When did I start making these weekly Instax self portraits? It was the Friday after the election. Ugh...that election. Maybe my purpose with this project is to monitor my...what...sanity? Anyway, I started it so I'll at least try to keep it going until 52 weeks have passed. Nine down, I believe...and it's a little hard to believe!
Also...there's cake! I never posted the Instax photos of the birthday cake I made...in its fullness and the leftovers. Towards the end I froze a chunk. I mean, I almost never make layer cake so it's worth saving for...when I want layer cake?
Another snow storm is in the forecast. This one is supposed to deliver light, fluffy snow. That's a much better scenario than the last one. It remains to be seen just what kind of accumulation happens.
On another note...or perhaps a return to a previous note...I'm contemplating ditching all Meta products. I'm not thrilled with the direction Mr. Z is taking it (although I can't say I'm surprised). If so, I need to keep in contact with friends through other means...this blog (although I know it's not a give and take sort of thing and after all this time, the comments area still confuses me), Flickr, obviously, and maybe Patreon in the near future. There's my website as well, which has been terribly neglected by me.
Sometimes my virtual life is more overwhelming than my real life. I don't like this...because my real life is overwhelming enough! Over the past couple years the real world has certainly been playing a bigger part in my lived experience. There were a few years after I moved to Virginia and was trying to find my balance (after the big changes) that the natural hermit in me really leaned into solitude. I can't say I was entirely happy about that, but it's what I could do at the time. That hermit part of me is still there, but it has faded into the background a bit since there is now a real life social network I belong to. The deep need for virtual connection isn't as strong as it once was, which makes me a bit braver to let go of supporting entities which I don't think have humanity's best interest in mind.
Stay tuned!!