Grandma’s White Glove It all seems so simple on the face of it: you’re Gen-X and the issue of tolerance was part of your social consciousness, and yet here you are in the land that tolerance promised and it’s all just dust. …

Shrodinger’s Doctorate Ok, so I’m going to tell you something academia trained me to do that is actually maddening and terrible and limiting. I’m gonna call it “Shroedinger’s Doctorate” but I’m gonna mess with the idea. I’m using the thought experiment loosely. Here we go: If someone gives me information…

After Mother’s Day: When Grief Transforms I want to talk to the ones who were separated from their mothers on the day we commemorate them. Yesterday, I spent over an hour going through old journals and looking through photos to find a different one to share — it’s always one…

Boring transition: The Pandemic Team We are in the worst medical nightmare in a century, and our new president-elect has chosen to be flagrantly responsible. I mean, you would think that this president doesn’t understand that “content is king”at all. Based on his choices for the COVID-19 Advisory Board, you’d…