There has been a lot written about pandemic hobbies (and not just by me). What they are; which were most popular; and why we picked them up in the first place. …

What Helped Keep Us Sane Control. A lot of people’s “hobbies” seem to have as much to do with being able to establish control within the chaos as they do the activity itself. …

And Why It Felt So Good to Do It People have developed an array of coping strategies for dealing with the uncertainty of the past two plus years — from new fitness habits to baking to art. …

An Update from a (Pandemic) Odd Couple By Christine Heenan and Jane Randel In 2020, we wrote a joint essay about how our differing dispositions — Christine is usually positive, Jane can be negative — made for different approaches to a new, virus-imposed world order: Jane was long on stocking up, preparing, taking precautions, imagining the worst…

Facing a pandemic: glass half-full or glass half-empty? By Christine Heenan and Jane Randel Everyone deals with uncertainty differently, and never has there been a more uncertain time in our collective lives. During a recent zoom meeting, Christine and I — long-time colleagues and more recent friends — realized pretty quickly that one of us was the type…

What will our society look like as a result of COVID-19? What will remain when the pandemic ultimately fades into the background? That was what I asked more than 400 people in the communications field for this third and final article in the “Pandemic Hangover” series. Responses included technology, several…

Note: The Omicron variant had not yet emerged when I originally reached out to this group, and while I don’t think their answers would have changed dramatically if asked today, it does influence your perspective as a reader. In Part 1 of this three part series, I shared responses from…

Working from home (WFH) may be here to stay. Between the hours saved without a commute, the demonstrated ability to be productive virtually, the additional time with family, and the ongoing fear of coronavirus, some employees don’t want to return to the office. …

In her piece published in the New York Times on July 16, Judith Shulevitz used the 2016 Republican platform to shine a light on a very important issue facing all parents today — liberal or conservative: the accessibility of digital pornography. Shulevitz is not alone in her thinking. Referring to…