Emerging From the Pandemic
Lessons from the last year I hope not to forget The dark winter of 2020–21 is behind us, giving way to an uneven spring. Depending on your circumstances — your profession, your Continue Reading →
Tag: hope
Dropping the Mask, Not
Post-vaccination masking motivations We’ve been shot! Twice! Thank God As an educator as well as a woman of a certain age, I’ve been fully inoculated for a month. My husband is Continue Reading →
When Life Is a Waiting Room
Haiku for patience A stimulus check,An appointment for a shot,Independence Day? Where are the markers?What will tell us it’s over?And can we trust that? Like newborn bear cubs,Drawn yet blinded Continue Reading →
Do You Notice Anything Different?
I’m hoping it’s not just me Since late January, there’s been a shift in tone At least in my corner of the nation, which is admittedly a deep-blue pocket in Continue Reading →
The Suspense Might Kill Us First
Please, just shoot us now Life right now feels like the last months of a war We are battle-weary. We’ve suffered monumental losses, more deaths than in World War II. Our Continue Reading →