2021 – the chorus of “This Year” by The Mountain Goats See Part One In 2021 my work situation changed from full-time remote worker, to working on campus 3 days a week (thanks to UF’s new Remote Work Policy which grants up to 40% remote work for positions that can…
Another One Bites the Dust – 2021 retrospective So, yeah. COVID – still a thing. Now with exciting new varieties! Find Delta and Omicron in a location near you! There was a lot over this year that I thought about blogging. But, for another year, COVID had me feeling like…
Continued from Life in the time of pandemic – part 1 Context – Updated Okay, so I started writing this post two days after I posted Part 1. Two and a half weeks later, I realized why I was getting stalled in finishing it. I was going to parallel this portion…
I am so tired Weary Drifting into dejection into ennui to fog On little cat’s feet my mind tiptoes past the pen the raging herd of worry anger, confusion. Hush little baby, don’t say a word Momma’s going to make you a cute face mask Smiles are rarer these…
I have a part two to the COVID-19 post from weeks ago, well, I’ve got the design of it. I’m still spinning up enough mental energy to actually put those words on the page. In the meantime I’ve been journaling. This one felt especially poignant to me, and relevant here,…
Context March 22, 2020 – around 11 am EDT. 1 We are in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. We get constant updates from the news, from social media, hell, from search engines, about the state of the country, and the world, as humanity tries to figure out how to…