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Updated: April 18 2026

Fickle, Fickle, Fickle

The love triangle among Showit, Squarespace, and myself persists. Just when I think Showit is My One True Love For Real This Time, they do something like increase the pricing while not still not giving me what I want most: the ability to easily edit my site on my iPad Pro. And writing/blogging/text experience is superior. Squarespace’s bugs are still relentless and their customer service is rubbish compared to Showit, but I’ll just have to put all my Stoicism study to work.

Back to Work

After taking a couple years off from “being Lauren Layne,” I’ve refreshed by author website, and have started work on a new book, which I’m co-creating with Anth. The working title waffles between Fridge Rules and House Rules, and yes, my file-naming system and notes are thus a mess.

A Painful Farewell

Since my last update on this now page, my sweet, elderly dog died at the end of January. It’s been months, and typing those words still makes my eyes water. My brain knows I so lucky to have had 19 years with Bailey, but my heart wishes I could have 19 more.

A Birthday

I turned 43 a couple days ago! A few years ago I started the practice of “no plans” birthdays. No parties, no travel, no reservations, no expectations of any kind. Being able to wake up with the entire day free to do whatever I feel like in the moment is the best birthday gift I could give myself.