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2020-11-10 : ๐ป Hello World! :
Greetings! My name’s Jessica, and I’m a twenty-something leftie from Melbourne. A couple of days ago, I โฆ
2020-11-10 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Staring down her enemy cat in the drivewayโฆ
2020-11-12 : ๐ป Site update:
My big job today has been (and is) laboriously converting an old blog to static pages, so I can keep the content up โฆ
2020-11-12 : ๐ป Site update:
Honestly, much as it pains me that I’ve wasted my whole morning working on this, I think I’m going to give โฆ
2020-11-12 : ๐ Book review:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (โ
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2020-11-13 : ๐ฆ๐บ Micro post:
Last night I watched an item on this Sri Lankan family in Kempsey who are facing deportation because their father โฆ
2020-11-13 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget likes to spend a lot of time hiding behind our neighbours’ aircon exhaust fan. When she hears her humans โฆ
2020-11-13 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
The misir wot I ate for dinner tonight! ๐ I basically follow this Spice Cravings recipe (external link), but I โฆ
2020-11-14 : ๐ฆ Micro post:
Today Victoria marked 15 straight days of no new Covid-19 cases (external link). It’s taken a long, hard โฆ
2020-11-15 : ๐ถ Photo post:
This sweet boy is one of the dogs of my brother-in-law and his wifeโฆ and also the father of my parents’ dog! โฆ
2020-11-16 : ๐ Micro post:
The Victorian govt’s announced funding for prelim work on Melbourne’s long-overdue loop line, along with the โฆ
2020-11-16 : ๐ถ Photo post:
Gizmo on my parents’ armchair, caught between his need to rest and his need to guard his pig’s ear! ๐คฃ
2020-11-17 : ๐ Native Australian Crops :
Earlier this year I read Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu (external link), which is a pretty interesting primer on โฆ
2020-11-17 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Tonight I cooked this Thai-style lemongrass and coconut soup. The link to the original recipe is long lost to me, but I โฆ
2020-11-18 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Always flattering when Gidget chooses to spend some time with me in the mornings, in between her patrols and snack โฆ
2020-11-18 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Upgraded my MacBook Air to Big Sur this afternoon! (I like to wait a few days for any glaring problems to be reported on โฆ
2020-11-19 : ๐ Micro post:
Just had the fright of my life hanging out laundry, when I realised A FREAKING WASP was walking all over me without a โฆ
2020-11-19 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Over the last couple of days I’ve read numerous discussions of the new M1 Macs, including this John Gruber โฆ
2020-11-19 : ๐ Book review:
Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly (โ
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2020-11-20 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Took advantage of the cooler weather today to whip up a batch of chicken stew in my pressure cooker. Packed full of โฆ
2020-11-21 : ๐บ Killing Eve, S3 :
Last night Viv and I finally finished all the episodes out so far of Killing Eve (yes, we were sleeping on it for a โฆ
2020-11-21 : ๐ Micro post:
The Victorian government has decided on a route for the Melbourne Airport rail link (external link). It’s โฆ
2020-11-21 : ๐ถ Photo post:
Today we caught up with my partner’s niece and immediate family to celebrate her recent birthday! A certain dog โฆ
2020-11-22 : ๐ฎ Micro post:
We played the family edition of Cards Against Humanity yesterday, and tbh I like it better than the โฆ
2020-11-22 : ๐ Book review:
Mรกs allรก del invierno by Isabel Allende (โ
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2020-11-22 : ๐ถ Photo post:
Gizmo, looking up attentively at one guest pre-thunderstorm and seeking shelter on the lap of his second guest โฆ
2020-11-23 : ๐ฉ๐ป Photo post:
Twenty-four days now since Victoria’s last new Covid-19 case, and as of today we’re finally allowed outside โฆ
2020-11-24 : ๐ Micro post:
After a bewildering iCloud calendar reminder, today I learned that Norfolk Island, a remote Australian territory, โฆ
2020-11-25 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Love to have a lazy morning with my baby girl. Of course this was not thatโฆ she woke me up at 5:15, again at 6:55, and โฆ
2020-11-25 : ๐ฅ Two Weeks on Micro.blog, and Some Discussion of โLikesโ :
As of yesterday, I’ve now had this site on Micro.blog for two weeks. So far, I’ve really been enjoying the โฆ
2020-11-27 : ๐ฆ Interring My Grandma's Ashes :
Yesterday, my family gathered at Box Hill Cemetery to inter my grandma’s ashes. The funeral itself was held back โฆ
2020-11-28 : ๐ฏ Photo post:
Made these enchiladas for dinner last night ๐ Vivian keeps raving about them, and threatening to gobble up all the โฆ
2020-11-28 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
After two and a half weeks running my own blog at this subdomain, I feel energised to start making a static site to go โฆ
2020-11-29 : ๐ป Site update:
Having worked hard over the past 24 hours, I can now link you to my static personal website! โบ๏ธ As of right now the site โฆ
2020-11-30 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget loves to soak up the sun’s warmth on our concrete porch.
2020-11-30 : ๐
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Here’s an interesting map of what’s considered the first day of the week in different โฆ
2020-11-30 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Five years ago I decided to stop eating mammal meat, and while this has mostly been no hardship, one thing I have missed โฆ
Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; sheโs also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.