Struggling to breathe in America It’s Sunday morning as I write this And I would rather be thinking about something else, something hopeful and uplifting. That’s what I would rather be sharing with you: hope and uplift. The past three months…
When the Kids Come Back One of the pandemic’s greatest casualties is the school year The California public middle school where I work held its last day of classes, ironically enough, on Friday, March 13. We didn’t know that at the…
There is a drastic decrease in heart attack and stroke since the pandemic hit — maybe Judging by hospital admissions, it looks that way. Stories in news outlets including the New York Times, the U.K.’s Daily Mail and California’s Sacramento Bee describe…
There’s a reason for the bunny photo; I’ll get to that For now, let’s acknowledge that we are all feeling a little — maybe more than a little — weirded out right now. In the U.S. as in everywhere in the world (at least all…
Is your well of creativity running dry? Get in the car In my experience, there is nothing that both relaxes and unleashes the imagination like settling in for a long car ride. Not a commute, not a schlepp to a…