A Saturday chez moi, because 75% of the workday is spent in front of a computer—and that's no fun. And because we're still on lockdown, in quarantine. 8:00AM I'm up, but still in bed, luxuriating under a cocoon of comforter and weighted blankets. It's easy waking up sans alarm when there's sun. ... Read More
Quarantine Reading: Didion, Diaries, and The Pillow Book (Week 5)
I'm reading one book a day for as long as this COVID-19 shelter-in-place lasts. These were the ones I read last week. Has it really been over a month since most of the U.S. started quarantining? If I were any less compulsive about documenting every thought with to-do lists, journal entries, even ... Read More
Love Handles
Since working from home, I've had no gauge of how my body has changed. Has it grown? Softened and stretched—sagged even—with sedentary idleness? Of course it has, the little voice in my head seethes. She's the product of society, of the patriarchy, the one who's always reminding me of how far from ... Read More