This is a 'clear the writer's block' kind of post – one where I sit down and just write out the first ten things that come to my mind. Inspired by Kelly in the City, I'm also using it as a kind of catch-up as I've had a lot going on as of late. It feels … Continue reading Ten things
Tag: pandemic thoughts
Five things in February
Hello! And how are you all doing? How was your February? As I started writing this post we were on day 4 of self-isolation in a type of 'Schrodinger's covid' situation – we knew people who had it, we all had very mild symptoms, and we think we were almost certainly exposed – yet we … Continue reading Five things in February
A story from long ago
Our house today. Clean and full of rules. Apropos of nothing, I recently got to thinking about when I moved out of home, shortly after my 18th birthday, and moved in with a bunch of friends. There was absolutely no need for me to move out, and my parents were sad that I was, but … Continue reading A story from long ago
On being the Reece Witherspoon of my friend group
I saw Reece Witherspoon's publicly shared resolutions/habit formation post for 2022 being roundly mocked on social media the other day, and Ina Garten's response being rightly fêted (it was funny!). What I did notice, and start thinking about, was that I didn't see anyone publicly identifying with Reece Witherspoon's stance. To be fair, that might … Continue reading On being the Reece Witherspoon of my friend group
This is real life right now
The pandemic has done crazy things to one's perception of time and it is so easy to dismiss all this as some sort of suspended reality, a break in the space/time continuum that will one day heal so we can all get back to our usual ways with only an occasional chuckle about wasn't that … Continue reading This is real life right now