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3/2/2021 – Tuesday

If you’re curious, I write these missives by the clock. Not at a specific time, obviously, but for a specific length of time: ten minutes. Sometimes I go longer (rarely) and occasionally I run out of steam before the timer is up. But it’s ten minutes, give or take,...

3/1/2021 – Monday

It does feel surreal to be back in March again when for most of 2020 we all felt like we never left it to start with. The lockdown here in Tallahassee began on March 18 so we’re not quite at the one year mark, but we’re close. My employer (FSU) is determined to let us...

2/28/2021 – Sunday

Today I thought it was Sunday and I was right! *pumps fist in triumph*Yesterday…was not a good day. Headaches and a small anxiety attack kept me at home and in bed for most of the day. Did not do self-care beyond that, but sometimes, retreat is what is called for and...

2/26/2021 – Friday

This morning while walking — headed on back roads over to Red Eye Café plaza then up 3rd to Monroe — I thought to myself, “wow, it is super busy for a Sunday! Look at all of this traffic!” Which is when I saw that Red Eye is, in fact, open. It is not open on Sundays....

2/25/2021 – Thursday

I know what happened to this tree. I know it because I’ve been walking around Lake Ella park nearly every single day for going on four years. At least, on average, six days a week in every possible kind of weather Keely and I wander around and sometimes look at...

2/24/2021 – Wednesday

I looked like a damned fool during our walk this morning, making all sorts of weird facial expressions as we tottered around Lake Ella. It was early, as I have moved up my alarms (for reasons I might explain some other time) so we were thankfully alone. Still. It was...