diff --git a/_data/metadata.js b/_data/metadata.js index 6b24800..f77f534 100644 --- a/_data/metadata.js +++ b/_data/metadata.js @@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ module.exports = { { name: "Geekring", ringURL: "https://geekring.net/", - previousURL: "", - nextURL: "" + previousURL: "http://geekring.net/site/350/previous", + nextURL: "http://geekring.net/site/350/next" } ] } diff --git a/content/blog/patience.md b/content/blog/patience.md index 7e585f4..1049a61 100644 --- a/content/blog/patience.md +++ b/content/blog/patience.md @@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Some time ago, maybe a year or so, I extruded a batch of incense sticks from som [![A small piece of a coreless, Japanese-style incense stick burning in a black cast-iron burner.](/img/dragons_blood_incense_copy.avif "The last fragment.")](/img/dragons_blood_incense_copy.avif) -While rustling around in search of a controller, I discovered the thin plastic tube, noticing two small fragments of incense sliding about as I lifted the tube from the basket. As I lit the first fragment this morning, I was met with a wonderfully clear impression of dragon's blood, uplifted by the bright citrus of Hojari frankincense, on a sweet, warm, woody base; my incense had turned out well after all. Unfortunately, the recipe, written on the tube in dry-erase marker, had long worn off; thinking the batch was a failure, I hadn't recorded it anywhere else. Burning those last two fragments today was bittersweet; all I had needed to do was wait. I'm frustrated about a number of things here, there is something nice about the resolution. By failing to record the recipe, I got to experience something rare and unique today. In those peaceful, fragrant moments, I experienced something lovely for the first and last time – and I learned a thing or two about patience. +While rustling around in search of a controller, I discovered the thin plastic tube, noticing two small fragments of incense sliding about as I lifted the tube from the basket. As I lit the first fragment this morning, I was met with a wonderfully clear impression of dragon's blood, uplifted by the bright citrus of Hojari frankincense, on a sweet, warm, woody base; my incense had turned out well after all. Unfortunately, the recipe, written on the tube in dry-erase marker, had long worn off; thinking the batch was a failure, I hadn't recorded it anywhere else. Burning those last two fragments today was bittersweet; all I had needed to do was wait. I'm frustrated about a number of things here, but there is something oddly gratifying about the situation. By failing to record the recipe, I got to experience something rare and unique today. In those peaceful, fragrant moments, I experienced something lovely for the first and last time – and I learned a thing or two about patience.