Mar 16, 2020At Home: Day 3Documenting life during the COVID-19 outbreak. — Monday, March 16 This is going to be a quick update today, I think. Since I published yesterday, the Massachusetts governor declared that all schools will be closed through April 7. This is a week past what our local school district declared on Friday, March 13. Last night, while eating delicious, homemade “Panera”…Covid 193 min read
Mar 15, 2020At Home: Day 2Documenting life during the COVID-19 outbreak — Sunday, March 15 A question: Am I experiencing PMS? Or is this constant internal tug in my lower abdomen a pit-of-despair feeling of impending doom? Last night, my daughter was practicing her guitar. She is 11. Her teacher is a 70-something retired music teacher who bakes cookies and makes tea for my two…Covid 195 min read
Mar 15, 2020At Home: A (Book) ListBooks I’ve read (or listened to) in 2020 (so far) — As I document life during the COVID-19 outbreak, I’ve realized that sometimes a supplemental list will be necessary. Here’s the first: Books I’ve read or listened to in 2020. Erosion by Terry Tempest Williams Mrs. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth StroutBooks1 min read
Mar 15, 2020At Home: Day 1Documenting life during the COVID-19 outbreak. — Saturday, March 14 Opened my eyes at 8:38 a.m. Tried to resist the pull of my phone. Failed. Picked it up. Saw a reminder that my daughter’s ballet class (should have) started in 30 minutes. Daughter still sleeping. All classes and rehearsals were cancelled yesterday. For at least two weeks. I suspect longer. …Co Vid 193 min read
Mar 14, 2020At Home: PrequelFacing at least two weeks (and likely more) of living a life in circumstances never before imagined, I’ve decided it’s the perfect time to return to daily writing. Daily published writing. And I’m giving myself the permission to suspend the evil self-inflicted standards of perfection. Given my lack of regularly published writing over the past years, I’d say perfectionism has not served me particularly well. So, here goes …Covid 193 min read
Oct 23, 2019Three Good Things: October 23, 2019Crock-Pot. Ballet. Time. — Dinner in the Crock-Pot. Specifically, mulligatawny soup. I prepped the ingredients last night while I was in the kitchen not making dinner for my family. Irony prevailed. Everyone managed to find something to eat last night. And tonight they’ll be able to feed themselves again. I’ll get home from work…Dinner2 min read
Oct 22, 2019I Surpassed My 2019 Reading GoalAnd now I’m wondering if I should set a new one. — The other day I went on to Goodreads to mark a book as read. Sisters, by Raina Telgemeier, was the 70th book I read in 2019. And when I clicked “I’ve finished this book,” an animated Congratulations message and colorful confetti moved up and across my phone screen. It’s not…Books3 min read
May 9, 2019On not looking at the SupermoonWalking through a parking lot alone at night I wanted to look at the Supermoon. To walk to my car with my eyes focused only on the moon, perched just above the treetops, nestled among the roofs of houses in the neighborhood nearby. As I left the building I had…Moon3 min read
May 4, 2019On reading. Competitively.I’m a compulsive reader. Compulsive and, some might say, competitive. I am also an overthinker. Right now I’m trying to decide if I should leave that word “competitive” hanging out there, without giving further context to what I mean. What does it mean to be a competitive reader. Competitive with…Books4 min read
