This is a NOW PAGE inspired by Derek Sivers.
Personal stuff:
I’m a retired librarian who no longer works in a library but does genealogy consulting, taking on private clients dealing with a variety of projects. I’m rarely on Facebook – I just can’t seem to close down my account there since it is so old and nostalgia keeps me from jumping off the META train wreck. I spend most of my social media time on Bluesky and TikTok. On the latter, I’m a lurker, so no link included to that account. I’m mildly addicted to Letterboxd and do post many of the books I read on Goodreads. I watch a lot of movies and read all the time.
As of right NOW:
12 April 2026
It’s been a long, grueling winter. After just over ten years in the same apartment I moved first of December. Remind me what a bad idea it is to move in December if you live in Central New York. The winter was a doosey; that made it all so much more work and the stress was relentless.
I have not taken any clients since the fall, except two quick, short, not so difficult jobs. I’d like to get back to client work in the next few months.
My “volunteer” work with the Central New York Genealogy Society has me writing a bi-monthly newsletter (using Mailchimp) that goes out to 458 subscribers. I’m convinced no one actually reads it because after doing it for two years, I’ve only recieved any type of feedback 3 times. One was by accident (long story not for this venue). I’m also involved with a One-Place Study group and am researching and writing short bios on two residents of this “place.”
I also work on the genealogy society’s quarterly publication – for the next issue I am abstracting interment records from the Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Syracuse, NY. I enjoy this work, the detail, the rote process of reading and transcribing and putting it into a format a researcher now or in a hundred years might find valuable.
I’ve had an office space for almost 8 years and have made that difficult decision to leave it. Now after 3 months of moving my personal livnig space and I am at it again, moving my work space. I’m so over moving.
Does this work for my NOW page?