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I just want to thank all the musicians out there giving concerts and doing Facebook and Instagram live shows. Hearing all these amazing beats made me so happy.

I don’t know where it’s from but somewhere along the way, someone referred to TV as the great equalizer. DH calls it the Idiot Box. It rained all day and we watched a lot of TV. Some Octonauts, some Sofia, some fairy movies (ugh they are wretched) and the winner of the day was TheContinue reading “The great equalizer”

The children were perfectly feral today. It was a beautiful day and they played in the yard with fairies, drawing with chalk, and making up games.

6 and I were watching the NatGeo program Lost Cities With Albert Lin this evening and I got to explain what hallucinogenic drugs are. Context: local Micronesian ritual prior to exploring Nan Madol. I think we’re still reconciling how substances can simultaneously alter your ability to make good choices and also be a conduit forContinue reading “I’ll take hallucinogenic drugs for $1000, Alex.”

We had a family singalong last night to the Indigo Girls’ live Facebook concert. It really did lift our spirits to sing about Galileo 🌎

I don’t want the central message of this blog to get lost or buried in trivial daily activities. Here’s the refresher. Perfect is the enemy of good. Don’t try to be perfect. Be good. Be really good at being mediocre. Mediocre people can shake off the judgment about the gap between what could be andContinue reading “In defense of mediocrity”

She’s not spending the apocalypse in her pajamas. Really, we all should be in full stage makeup every day to set a good example for the children. It may be the end of the world as we know it, but you can look fine and feel fine at the same time. if you can’t putContinue reading “Step off, lady Gaga.”