As the weeks of quarantine drag on, I read about people who are ploughing determinedly ahead with big projects: reading War and Peace, learning a new coding language, or writing their novel. Those people are steady of purpose, patient, disciplined, and determined – temperamentally suited to the long haul. I admire and envy them, but … Read More
I am married to a Marie Kondo nut. Ten years ago, he took a week off work and went through the house top to bottom, in what we decided to call a “crap-ectomy.” I was under the gun at work that week (and even if I hadn’t been, I would have pretended to be), so … Read More
If you’re like me these days, you are feeling a little caged, but doing everything in your power to remain informed & safe, kind & gentle with yourself & others, open to the present moment (but not overwhelmed by it), reasonably healthy, reasonably creative, and reasonably sane. And also like me, you’re probably succeeding at … Read More
In the long-ago times of Just A Few Weeks Ago, a friend’s son moved to NYC with some college buddies. When the city closed down, Rob and his friends (all working in “non-essential services”) decided not to stay holed up in a tiny apartment crowded with too many large guys. They jumped in a car … Read More