Pandemic quarantine. Stay home, save lives. Shelter in place. #Alonetogether. Social distancing. Regardless of the words you’re using to describe this period in our lives, I think we can all admit things are pretty weird right now. Given we’re 48 days into this new living arrangement, I’ve had some time on my hands. Mostly I’ve…
Life
2020. I hate this movie.
I knew I was in a dream but couldn’t find a way out. Swirling all around me TV screens were playing similar breaking events coverage on the coronavirus pandemic. But, instead of pictures showing brave healthcare workers and military hospitals being fashioned out of now-closed casinos, these images were more varied. Pictures of pollution. Deforestation.…
Great Expirations
Expiration dates. The very words bring to mind the fuzzy black stamp I would search for on the gallon jugs of milk in our fridge as a kid. Is the milk bad? Mom would ask. It’s one day past the expiration date, I don’t know! I would yell back. Smell it! She’d respond. What does…
Keep Both Eyes Open
So here we are. It’s the end of April. Was April an extremely busy month for anyone else? No? Maybe? It was for us. And by us I mean Hudson and me. As I sit in my bedroom writing this, Hudson is lazing on the bed behind me. Every few minutes I can hear his…
Ready to Rumble
Annnnd I’m back. I know, how are you going to handle your excitement? Two posts in such close succession – I told you I was changing it up this year. Just kidding, this is most certainly an anomaly. Really this post is a continuation of the poorly written one from last week (sorry not sorry),…
Isn’t this THE BEST?
This past weekend I took my favorite eight-year-old ice skating at Wollman Rink in Central Park, an establishment owned by everyone’s favorite stable genius. It was an overcast day, warm for December, and we were excited to take some laps around the ole pond (along with, apparently, everyone else in the tristate area… woof). Wyatt,…
The Astrology of Holiday Cheer
I'm writing tonight (at least I think it's nighttime) from somewhere over the Bay of Bengal. I'm currently feeling like that little kid again, the one I wrote about several posts ago who anticipates Christmas like a trip to Disney, because I'm sitting in a huge business class seat and am transfixed by the compartments…
Smile, it’s time to be thankful.
The week before Thanksgiving has that sort of collegiate homecoming feel to it. As the blessed Thursday looms closer and closer, life becomes increasingly frenzied and hectic; it’s no wonder holidays are a difficult time for many people. Holidays have always been my favorite. Like I’ve written in previous posts, events and holidays are my…
Commuter Pains and Sweaty Trains
I’m pretty sure whatever noise the iPhone alarm defaults to is and always will be the worst noise I’ve ever heard. My first thoughts of the day rush into my brain as I attempt to claw my way back into the dream I was having. I open my eyes. Hudson is staring at me –…
I Remember
Where were you when the planes hit? What were you wearing? Were you eating? Sitting at work? Sitting in class? What did you think when you were told? How did you feel? Were you scared? It has been 17 years since that day, and I can remember it like it was yesterday. Not because I…
The Dog Hair Diaries 