Month: January 2021

Us: The country is hopelessly divided. Polarization is at an all-time high. Nothing could possibly bring us together. Bernie Sanders: Hold my beer and hand me my mittens. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, put down the paper and go Google “Bernie Sanders mittens.” Go on. I’ll wait. Sweet, frumpy Bernie Sanders… Continue reading Changing the Narrative (At Last)

I nearly killed my daughter’s fish last weekend. You know, the fish that were The Beloved Christmas Gift this year? Yeah, those fish. It got me thinking about personal responsibility and – after the insanity we’ve witnessed in recent weeks on the political stage – this seems like a worthy topic to discuss. Let’s start… Continue reading Admitting Fault Is Hard – And Necessary

My eldest child has been pestering me for years to get her a pet. For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, the addition of fifty-three pounds of deranged dog fur to our home did not satisfy her longings. Much as she loves the incorrigible Buddy Baudelaire, she wanted her own personal pet, not… Continue reading Fabulous Fish Friends

Despite my best efforts and careful precautions, I found out on New Year’s Eve that I had been exposed to the coronavirus. This post chronicles the Stages of Quarantine for Healthy people. Spoiler alert: I did not have COVID and never felt remotely unwell. So, this is more about how compulsively busy people handle forced… Continue reading The Quarantine Chronicles

Every year during the holidays, memes circulate on Facebook illustrating the daunting task of remembering what day of the week it is. My favorite one homes in on the no man’s land between Christmas and New Year, the time period characterized by feeling “confused” and “full of cheese.” I relate so deeply to that meme… Continue reading Presence, Play, and Oreo Truffles