Face Masks and the Power of Culture
Have you been wearing your face mask when you go out? I ask because when I was out and about (wearing mine) I felt a mixture of emotions. PRIDE that I was doing my part, small as it was; FEAR … Read More
Taking Our Health Care Workers for Granted
My friend, Vermonter Annika McCann, posted this photo of herself to her Facebook page recently under the heading, “This is my new day job.” Here’s her story In addition to my CBD business (Primal Botanical), I work as … Read More
Suffering on the Sofa: My CoViD-19 Story Day 12
We CAN do this. And we are. My hibernation began on March 13. It was a Friday. We’re on Day 13 today, with only one run to the post office so far. Tomorrow, we’ll see our first outing … Read More
Coping in the era of COVID-19
How are you doing? This is the most serious pandemic since the Spanish influenza and information, we know, is critical in keeping anxiety down. People, in general, feel anxious in the unknown. I thought a post that pulled together the … Read More
Moving from one CD to another
Last week’s post on What Makes A Good Blog Topic originally included THREE possibilities. At the last minute (well, I still had 23 minutes to go before it launched at midnight) I pulled this third one, wanting to see if … Read More
LEAPFROG Outtakes
One of the benefits of self-publishing is that I can go back into my published book at any time and make it better. And, given my propensity to tweak, I have been doing that with LEAPFROG, the book that … Read More
Weltschmerz
Do you remember Thirty Days to A More Powerful Vocabulary? This tiny book was part of our curriculum in sixth grade (thank you New Jersey public schools). From a mere fifteen minutes a day, it promised, we could … Read More
POWER: My word for 2020
This year the word I chose came to me slowly, bouncing around the periphery of my life. When I first thought to choose it, I was concerned people would misunderstand. Then I realized that was exactly the clue I … Read More
A missed opportunity, subjunctively speaking
At the point where the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea meet, lies an island of 12 million people fewer than 100 miles from our Florida coast. Yet it’s a travel destination few Americans consider. That … Read More