my learning [agency] curve

The heat lamp I used for my baby chickens last spring casts just the light I need–when bounced off a pink pillow case taped to the ceiling–for recording my next cooking video. And if I empty my shoes out of the crates under my bed and stack them (the crates, not the shoes) on top of the trash can, I can get my laptop camera at just the right angle to frame the kitchen stove without capturing the blue bathroom wall in the shot. And you wouldn’t believe it from how awkwardly I avert my eyes and trip over my words, but a shot of tequila before I start really loosens me up. I’m getting pretty good at this!