Category Archives: Quarterly

I’ve been working from home since the pandemic. It’s a better experience in every way, but the primary benefit has been meeting my new best friend, the party blob. The party blob is an indispensable and tireless coworker who I’ve outsourced all of my mandatory, interpersonal, and fake, enthusiasm to. He is a slack emojiContinue reading “Introducing My Dearest Friend, This Gif”

As you know, I recently shared some news about the event in the center of town. While we knew at that time which *family* would be impacted (Hutchinsons), we didn’t know which of our *teammates* would be departing (which is why I didn’t share the name of incredible, teammate who was selected to ensure aContinue reading “The LinkedIn by Shirley Jackson”

It’s winter now. I’m writing this from a temporary office setup in my new house on the week between Christmas and the New Year. I’m procrastinating. I have to log into work around nine, which is in five minutes, and I don’t really have it in me today. The week between Christmas and New Year’sContinue reading “Winter – 2022”

It’s not technically summer yet, but Memorial Day is the unofficial start of Summer and also it’s going to be 95 tomorrow, so that’s close enough. I just put in the air conditioner into our kitchen window. It’s a small window and our old one broke. It’s not clear when it broke, but a goodContinue reading “Summer 2022 – Memorial Day”

Hello, here we are at Spring. My birthday just passed and I feel obligated to start this by telling you that I am very old now, ancient and brittle. I am made of stale crackers and regret and have recently injured my neck and back simply by ‘sitting‘? Apparently, my posture is so bad thatContinue reading “Spring 2022”

I haven’t written anything in months, maybe a year now. I couldn’t figure out why for a while, but I think I figured it out the other day. I’d noticed that my writing was slowing, so much so that in writing workshops I’d be reaching deeper and deeper into the past to find something thatContinue reading “Summer – 2021”

It’s winter now. Happy Winter.  I’m in my makeshift office, which used to be my Amanda’s makeshift office, sitting at my desk, which is surrounded by some hastily purchased home gym equipment which I have not touched since two weeks after the pandemic hit. You remember that week. We all bought gym equipment or madeContinue reading “Winter – 2020”

Fall 2020 Please vote. I’ve always leaned considerably more left than right, but more and more I’m a single issue voter and I’d like anyone who reads this to at least consider voting Democratic because of that single issue: Democrats believe in climate change.  Maybe this sounds crazy depending on who you listen to, butContinue reading “Fall 2020”

Hi,   It’s Summer now, somehow, in this, the longest year that there has ever been. I hope that you are safe and healthy and taking steps to help the world improve.  I usually do a fun intro where I talk about where I am, but it’s the pandemic, so I’m home. Like always. Police I wasContinue reading “Summer – 2020”

Hi. Happy Spring. Happy Terrifying Spring 2020.  I am writing this from my living room, which is mostly in the woods, with very few neighbors and it’s about as good a scenario I could hope for at the moment. I’ve hooked up my laptop to my television so I can write from my couch. MyContinue reading “Spring – 2020”