I began this blog nearly a year ago. I recall thinking that it could be a place for me to sort out my feelings about all that has been going on in the world for the last 4 years during the now-prior American presidential administration. Of course it was the pandemic that was the last …
Shorts #2 – Theories of Change
Change is hard, but always doings things the same way means you haven't learned a way to do it better. Fear of change in your own life can not only diminish your quality of life over time, but also contribute to wider stagnation in your family, community and society. Resistance to change is ultimately about …
Is the United States of America Salvageable?
Sadly, this is not a rhetorical question. Throughout the pandemic time, I and many others I know have gone through personal transformations. Some have been compelled to protest after George Floyd was killed or have started organizations dedicated to making this country a better place for all, not just those who have gotten accustomed to …
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This Tragic Week
This has been a really difficult week. My emotions are all over the place, mostly negative, ranging from sadness to anger to rage to despair at what we are being forced to endure by others' incompetence (COVID) and the willful manipulation of people's psyches (QAnon/domestic terrorism). At work Friday, I tasked myself with writing an …
Screw Mindfulness
Mindfulness = the program through which the established societal consensus convinces laypeople that the discomfort they are feeling is internally caused, and can be solved by focusing more on internal resolve than fighting for real righteous change that threatens the power structure. Mindfulness is all the rage these days, can't stop hearing about it. Everyone …
2020, Buh Bye
Nothing much to say that hasn't been said. 2020 was rough. People much older than I am have all said this was the worst year of their lives. I'm certain they're right. 2020 was the year that felt like a decade. And despite it technically being over, 2021 is upon us, it doesn't actually feel …
Things We Have Lost in 2020 – Travel
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 …
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 …
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