Me, complaining to my Mom on the phone yesterday: Our doctor won’t let Morrison be in the room for the next ultrasoundddddddd! Mom: (with genuine empathy) Oh, no! Me: It’s a precaution because of the …
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In a Little Town
There’s a pretty incredible internet thing circulating right now, that I must share here. It’s an excerpt from an LA times article that was written during the 1918 Spanish flu, but it may as well …
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GOOD DOG
My brothers and I had the DISTINCT AND SUPER AMERICAN PLEASURE of growing up with a yellow lab, Tanner. Dan pointed out that today is his birthday. He would have been 196. We do this …
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Do the Right Thing
I want to tell you I’ve been swathed in calm and creativity and baby books the past week, but I’ve basically been vacillating between the work I’m contracted to do (Thank you, God, for a …
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Meet the Pod
Social Pod: (n): a small group of individuals who have achieved the required quarantine state, and therefore know they are not infected with coronavirus, and THEREFORE can begin to socialize in person Our pod: Morrison, …
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SHE CHILLIN’
I’m just going to continue to find and share here any positive news that I can find right now, as shouting into the void of anxiety and negativity is not my brand, OR AT LEAST …
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Mercy; Comfort
Like an apocalypse mouse hunting for tiny pieces of old ‘toast’ even though ‘toast’ is not a thing anymore but still I want this memory of ‘toast’, I wake up each morning searching corners of …
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the Avocado within
I don’t even know how to feel about this virus, anymore. Yes, I am a pregnant person during a pandemic, but I truly wasn’t panicking, as typically I prefer to panic about things like plane …
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THEATER EMERGENCY ALERT
When the Broadway league announced that all shows were being cancelled through April 12, it was particularly arresting because A.) I am a theater person and thus obsessed with myself / my own community, but …
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On Toilet Paper
Okay, day by day, this virus situation is getting scarier and more surreal. (Tho I still insist, and remind myself, that’s what’s most scary are the consequences of the fear based reactions, and the scope …