Estate

I woke up this morning, my hamstrings were little plucking cramps. It took Brene Brown talking about shame to get me out of bed. And then I ran into like three flies. I think the flies I vacuumed up last night successfully unionized and escaped the vacuum, though I had, in my genius, put the […]

Surroundings

I’ve spent a ton of time at my desk during pandemic. Usually I prefer to work in one of my walking-distance spots, with little asides from neighbors, the noise of life going on, views of old architecture, and dogs, and the taste of some baked something I loved. One of the pieces of my grief […]

Coming to Community

I was hoping that the uptick in cases in Johnson County would make it clear that in-person school is not safe right now. Johnson County has 10% of tests positive for covid. One teacher ask was 14 days with no new cases. One union ask was that if positives were over 5%, there we online […]

Findings

I read this today: “The laughter was a final answer to the question, Am I nuts? Certainly you are.” My family are usually good at balancing each other. One or two people may be designated the people who need our support, and we align temporarily to shrug in the face of their bullshit, pay for […]