I’ll say it again! Woke up and did my writing. Reading, actually. Good lord this manuscript needs a heavy touch on the editing. Sigh. It’s because I’m writing in a different...
by Ira | Apr 18, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
It’s Couchella season! I don’t know if you knew this, but each year, Coachella streams (most) of its stages live on YouTube for free, over both weekends. It’s become a tradition in our household to watch from our couch, sound system turned up, boppin to the music....
by Ira | Apr 17, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
The weirdest thing has happened on my site over the past few months: the bots have come to be a little bit obsessed with it. Traffic is way, way, way up…but I know they’re bots, because almost none of the views are repeat views. It has to be AI agent scraping for...
by Ira | Apr 16, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
The pups are clean! Starting off the entry tonight with the dog report, which, let’s be real, is the important stuff. They’re getting photos taken this weekend for our holiday cards (early, I know, but this is when this photographer Liz loves is in town). That’s a...
