My husband and I share a great love of travel. In a normal year, we will generally take at least one domestic flight to a destination we would like to explore, one or two short road trips and a 3-4 night camping trip or two. We actually had to cancel a 11-day tour of interior …
Month: December 2020
Merry (Subdued) Christmas
Likely, this is not what you thought the winter holidays would look like if someone asked you even 6 months ago, and definitely not at the beginning of the year. Many things that we took for granted a year ago are things we sorely miss now: holiday parties, religious/spiritual services, large family gatherings with food, …
Web of Humanity – Epilogue
We get to decide what our cultural values are and who best represents them. We do this through politics, arts, movies, activism, etc. We decide who gets to be put on a pedestal. And when we worship money, treating rich people as though they are inherently better or smarter than the rest of us, we …
Things We Have Lost in 2020 – A Series
There is going to come a time, very soon I think, when we are all going to be processing what we've all been through this year from the outside. 2020 the year is coming to an end very shortly. By the end of 2021, the COVID pandemic will be a memory for most people, rather …
The Web of Humanity
Here it is, 2am again, and my mind is racing. I got a text from a friend last night which led to an hour long "catching up" conversation. I think I pretty much dominated the talk time; fortunately for me, this friend is a great listener who I trust would tell me to STFU if …
Wasting my Potential
As long as I remember receiving feedback from teachers, bosses, acquaintances and even family, the most common thing I've heard is that I'm "wasting my potential." Potential for what? On what scale? What values do these people think I should be prioritizing that I am not? And most importantly, why is this what they feel …
