I was caught up in looking after Celestine for much of this week, but the fediverse offered some delights to boost and an outlet to share.

Today I found some time to install and play The Legend of Zelda – Zelda’s Awakening DX ROM hack. From the little I was able to play, it feels like a loving, careful insertion of Zelda into Link’s role.

Wonderful work by @ciatmusings

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Tonight I’ve been listening to the covers of Marit Larsen songs from the Norweigan show Hver gang vi møtes. It’s so wonderful to see her get her flowers as the superb songwriter she has become.

Synne Vo’s cover of “Under the Surface” is absolutely moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rp-dkmj6yU

I made a playlist of all the covers of Marit Larsen songs I could find, all from the performers on Hver gang vi møtes, so far and will add to it if I find more.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKTRfOlqJRi8jzbp4g2Da1VWPHKHxT96r&si=8n52Rfm2PXZEIgq_

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Nintendo’s 2025 recap arrived yesterday. I spent most of the time playing in 2025 with Xenoblade Chronicles X. I still love that game.

Before it was released I played some of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and in November and December I played some of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but it was otherwise my most played game each month. It will probably remain my top game for 2026 as I still have the final chapter to play and no immediate desire to get a Switch 2 and move on to newer games.

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It was a quiet week for me on the fediverse, just boosting a couple gems and sharing a bit about a death in our family.

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Tonet’s mother died early Sunday morning, and Monday morning she began the flights back to Eastern Samar in the Philippines to be with her family and mourn. Celestine stayed with me, and it has been an exhausting week for all the reasons in that constellation of grief, parenting, working, and the focuses that are demanded by responsibilities. I’m on my way to pick up Celestine from her school and am looking forward to a bit of weekend breathing room before two more weeks of the same.

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The MacDonald Bridge is closed all weekend, so instead of our typical grocery shopping I took Celestine to Bayer’s Lake. While there I found another adaptation of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Arrives, at a thrift shop. I’ve been reading any adaptation of the book I encounter and this will be next. We later stopped at the library where my sister was working and I took out the first volume of She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat.

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