It is hard to know what to write, the day after witnessing an attempted coup on our nation’s capital. It is hard to know what to write, the day after witnessing one of the most historic victories in a fiercely fought battle for control of the Senate. Yesterday was a day of extremes, an extraordinary…
A Brief but Glorious Review
I have been a reader my whole life, but in recent years, the second golden age of TV (and streaming, and whatever it is we call original series on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon) has very much cut into the time I’ve spent on books. However, as stated in a previous post just two days ago,…
Wonder of the Day
When I speak of wonder, I use the word to mean a sense of awe or admiration, not in the questioning sense. Wonders do crop up in our daily lives, even in the AfterTimes, and this morning I had the great fortune to start my day with one. Since 12:45 on December 23rd, 2020, I…
Sunday Goal Setting Week 1
In most things in life, practice makes progress, and becoming an effective goal setter takes work. And so each Sunday, I’m going to declare my Goals For The Week. I’m sure I don’t have to explain the usefulness of being able to set and achieve goals, but I myself was unaware for most of my…
Crispy Golden Battered Adventures
Whelp. I finally did it. I finally bought a deep fryer. After years of dreaming of the ease with which I could whip up crispy, crunchy battered goodness, I clicked a button on Amazon and within days I had a bright, shiny dream come true sitting on my doorstep. Surprisingly affordable, too, though who can…
Recommittments
I have never been one to make Resolutions for the New Year. Last year I was all about Courageous Declarations, and when looking back now, back over a period of time that seems a blur of standing still, with nothing distinct, I wish I had known at the time how much in need I would…
My Top Shows and Podcasts of 2020
Hard to believe that this year that never was is nearly at its end. A year with the standard number of days, but also possessed with a weird, time-warp sort of quality. Days last interminably, but before I’ve blinked, 12 months have passed, and what, really, do I have to show for it? Perhaps this…
Quarantine Day 61- Things that Make Me Smile
I listen to a fair amount of podcasts- the usual playlist of politics, story-telling, food, and quirky sociological shows that is a characteristic of leftist progressives everywhere. Many of these shows have some kind of a segment at the end where the hosts get to Recommend, or Wonder, or Cocktail Chatter, or Endorse things in…
Quarantine Day 19
Today is Tuesday. Not that it matters. Really makes you think about what an arbitrary construct time is. We’ve all just tacitly agreed to measure our lives in increments of days, hours, minutes. We create meaning for ourselves by assigning these slivers of time importance. By scheduling meetings. Having routine class times. Lunchtime. Dinnertime. Events…
More To Come
This is my first post in our new reality. One in which I get to my local grocery store at 7:10am on a Sunday, and find that I am not even close to the first person there. A reality in which gas at $1.89 causes anxiety and feels like an ominous sign of these new…
Rebellious Belly 