Some Amount of Time in the Life: April 11, 2020
The hardest thing about sheltering in place during this pandemic is losing my sense of routine, even though most of my day happens at home anyway. I’ve be...
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Two Weeks in the Life: March 14, 2020
I had intended to get a short post up last Friday, before leaving for Long Beach to visit my sister, but it didn’t happen. So today I’m writing abou...
A Week in the Life: February 22, 2020
This week has been a lot. My work laptop broke first thing Monday morning. I tripped and sprained my ankle while locking up my bike at the library. Today we got...
A Week in the Life: February 15, 2020
This week I’ve been contemplating the idea that it’s much more work to be kind and generous in this life than it is to be an asshole. It’s eas...
A Week in the Life: February 7, 2020
Have you registered to vote yet? Only 61 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot in 2016, which leaves a lot of room for improvement. You can register online h...
A Week in the Life: January 17, 2020
I had another week of feeling messed up, but today I am feeling a lot better. It has been hard to motivate or be interested in things lately. Yesterday I had so...
A Week in the Life: January 3, 2020
Last Friday seems like a really long time ago, but perhaps our arbitrary new year starting in the middle of the week made me feel like everything should reset. ...
2019: The 12th Annual Year in Books
This year I read 73 books, which is a lot! Last year I read 58 and my average for the previous decade of reading was 52 books per year. This is the second-most ...
A Week in the Life: December 20, 2019
This week felt incredibly long to me. Is it the approaching winter solstice? Impeachment? Christmas anticipation? I don’t have answers, only more question...
A Week in the Life: December 13, 2019
Two house drama sagas were resolved this week: the ants and the shower. To be fair, the ants were resolved on the day they started. My duct tape barricade was e...