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Pursuing it with eager feet / Until it joins some larger way

  • Trip to the Redwoods

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on November 16, 2025

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    For Veteran’s Day my kids had a 4-day weekend, so I took some PTO and we traveled to Humboldt County in Northern California to see the coastal redwoods. We had stopped at a rest area on our way to Oregon a few years back but didn’t have the opportunity to... [Read More]
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  • Reno to Blairsden

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on October 5, 2025

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    We picked up the Airstream in Reno. And after a few hours of orientation and hitch installation, we were on our way. Well, except I forgot to bring a can opener for the chili. So we went to Walmart. Then the interchange going north on 580/395 was super confusing, I... [Read More]
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  • My blog is about to become a part-time travelogue

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on September 28, 2025

    So, we bought an Airstream. It’s something we’ve been dreaming about for years. We were thinking about living in one after we lost our house in the Camp Fire. Then the idea kept coming up during every wildfire evacuation over the years since then. It’s not an ideal long-term living... [Read More]
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  • No, I do not obey my president

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on June 19, 2025

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    Twenty-five years ago I was in Scotland and had a discussion with a teen who said, “I obey my queen whatever she tells me to do. Don’t you obey your president?” I told her no. That’s not how America works. [Read More]
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  • The reign of poop

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on March 8, 2025

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    I recently saw a post from a connection on LinkedIn that said, “I read an article this morning suggesting LinkedIn is on a path to ‘enshittification’ (a new word for me), supposedly because of the increasing amount of non-work content here.” That’s not what enshittification means at all. [Read More]
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  • New Atom Feed

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on February 14, 2025

    I finally fixed the Atom feed for my Jekyll blog. You should be able to access my feed here. Since the death of Google Reader in 2013, RSS and Atom feeds have fallen out of favor, though it remains the technology behind podcasting. It serves as a nice alternative to... [Read More]
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  • Greengrass Vol. 11

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on January 26, 2025

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    “Elephant in the Corn” - Nickel Creek. After a 7-year break, Nickel Creek returned in 2014 with critically-acclaimed A Dotted Line. “Catherine Kelly’s / Lake Effect” - Liz Carroll featuring Turtle Island String Quartet. Catherine Kelly’s slip jig is something we’ve recently reintegrated into our set list. This recording puts... [Read More]
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  • Greengrass Vol. 10

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on January 18, 2025

    I haven’t updated this playlist series in almost 13 years. This iteration includes mostly tunes recorded since then (other than the Nickel Creek tune). Apple Music has been invented since then, so that’s where this one lives instead of Spotify. I hope you enjoy it. [Read More]
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  • Ava is now at driving age

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on December 24, 2024

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    This is my second blog post from Jekyll. I’ve been going through 20 years of blog posts fixing formatting, updating broken links, and deleting some posts that could have been tweets. [Read More]
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