The world is on fire. Fevers and riots. That’s what Week Twenty-Two had in store across the United States. I have whiplash from all the things vying for my attention with the intensity in which they are requiring it. Racial injustices are at the forefront of everyone’s minds (or should be). Protests, rallies, riots, calls…
Category: 2020 May
2020 May – Week 21
This was week twenty-one of the year, but week ten of this responsible distancing adventure. I can’t complain. It hasn’t been bad for me the way it’s been bad for others. I have a job. And a house. And cats. For some, this whole thing has created instability and financial distress. For me, it’s given…
2020 May – Week 20
Hello and goodbye Week Twenty. I don’t know what to say about you. Another week in isolation. Another week stressed about engaging students and the uncertainty of next year. Another week fighting off The Funk (AKA the listlessness, the existential crisis, the heaviness…) But there were bright spots in Week Twenty. More consistently nice weather…
2020 May – Week 19
Week Nineteen felt at odds with itself. It started so bright and sunny and optimistic. It ended so cold and dark and uncertain. Week Nineteen was the first full week of May, yet it snowed two days in a row. Our weather patterns are changing and it’s freaking me out. In fact, everything’s kind of…