If you don't have enough time this week.... quit something. Seriously. I love updating my "not doing" list. Do you have one? It's liberating.

Good Things, Today: - chilly fall morning but I’m still porch sitting with my coffee (and a cider donut) - Digger and then You Can See Everything this week and we’re definitely back in action. - a little acupuncture for tune up

Good Things, Today: - neighborhood Halloween decorations - the new Brandon Sanderson ‘The Fires of December’ (loving!) - a cider donut and coffee on the porch in the morning - there’s a new woman working at the post office who is great because those are some of my least favorite errands

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Good Things, Today: - my friend brought me *the goods* (Mutsus and cider donuts from Honey Pot Hill) - a day at @Wellesley (my favorite time of year) - butter chicken pasta (Gymkhana and Brami)

Crowning achievement was stealing the mayorship of the @Square office from @zamn in a covert op in 2011. Genuinely so much love for this app and what it’s given me over the years. Thank you, @dens for the heart you put into it. Sorry to read about this outcome but what a run.

Good Things, Today: - morning light on the porch - Sophia’s honey yogurt - long walk

Good Things, Today: - Early morning porch sitting (and finishing The Liveship Traders) - Getting in a last run and walk in Houston - This little library (art lending!) - A praline - Took the bus home! (New fee-less transfer is great!) - Back home and back to the routine (with a run to Trader Joe’s.)

Good Things, Today: • Waking up at the Bay, a nice run, adventures on the golf cart through the woods • Picking up some fresh catch at Rose’s • Even the neighbor dog (Clemmie!) came over for treats • Good Eats: some treats from the donut shop, smoked fish dip with saltines, Shrimp Boil • H-E-B race car(t)s

Good Things, Today: • some weekend R+R in Texas • a Kolache Shoppe bacon egg and cheese (my favorite) • the ArBOOretum for the Halloween festival • evening down at the bay. Tex-mex. The golf cart. October light.

Good Things, Today: • Pondicheri fenugreek fish (and a saffron cookie!) - excited to be back for fish Friday! • Undercurrents at the Buffalo Bayou Cistern • Central Market (chicken apple cinnamon sausage? Why not?) • Grilling! Eggplant, sausage, some bread. • VisionQuest

Good Things, Today: - fall at Bullough’s pond - walk with my friend Daria - Moments tiramisu latte - catching up on GBBO

In honor of this season I’m currently watching Slow Horses and The Americans.

Good Things, today: - morning coffee, walnut cardamom gata bread for a little treat (not too sweet!) - the neighborhood turkeys - walk at the track in the evening with my friend Michele (and stopping to chat with three separate neighbors. Lucky to live in a place where most of the neighborhood takes an evening stroll!)

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I enjoyed Digger. Hit me up if you need to talk about it. 😺

🍁 The past few weeks I’ve been finding myself struggling with the seasonal transition, primarily the abrupt shift in light (or lack there of) in the early evenings. A few specific ways I’m trying to combat the seasonal blahs: Morning porch sitting (wrapped in a blanky) with my coffee. Usually a book. Sometimes my notebook. I’m going to try to keep doing this as long as I can this year, even into the winter. Walking in the evening even though it’s easier to hunker down, and getting used to the earlier dark hours. 6-7pm is still my favorite time to walk. I’m getting back into the swing of bringing a light, a vest, and walking at the track after dark. Gearing myself back up to making evening sauna a more regular activity. There’s a sauna in the women’s locker room at my gym. I tend to primarily lift at home in the summer, but I’m going to try to make a habit of getting over there now that fall is here. My red light mask is back in regular rotation. (I’m mildly skeptical about the overall skin benefits from intermittent use, but it works great to get in some brightness on dark evenings. I’ll also get back to turning on my light box (actually a photography light) in the afternoons. – From this week's Good Things Newsletter: more good stuff including my Fall Foods list here: samtackeff.substack.com/p/we…

Good Things, Today: • An autumnal dinner with friends: brought the "mini pumpkin" (actually a type of pepper?) florals. Salmon, fried chicken, grits, biscuits, salad, two types of apple crumble and buckle, Shain's of Maine vs. Tilamook vanilla showdown. • Sophia's + Super Vanak quick lunch trip with my mom while her tire was being patched. Cardamom sugar cubes! The yogurt! IYKYK. • Listening to Threshing Day on my run. Sometimes I just need to shut off my brain for dragons. The 6:07 sundown time was crushing my soul a little bit, but balanced out the dread by filling time with the stuff that matters.

Overheard an adult having his first taste of sparkling water?? (He wasn't a fan.)

Good Things, today: • Fall leaf walk (with Penny and her raincoat). • My neighborhood leaning into spooky season. • Family dinner and seeing my cousin in tonight’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Huntington. (Dill!) And sleep to the sound of rain…

The uptick in bot responses in the comments across the internet 🤪 😭 I think I'm going to make a running note of the worst of them.