The Kid is doing track. He’s with a team that, so far, seems very invested in doing right by kids. That’s important, especially in sports. Saturday was our first track meet. The email they sent gave us the location, what the athletes should wear (no uniforms until later in February), that we should arrive no … Read more
The political climate is sucking the life energy out of us. There is too much to fight to be able to do it all. There is too much going on even to stay on top of it all. There are too many giant steps backwards, undoing decades of work. There are too many people whose … Read more
This is something that I’ve thought of in defensive and angry contexts but am now thinking about when I’m not triggered… Some people who I talk to totally understand weird crazy shit in my brain. I can talk about a reaction to something that I know isn’t a rational or logical reaction, and they get … Read more
I’ve been a little bit sick—not enough to stay home in bed, but enough to be exhausted, not mentally sharp, and need extra sleep—and so for your Friday, I’m offering you something written but not by me. I had this saved on my computer. It’s the text of an email several years old. I don’t … Read more
Every now and then, something crosses my path that rattles my thinking. These are all examples of things that I had literally never thought about until someone else shared it. • A post on Facebook pictured a wedding shop window display with a mannequin in a wedding dress in a wheel chair. The caption included, … Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve attended a webinar. Nearly every one I’ve been to has been disappointing. Often, introductions are 10 or 15 minutes long. Content is thin, at best. I’m on board with selling your program at the end of the webinar, but I don’t think that your pitch should be longer than … Read more
Last week, I answered a reader question about dinner. Planning. Dealing with busy evenings. Dealing with low energy. When I posted it to social media, I asked what others do for quick, easy meals. Here’s what people shared: breakfast for dinner We just had make your own taco night. Fry’s has great vegetarian already-seasoned meat … Read more
With all of the news on teacher strikes and the like in the last year—including one here in my home state of Arizona and one currently happening in Los Angeles—there have been a lot of … opinions that I disagree with. Usually, I scroll by, because I’m substantially unlikely to change the mind of one … Read more
Eleven years ago today, I had my last radiation treatment. For my particular cancer, remission and cure are measured from the end of chemo, so medically, today’s end of treatment is somewhat irrelevant. From a practical standpoint, I didn’t have to get up to go get radiation every day before work. I’m very much not … Read more