Articles about life

31 January 2026

Appelflappen

Appelflap is a Dutch apple fritter. It is also, as I was recently reminded, a topic of conversation at work from years ago.

22 February 2024

My daughter practices taekwondo. Her belt test was last night, where she was aiming to earn her orange belt, and it was quite the journey.

03 January 2024

It has been years since I finished a side project on time.

27 October 2023

The red sedan pulls into the school driveway. "Bye kiddo," it says. A child gets out of the car, ready to walk to the front doors.

01 May 2023

I am about to go into "mom mode" for this post.

29 July 2022

Joni is a full time developer. Joni is a single mom with a 4 year old. Joni is a newly (almost) published author.

22 May 2020

March 23, 2020. That date, almost exactly 2 months ago, was the first day of our new normal.

22 January 2017

I attended the Women’s March on January 21, 2017.

31 December 2016

At the end of 2015, I had asked for a stranger new year.

01 January 2016

2015 was a strange, strange year.