August 2026

Now You Can Listen

Aug 19, 2026 · 1 min read · ♥ 2
A pair of black over-ear headphones rests over a lightly dimmed screenshot of a note page, flanked by a green audio waveform.

Every note on this site now has a Listen button. Tap it and the note reads itself to you, images and all. It’s a generated voice, not mine, and the player says so. There’s a speed control for people like me who listen to everything…

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Business Before Breakfast

Aug 19, 2026 · 2 min read · ♥ 3
Marino Rojas stands and gestures while speaking to a room of chamber members at Wine for the Win in Troy, with a First National Bank of Waterloo slide on a TV behind him.

The State of Illinois will help lower the interest rate on a small business loan, and I had never heard of the program until this morning. I learned about it at a chamber event in Troy called Business Before Breakfast, hosted by the TMSM Chamber…

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Made Around Here

Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min read · ♥ 1
Me in the new Rendered gear: a black cap with the prism stitched tone on tone, and a black tee with the small Rendered lockup on the chest, outdoors in front of blurred trees and a pond.

The first Rendered gear showed up over the past couple of weeks: tees printed by Ryan and Paz at Belleville Screen Printing, and a pair of caps stitched by Ashleigh at ANB Embroidery and More in Granite City. I could have ordered all of this…

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