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Forced Choice

Your senses never lie. If this feels hard, then it’s hard. It is for all of us.

We’ve met faithfully for Thursday Dinner for more than a year now.

And tonight on the runway, category is: pandemic eleganza.

Humanity: the once and future success story

These days, the opening chapters of Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, are enough to take your breath away.

When I tell people I have four brothers, usually they respond with, “Oh, your poor mother.”

Now that we’ve set a good precedent for productive work, let’s go over how to maintain good health and nutrition during your stay-at-home time.

After a month of stay-at-home orders, suddenly everyone’s a baker.

Most of my journals were destroyed. They were never perfect enough to keep.

Every day now carries a different weight, new set of worries, and another chance to intentionally look for the good.