The coronavirus isolation is messing with our lives in deep ways. And this could be great news. Hear me out. I’m not at all saying that the actual pandemic is a good thing. There is real tragedy happening. Healthcare practitioners, bus drivers, grocery store workers, and many other essential workers, are dealing with incredible stress. Families have […]
Read MoreI’m a Sociable Introvert. It’s a Love/Hate Relationship with Social Distancing.
For an introvert, social distancing is a dream (minus the killer virus). There’s still small talk, but at least it’s over text, so you can take 3 hours to think of a response to “how are you?” Once in a while, you have to get on a video call, but nobody sees your pants, so […]
Read MoreSome Punished, Some Pardoned — Romeo and Juliet, Cancer and Fate
A glooming peace this morning with it brings, The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head. Go hence to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of… (5.3.304–309) Let’s play literature trivia. Can you finish the quote? […]
Read MorePeacemaking, Bullying and a Hamilton School Murder
I’ve had a bunch of blog ideas recently (so many that I haven’t been able to focus on actually finishing one), but something happened recently that I feel compelled to write about. A 14-year-old, Devan Selvey, was stabbed and killed outside of a Hamilton high school in front of his mom. Hearing about how this […]
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