{2e Tuesday} Launching the twice-exceptional young adult
It’s not as though there’s a handbook to this young adult stage of life, and even if there were, our G2e kids are never in those books so it wouldn’t help anyway.
Current events
Time has no meaning
And other things I’ve been telling myself Today’s the eleventy billionth day of March 2020 and you can’t convince me otherwise. The terrifying start of this never ending pandemic was yesterday and yet as distant as the discovery of fire. …
Return to familiar
I heard someone recently refer to this time as “returning to familiar” instead of “returning to normal.” I heartily agree not only because these times are anything but normal, but also because I’ve learned through hard-earned experience that normal is a candy-coated illusion.
Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit
I first learned about the rabbit rabbit rabbit superstition at summer camp as a young teen. If it’s the first thing you say on the first day of a new month you’ll have good luck all month long. I’ve not …
I’m not giving up
And then February finally ends and the last remaining spark of energetic hope that survived the winter somehow rekindles. This year’s spark is the dimmest in recent years, barely hanging on, a mere shadow of what it could be. February …
Why do musicians do what we do?
I stumbled across this half-written post in my drafts folder; it’s been gathering dust there for a couple years based on the concert I describe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why do musicians do what we do? That’s something I’ve been pondering lately. We …
Extreme times call for extreme self…something
Hey. You okay? It’s okay if you’re not. It’s understandable and totally relatable if you’re not okay. I don’t know a single person right now who is doing well. My overseas readers, please check on your American friends, we are …
2020: Roses, Buds, & Thorns
The good, the okay, & the absolute worst 2020 really has been a mixed bag, hasn’t it? And by mixed bag I mean what kind of shit will it be today? Will it be just your standard dog poop smeared …
The challenge of #BestThingsToday
I seem to be doing my very own personal NaBloPoMo, may it rest in internet peace. I don’t write for weeks, and then November hits and I suddenly feel the urge to throw words against the wall. Or maybe this …
Open mouth, insert stocking
I broke one of my most deeply held personal commandments. What, that of never posting two days in a row? Because Jen, dude, we all thought you were internet dead and here you are slapping up another post while the …