Shaney Irene

For Lent, I have given up most of my screentime, including (but not limited to) Netflix/Hulu/all streaming, YouTube, reading my Feedly, and all social media. What’s allowed is e-mail, reading articles, looking up information, and…this blog! So I’ll probably be updating more often. My reading challenge this year is to read 20 books that have… Continue reading

Yeah the title is kind of click bait-y but I also think it might be true. Of the few people who read this blog, I (think) I have a mix of people who believe and don’t believe in climate change, and despite the title, I want this post to address both audiences. So whichever camp… Continue reading

And basically what I mean by “it’s fall” is I’ve given myself permission to light my fall-scented candles. The “beginning of fall” is such a hard thing to pin down. School started for my kid almost two weeks ago, some leaves here in Chicago have been changing colors and even dropping in early August, and… Continue reading

Today I went to my last day of training for my new, temporary job. I’m really excited about this job, which is interim office manager for Brent House, the University of Chicago student/campus ministry of the Episcopal church. It’s only about 15 hours a week for the months of September and October, but I think… Continue reading

After literal years of wishing I knew how to knit, getting needles and yarn, pinning a ton of projects, and several false starts…I’ve finally chosen a project that I am fully determined to complete no matter how long it takes me. I spent a bunch of money on the high-quality yarn for this project (rather… Continue reading