Some nights I can’t sleep because I ate too much cheese before bed and sometimes it’s because I just lay there crushed by the weight of my own privilege, and what I’m doing with it …
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a privilege
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750 million years
Last night I was reading about different North Carolina mountains in the official state magazine, like you do, and learned that Grandfather Mountain — one of my personal favorites — is 750 million years old. …
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buy now, think later
I don’t like money as much as I should. When I receive a big check for writing something, or even just regular, guild standard compensation, I know I should feel grateful and like I earned …
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what is thunder
It started storming here this morning around 4 AM, which happens in LA about, once a year? I stayed awake, worrying that the thunder would wake Joe up. I laid there planning out how I’d …
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The Great Believers
Sometimes, at the end of the day, I’m still awake enough to read a BOOK. It’s in fact my favorite way to step towards sleep. Lately it’s been The Great Believers, a BE YOO TI …
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march 2020
It being the 2 year anniversary, I keep thinking about March 2020 and how weird it all was. Morrison wouldn’t let me touch the groceries and I ordered toilet paper from some website that I …
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a thought about War
I sat down to blog today and I thought, I should offer a Thought about War. But who am I to offer one? Obama said it all first, and best. For some time now, we …
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This Sea Lion
I tend to only watch the news when I’m in hotels, and I actually really like local news with their weird features on people who talk to their plants and break world records. This morning …
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An Excavator
I always thought becoming a Mother would teach me Patience, and how to be Present, and would clarify for me my own beliefs, reveal to me my greatest strengths and weaknesses, and yes to all …
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Joe meets World
Don’t mind us jerks! We’re down at a SoCal Hotel where we sojourned last February, when I was 12 weeks pregnant and Joe was the size of a Lime and Covid was still buried in …