Davidized! https://davidized.com/ en Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:08:05 -0500 https://davidized.com/2023/10/12/currently-reading-starter.html Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:08:05 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/10/12/currently-reading-starter.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780765389237">Starter Villain</a> by John Scalzi 📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/08/14/finished-reading-try.html Mon, 14 Aug 2023 22:15:13 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/08/14/finished-reading-try.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781929242184">Try Tracking!</a> by Carolyn A. Krause 📚</p> <p>While I think tracking sounds like fun, I think the logistics are a little too complicated for us at the moment.</p> https://davidized.com/2023/08/09/in-reply-to.html Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:11:47 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/08/09/in-reply-to.html <p>In reply to <a href="https://brainbaking.com/post/2023/08/are-you-a-blog-post-glancer/" class="u-in-reply-to">brainbaking.com/post/2023&hellip;</a></p> <p>I am definitely a blog post glancer. I like to follow blogs about a wide variety of subjects, but I don’t want to spend hours keeping up on everything so I skim through and look for stuff that catches my attention. I also have a tendency to keep things as unread for days (or longer) that I intend on reading, but it’s pretty rare I actually make it back to them and eventually just declare bankruptcy and mark all as read.</p> https://davidized.com/2023/08/07/currently-reading-hey.html Mon, 07 Aug 2023 22:00:05 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/08/07/currently-reading-hey.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781589791916">Hey Ranger!</a> by Jim Burnett 📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/07/07/currently-reading-momentum.html Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:21:13 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/07/07/currently-reading-momentum.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781891369933">Momentum Is Your Friend</a> by Joe Kurmaskie 📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/07/07/currently-reading-try.html Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:30:58 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/07/07/currently-reading-try.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781929242184">Try Tracking!</a> by Carolyn A. Krause 📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/07/06/finished-reading-barking.html Thu, 06 Jul 2023 21:58:05 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/07/06/finished-reading-barking.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781929242511">Barking</a> by Turid Rugaas A quick read for sure, lots of discussion of types of barking but not a ton of concrete plans for addressing it. I’ll probably need to re-read parts a few times.📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/07/05/currently-reading-barking.html Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:23:36 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/07/05/currently-reading-barking.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781929242511">Barking</a> by Turid Rugaas 📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/07/05/finished-reading-when.html Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:23:06 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/07/05/finished-reading-when.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781929242443">When Pigs Fly!</a> by Jane Killion It didn’t have as many novel training ideas in it as I’d hoped, but there were some good tidbits. 📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/06/22/quarry-hill-nature.html Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:57:41 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/22/quarry-hill-nature.html <p>Quarry Hill Nature Center turns 50 this year and at the all staff reunion I got these cool stickers. Now the difficult dilemma of what to stick them to.</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/1906304265e8448184986982d79dd6ea.jpg" width="600" height="512" alt="3 stickers. Quarry Hill Nature Center 50 years with a leaf. Outsider Quarry Hill Nature Center. Quarry Hill Nature Center stylized with a sun behind and the pond in front on a round sticker. "> https://davidized.com/2023/06/21/today-is-showyourstripes.html Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:29:36 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/21/today-is-showyourstripes.html <p>Today is #ShowYourStripes day. Here’s the temperature change in Minnesota since 1895. Source: <a href="https://showyourstripes.info/s/northamerica/usa/minnesota">showyourstripes.info</a> 🌎</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/1a7387b32a.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="Vertical stripes that are redder to the right, representing higher temperatures more recently than in the past. "> https://davidized.com/2023/06/18/went-to-see.html Sun, 18 Jun 2023 21:31:32 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/18/went-to-see.html <p>Went to see the new Pixar movie, Elemental, this afternoon. Visually it was very cool, and I would have loved to explore Element City more. As far as the story goes it was only so so, and pretty predictable. The drama near the end was a bit over the top, but the resolution was cute.🍿</p> https://davidized.com/2023/06/18/giving-up-on.html Sun, 18 Jun 2023 21:19:26 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/18/giving-up-on.html <p>Giving up on <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781890948283">The New Click to Calm</a> for now because Nova just doesn’t seem treat motivated to make much progress using the techniques from the book. Instead I’ve started reading <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781929242443">When Pigs Fly!</a> by Jane Killion and am finding my self nodding along with the descriptions of the dogs in the book. Here’s hoping I can find some ways to get Nova more excited about training. 📚🐾</p> https://davidized.com/2023/06/09/new-bike-day.html Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:22:34 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/09/new-bike-day.html <p>New bike day! Trek Verve+ 3 Lowstep 🚲</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/d778b1dc57.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Black lowstep e-bike against a garage door"> https://davidized.com/2023/06/06/after-weeks-of.html Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:02:51 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/06/after-weeks-of.html <p>After weeks of hot weather and no A/C, it’s working again and Nova is taking full advantage by laying on her the vent in the dining room. 🐾</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/d2dd3cd8e3.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Black dog laying down on top of an air conditioner vent looking out the patio door window."> https://davidized.com/2023/06/05/currently-reading-the.html Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:54:44 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/05/currently-reading-the.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781890948283">The New Click to Calm: Solutions for All Dogs in a Challenging World</a> by Emma Parsons 📚</p> <p>This has been on Nova’s reading pile for a while but she never seems to get around to it, so I guess I’ll have to read it for her.</p> https://davidized.com/2023/06/04/finished-reading-smugglers.html Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:06:31 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/06/04/finished-reading-smugglers.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781607747321">Smuggler&rsquo;s Cove</a> by Martin Cate 📚</p> <p>I really enjoyed this book, a nice mix of history, theory, and recipes. Now I really want to build my own home tiki bar.</p> https://davidized.com/2023/05/31/big-day-at.html Wed, 31 May 2023 17:04:17 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/05/31/big-day-at.html <p>Big day at work today, I was awarded Instructor rank at Mayo Clinic.</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/fc792e8ee4.jpg" width="600" height="481" alt="Certificate: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science confers upon David A. Williamson, M.S. the rank of Instructor in Health Care Administration June 1, 2023"> https://davidized.com/2023/05/29/that-time-of.html Mon, 29 May 2023 19:44:21 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/05/29/that-time-of.html <p>That time of year when it’s necessary to carry a water bottle not for me, for the dog, has arrived. 🐾</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/9d83376167.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Black dog in pink harness drinking water sprayed in her mouth from a water bottle. "> https://davidized.com/2023/05/28/a-perfect-day.html Sun, 28 May 2023 11:04:44 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/05/28/a-perfect-day.html <p>A perfect day to do some riding on the <a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/douglas/index.html">Douglas Trail</a> 🚲</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/a9ed62e10e.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt=""> https://davidized.com/2023/05/27/currently-reading-smugglers.html Sat, 27 May 2023 21:41:05 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/05/27/currently-reading-smugglers.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781607747321">Smuggler&rsquo;s Cove</a> by Martin Cate 📚</p> https://davidized.com/2023/05/27/trying-a-new.html Sat, 27 May 2023 11:59:16 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/05/27/trying-a-new.html <p>Trying a new cocktail today, <a href="https://youtu.be/3i4QnRLlPFc">Anders Erickson’s Bourbon Blackberry Smash</a>.</p> <img src="https://davidized.com/uploads/2023/e13e911833.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="purple drink in a glass with ice and blackberries"> <h2 id="bourbon-blackberrry-smash-anders-erickson">Bourbon Blackberrry Smash (Anders Erickson)</h2> <ul> <li>2oz Bourbon</li> <li>3/4oz Maple Syrup</li> <li>4 lemon slices cut in 1/2 (remove seeds)</li> <li>4 Blackberries</li> <li>6-8 Mint leaves</li> </ul> https://davidized.com/2023/05/20/giving-microblog-a.html Sat, 20 May 2023 21:24:35 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/05/20/giving-microblog-a.html <p>Giving <a href="https://micro.blog">micro.blog</a> a try instead of running things myself using Hugo to try and reduce friction for posting. Still working on updating the theme, but the old posts are in place (for the most part).</p> https://davidized.com/2023/04/17/started-listening-to.html Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:51:32 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/04/17/started-listening-to.html <p>Started listening to <a href="https://www.apmreports.org/profile/emily-hanford">Emily Hanford&rsquo;s</a> <a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/">Sold a Story</a> podcast after seeing it mentioned on <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35599181">Hacker News</a> this morning. It&rsquo;s got me reflecting pretty hard on how we were taught growing up, and what I was taught about teaching reading when I was studying for a teaching license. As someone pursuing secondary grade licensures I didn&rsquo;t have much direct exposure to how young kids were being taught to read, but I definitely saw the impacts of kids not being strong readers by the time they got to classes I was in.</p> Blog Posts Don't Have to be Long https://davidized.com/2023/03/29/blog-posts-dont.html Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:51:17 -0500 http://davidized.micro.blog/2023/03/29/blog-posts-dont.html <p>After reading <a href="https://tracydurnell.com/2023/03/27/blog-posts-dont-have-to-be-long/">Blog Posts Don&rsquo;t Have to Be Long</a> by Tracy Durnell, I&rsquo;ve decided to make more of an effort to post to my blog again. I&rsquo;ve been thinking about it for a while, but didn&rsquo;t feel like I had enough to say but Tracy&rsquo;s blog has been a bit of an inspiration to just post what&rsquo;s on my mind and not worry so much about it.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve had this new theme update in progress for several months, but didn&rsquo;t feel like I had anything to write so it never got published. It&rsquo;s a modified version of the <a href="https://themes.gohugo.io/themes/hugo-theme-hello-friend/">Hello Friend</a> theme by <a href="https://radoslawkoziel.pl/">panr</a>.</p>