Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Fourteen
Intense week working in France on Public AI
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Thirteen
Busy week filled with meetings, family time, and delicious pancake experiments!
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Twelve
I'm transitioning my newsletter to Buttondown while juggling family illness and work chaos.
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Eleven
It's been quite the week - hang in there everyone.
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Ten
the warmth of community
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Nine
routines and reactions
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Eight
Starting 2025 off with family and sunlight
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Seven
Celebrations & Vacations
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Six
The sun still rises even when it's behind the clouds
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Five
Coming into the homestretch of the holiday season
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Four
whoa - time is zipping by
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Three
preparing for the holidays
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week Two
subversively focusing on joy
Hundred Days of Happiness - Week One
Focusing on Gratitude within my "Circle of Control"
Moving from Grief to Action
getting our scrappy on
Trying to process the Trump/Harris election
and mostly failing, but glad for community both online and off
Republicans biting themselves in the A$$
"Women are not without electoral or political power."
Women are 'motivated' in this election
Another way of saying 'pissed'
VP Harris' speech at the Ellipse
one week to go until voting ends
Madison Square Garden
let's not repeat the past in the present
COVID Sucks
Hoping to get out of bed soon
Trying to see the "Comet of the century"
reaching your goal is not always needed
Make sure your vote counts
If you vote in person, ensure you follow all the rules
The Atlantic is a fraud
I never thought this highly respected publication would resort to monetary fraud
Action Dissolves Anxiety
Don’t despair, don’t freeze, take action
Teaching compromise in a Dutch public school
Earlier this week I went to my son’s class along with many other parents to see a lesson the teachers were giving the children. This is the first time since...
Where to be online
thoughts on my first two weeks at mastodon
Foraging for Fruit as a Family
Forwarding on frugal and fun traditions
Being political in the age of Trump
In 1995–97 I went through both individual and group therapy to deal with sexual abuse as a child and teenager. I focused heavily on this…
NotInMyName
Watching the election returns with a crew of expats and visitors to my adopted country of Argentina was supposed to be a celebration as…
What miscarriage is like
It ain’t pretty, but it’s real (and updated a bit since 2016)
Deeply in love
Love breeds love
Don't worry be happy
Self-confidence is a tricky beast. I am having a hard time with ‘faking it till you make it’ because all of the doubts are creeping in. It’s really not easy...
What makes a healthy relationship?
Unexpectedly, but quite happily, I have found myself in a new relationship. It’s new, exciting, and fun. We are taking things as they happen and just going...
Optimist and Realist
Things have been pretty crappy overall for at least the past two years. At the same time, some awesome things have gone down. I am choosing to focus on the...
Living without fear
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most...
Scary thoughts
I wonder if I will ever find a partner again and the answer is probably yes, but it’s a bit scary to contemplate and ponder. I don’t like being on my own –...
Gratitude
Life is uncertain these days as I try to figure out what I want to do, where I want to be, who I want to be, and how I want to live. These aren’t easy...