Quid Facis? (kwid fah-kis) Latin. What do you do? What are you doing?
I quit my job at the library in April 2022 in pursuit of something new. I started this website to both ask and answer the eternal question What do you do? I’m documenting my daily doings and teaching myself new skills. Sometimes I’m kind of funny. If you like what you find, subscribe and tell all your friends.
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Throwback Thursday: More Creatures that “Don’t Exist”
I don’t typically do social media trends, but sometimes when I’m writing for Quid Facis, I look back through my photo library for pictures that are relevant to whatever I’m writing, and I find pictures that I took a while ago and they’re the kinds of things I want to share, but they’re old. So…
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Out of Time
Several years ago, I worked as a legal assistant at a law firm. One of the attorneys I worked for mostly practiced employment law and asked me to prepare several folders for a new matter she was setting up for a client. My elation at a folder labeled “Time Travel” was quickly dashed when I…
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Paddleboarding Shoal Creek
When I first bought my paddleboard, I dreamt of paddling along quiet rivers like the canoe float trips that are so popular in midwest summers. I haven’t been canoeing in a long time and wanted to combine what I recall of those trips with the unique way a paddleboard allows you to be both closer…
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Little Things on a Big Walk
When I woke up this morning it was only 66 degrees, so we took advantage of the cooler temperatures with an extra long walk. Because Kalen’s office is less than a mile from our house, we sometimes do a “walking school bus” when the mornings are mild and pleasant. Once, we walked Kalen to work…
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Garden Update
I only have one draft post in the works and I’m not ready to post it, so I’m really feeling the crunch of “Aah! What am I gonna write next? I need to be writing!” Usually I sweat about it for a couple hours and then something happens and I go, “Hey, I can write…
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Film Friday: Skeleton Keys
I had a stronger-than-usual coffee and couldn’t sit still long enough to write, so I made this short video instead. (Yes, I know it’s not really film, and no, this won’t be a regular thing.)
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