909th Friday Blog Roundup

ChickieNob and I had our own London Bridge, a plan for Queen Elizabeth’s death if it should happen while she was at school. I’m glad she was in a class with her brother when their teacher told them the news.

Even though it was a half hour to the end of the school day, I jumped in the car and drove over to get her. We drank tea and cried and watched the BBC coverage. I convinced her to take a brisk walk — I think her majesty would approve — and finally released her to sit quietly with her thoughts. She’s sad, but she’ll be okay.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

Dubliner in Deutschland muses about things that have changed (or not changed) about the pandemic. I feel the same way: “It feels strange not wearing a mask after being so used to wearing one!” Sometimes I think about how the masks have changed — how we can look at old pictures and think, “Oh, I wouldn’t wear that type of mask anymore. I now wear this one.”

Lastly, Jewish IVF explains why she started a blog while going through infertility, and how the space has become a refuge. She writes, “I can take as little or as much time as I want to formulate thoughts. I can abandon thoughts if I feel like I’m finished thinking about them. I can look back at old pieces and see how I’ve evolved.” Yes. To all of that. Tell her why you write.

The roundup to the Roundup: The loss of Queen Elizabeth. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between September 2 – 9) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.