1051st Friday Blog Roundup

Just as in past years, I am going to do reruns for a week or two at the beginning of September. The twins are going back to college soon, and I feel myself emotionally burrowing inward. I think about it all the time. It’s the first thing I think about in the morning, and it’s the last thing I think about at night. We’re entering our third year, and I feel the same.

I scheduled posts that you may not have seen in many years (or missed altogether), and I looked in the draft folder and pulled out a bonkers story I never posted. I’ll be back when I feel better.

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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.

And now the blogs…

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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.

Apron Strings for Emily has a very moving post, an open letter for World Childless Week to her dog Kirby, who died six months ago. Maybe it’s because Beorn is always on my mind, but this post made me start crying for a dog I never met. I sobbed at this: “Maybe you heard or saw it, but after your last breath, I broke out into sobs. All I kept saying was, ‘My baby! My baby boy is gone!’ I felt my whole world crumble underneath me.” Sending a huge hug over an enormous loss.

Lastly, The Barreness is back with a health update. She needs to be hyper-conscious, and it spills over into every minute of the day. I thought this was profound: “I have found myself looking at people and wondering what it is like to walk in their life, eat what they eat, socialize like they do. I have found myself so much more serious and introspective. I used to identify with Tigger and now I am a cross between Piglet and Eeyore.” Sending a lot of good thoughts to her, too.

The roundup to the Roundup: Super sad about the end of summer break. 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 August 22 – 29) 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.