I feeling the digital mess of my files across devices pretty strongly today. The urge to toss everything in an archive folder and zip it… is strong. But I'll still know there is a mess of files within it. Don't get me started on digital photos. It's my blog too. It feels messy and disordered right now, not theme-wise (though I kinda want to switch back to my rpg one) but the micro posts and the long posts all together. I've outgrown some categories. I struggle because I both want everything in one place but also organized and consistent. Arg… I guess it's just one of those days.

Auto-generated description: A digital journal interface displays an agenda for March 22, 2026, featuring martial arts and fitness activities, personal notes, and a video link.

I’m required to use Claude at work so I’ve been testing it out. My favorite so far: A PWA quine PKM system. Took what I liked from Logseq (outline - simplified) and single file architecture (Tiddlywiki). I also added in sync to Micro.blog’s private notes with chunking. Came together in a day.

I’ve had kid(s) for a decade and a half now, and I’m still surprised how early registration opens up for things… like summer camp. Guess I know what I’m researching this evening.

Using AI at work
Handwritten blog post — transcript below. Doodles: Two grey squiggles adorn the sides and along their bottom, sets of small green plants with pink buds. At the end of the post is a simple drawing of a stick figure shrugging with a thought bubble. Inside the thought bubble is a question mark. Under the stick figure is the word 'shrug'
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Using AI at Work

Well, the time finally came. My boss wants me to start using AI in my workflow. In anticipation I've been playing around with Claude Code the last couple of weeks. It's improved since the last time I tried it out.

Maybe that's why I'm feeling drawn to this handwriting mood with my blog. Something a bit more me that isn't a quick prompt into existence.

Shrug

Blood Moon Eclipse
Handwritten blog post — transcript below. Doodles: Three grey cloud shapes and two grey spiral/swirl shapes are scattered around the margins; on the left side is a dark grey cloud with a red/coral half-circle peeking behind it, suggesting a blood moon obscured by clouds.
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I got up this morning around 3am because… my brain sucks sometimes. Anyway, it was cloudy then and its still cloudy now. Oh well…

♥ Loura

The Waiting Game
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My kid fell in love with the local agricultural school during a summer camp session. This year our state switched all technical schools to be lottery based. We filled out the application and today was the day. We waited…

No luck. I have a very sad kid.

Our town reported 25in of snow for today’s blizzard. Though I feel like we got more. Not the best day for a shear pin to break on the snow blower. So we got to hand shovel the way too long driveway.

Women in snow gear standing in front of large snow pile and bamboo.

I purchased a variety of green teas to try for the new year. As a way to take quiet moments and enjoy some health benefits. Today’s selection: premium dragon well long jing. It has a nice smell and its quite mellow.

I downloaded the hobonichi app to see if I liked it more than day one. It is cuter which may help me stick, but I like the encrypted option of day one and with day one I can use the android share sheet and get thoughts like these into Micro.blog. I’m going to give each a month and then decide.

I had a good time attending a virtual Homebrew Website Club meeting this evening while I worked on my blog redesign. I was inspired by a codepen I came across for a journal with flipping pages done with CSS. The design only shows for desktop and its still a work in progress, but I’m having a blast.