Pandemic-ing When this started I thought I was secretly pleased with myself because I was not naive enough to imagine our kids would go back to school before the end of the year. "I don't see us going back until the fall," I'd said, cynical and so sure of myself. That was cute. Our district … Continue reading Notes from The Tail-end of The Strangest Summer on Record

Listening I went to a women's leadership conference B.C. (before corona) where I participated in an active listening workshop. We were instructed to pair up and take turns talking to our partner. When it was your turn to listen, your job was to focus all of your attention on the speaker. You weren't supposed to … Continue reading On Listening and a Quick Update

On a good day I'm happy that if I have to be on lockdown, at least I'm quarantining with my three favorite people and this is happening at a time when my kids are old enough to make their own cereal and not so old they think everything I say is idiotic. On a bad … Continue reading This is everything I know about getting out of a bad pandemic mood and freelance writing

It's week six or seven now of quarantine... I've lost track at this point. Like many, I don't miss the social obligations that used to crowd my calendar. Other things I don't miss: the weekly battle to get my kids to their swimming lesson, small talk, racing to the bus stop at the ungodly hour … Continue reading May 2020 Update: #stillquarantining

I had all the words for a perfect blog post in my mind on my run this morning and now they've disappeared. (Maybe they're floating around in the ether at least six feet away from my laptop?) Right now I'm grateful to be at home with my family, that we are all healthy, and that … Continue reading April update: #quarantinelife