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February 6, 2026


home, missed, and fafo
posted by soe 11:29 pm

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Rudi returned from his coaching trip on Sunday. Sure it was with a bad head cold, but it was nice to have him home to use up all the tissues I bought on sale while he was away.

2. We were shorthanded for coaching this week, so I ended up on the dodgeball side, rather than with my usual volleyball kids. As were packing up all the equipment at the end, Beth told me that during her check-in with the kids at the beginning one girl had raised her hand to demand to know where I was.

3. Jeff Bezos gutted the Washington Post‘s reporting staff this week, so I canceled my years-long subscription. I want to support savvy journalism and understand how crucial it is to democracy for independent newspapers to survive. But integral to that is actually employing reporters and covering local news. I am beyond disappointed, but feel buoyed that I have sent a message.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

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It is very sad about the WaPo. So much history there, and even now, so much potential. You did the right thing to cancel. I wish I had a subscription so I could cancel, too.

The highlight of my week was a chicken parm sandwich. I only took half, leaving the remainder for my hubby, who certainly deserved to have some given that he’s the one who bought it. But I totally and selfishly wish I had eaten the whole thing. OMG, it was so good.

Comment by Karen 02.08.26 @ 12:21 pm