There’s an old saying: “Spring is when a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love.” In the haiku world, that goes for cats too.大猫よはやく行け行け妻が鳴くō neko yo hayaku ike ike tsuma ga nakuhey, big tomcat get moving already! the wife's calling —Issa

The other day I found myself thinking about what happened to Sears. After some research, I found they were the victim to something I have read about several times over the years but never really looked into in detail until now. Sears wasn’t just a casualty of changing times. It was gutted

Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people participate in it! Follow the tags to find a ton of good music recommendation.

I’ve been thinking lately about how we tell time — and how the tools we choose shape our relationship to it.Most of us now live in a world of digital precision. Phones, computers, microwaves, and even toasters flash the hour down to the minute. But on my wrist, despite being a small slab of modernity, my Apple Watch displays time the old-fashioned way. I use the Metropolitan face, perhaps the most traditional of the analog options available. Simple hands circling the dial, no numbers, no clutter. Just time as a motion, as a rhythm.

![][perry intro][Note: I originally wrote this on April 10th for this important anniversary. I scheduled it, but Peakd didn't publish it. A fairly common hiccup unfortunately. But then instead of manually publishing it, I got confused, thought I hadn't written anything, and published something different. So now, a month later, I am going back to publish it. Hey — only a month late!]