Riding the waves
This weekend marked the 14th week of COVID and our pretty adherent stay- at-home, see-no-one existence. I am, in particular, feeling drained and sad. I dread weekends since they are… Continue Reading
Get out the Map
I took a break from blogging – I don’t feel like I can adequately describe the last three weeks – or that I should. Instead, I’m just going to post… Continue Reading
A not so peachy week
Every week has been beyond what I would normally have considered busy at work – and this week was no exception. The House introduced a new relief package with very… Continue Reading
Celebrating moms
I have worked a lot on the reality that women and particularly women of color are more likely to age into poverty. I was fortunate enough to work on two… Continue Reading
Staying Home
I realized that I haven’t flown since February 12th. That flight was to Sacramento for a presentation. I then took a train to San Francisco where Jake and I got… Continue Reading
Exercising Resilience
Just going to skip to the good this week because work was all-consuming and overwhelming. Celebrated David’s 70th Birthday with a zoom sing along. Love this man so so so… Continue Reading
Turn and climb again
This week was difficult work wise and personally. Losses in nursing homes have increased – it’s all so preventable and yet inevitable. Having worked in nursing homes I know the… Continue Reading
Week of Rain
Jake’s mom made an analogy this week that really resonated with me about the expansiveness and depth of what’s happening right now. That every thing impacted by COVID in our… Continue Reading
Heading into week six…
I’ve officially been working from home since March 2nd. And other than teaching class on March 3rd and two trips to Target, I’ve really seen no one other than Jake… Continue Reading
Channeling the Outrage
There was a shift last week. One from what seemed to be an acceptance and near embrace of our social responsibility to stay home to one of “grandparents and people… Continue Reading