Valentines Day marked our last days with AKC Jade Mist Kiyomi (“Kiyomi”). She passed just a week or so later. For details on what happened, feel free to read Together as Family (Valentine’s Day 2023) and Breaking Hearts. It still hurts me too much to repeat it or discuss it just yet.
AKC JADE MIST KIYOMI (“Kiyomi”) was born May 5th, 2009, to Carol Howell and Heidi Jacobsen of Jade Mist Shetland Sheepdogs in Davidsonville, MD. Kiyomi died on February 24th, 2023, at 9:15 AM, held and comforted by Victoria and Ken.
Vicky and I planned so much to do this Lent as both our personal goals and self-improvement. Both of us had our plans blown apart by the loss of Kiyomi just shy of her 14th birthday. Kiyomi would have celebrated her 14th birthday this May on May fifth. We always called her our “Cinco de Mayo” dog. She truly was like a daughter to us, and we miss her dearly.
In other news, I thought about letting my domain expire and giving up on both this server and website. I’m glad that I didn’t, but I was frustrated and depressed. I really had no interest in maintaining it or updating it. Between the blog and the wiki, it seems to do fairly well, with as many as 1200-1300 visitors each month. As our lives pick up again, carry on, and we have more news/events/tech to share, I’ll start posting more content again.
Working as a DevOps Engineer as my company grows and our team expands, staying active with my Amateur Radio license (K3KBF), reading, and gaming on the Steam Deck have taken most of my time and interest these last few months when not enjoying time together with family. I’ll have more news about Amateur Radio, the Steam Deck, SteamOS, the GPD Win 4 as a likely successor to the first-generation Valve Steam Deck, and other tech in coming posts.
This is basically just a “hey there, I’m still here, still alive” post. Hopefully, I’ll post something more substantive soon.
I’m still here… and, hopefully, you are too?
Here’s a quick “photo dump” of our recent events and news:
Thanks for the update. Glad you are springing forth again. Loving is hard when love brings loss. Rebirth is near at hand.