On a day as gloomy and grey as today—22 days into shelter-in-place—color is perhaps the simplest, most significant antidote to the rainy day blues. I have no complaints working from home or staying in 24/7, but my peace with the situation comes from a place of privilege. (This I acknowledge and am ... Read More
Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 2)
Still home, self-quarantining. And still here, reading one book a day for as long as this COVID-19 shelter in place lasts. (This was my stack from the week when I first set this goal.) Week two was a good one. I'm happy to report that I've successfully kept up my one-book-a-day streak—even ... Read More
Distancing Diaries: Giving In, Not Up
The good news is that I'm still reading one book a day; the lukewarm is that I officially gave in—not up—to the daily sweatsuit, even for Zoom calls. At the start of this self-isolation, I approached working from home as if I were going to the office: I would dress up (even more so than I usually ... Read More