So think about this: even if you’re one in a million, on a planet of 6.8 billion that means there are nearly 7,000 people just like you … And consider for a moment the bigger picture: your planet, I’ll remind you, is not the center of its solar system, your solar system is not the […]
Da – da – da – DUM… The opening of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s 1808 Fifth Symphony is arguably the most recognized four notes in musical history. It was a victory symbol for the allies in WWII, since the da-da-da-dum (or dot-dot-dot-dash) rhythm stands for the letter “V” in Morse Code. It was included on […]
Photo by Gage Walker on Unsplash “If you’re wondering what things are like for parents right now, someone in my online moms group invited everyone to a Facebook event that is just going to an empty field and screaming and a LOT of people RSVPed yes.” ~Lucy Huber, @clhubes Evidently, there is a […]
As we approach the two-year anniversary of the pandemic lockdown, I find myself thinking more and more about priorities. What have I learned about life and how it should be lived? What matters to me and why? I have always suspected that what society tells us to prioritize – fame, wealth, beauty, success – is […]
A few years ago, I inadvertently opened an email that unleashed an insidious virus on my laptop. My screen immediately became a minefield of pop-up ads, hundreds of new windows opening and overlaying each other to fill the screen with flashing images and alarming beeps and pings. I could no longer see the important documents […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about having a midlife crisis. In it, I transparently listed all the things that currently make it hard to be an almost fifty year-old woman in America. One line from that piece really resonated with my peers: We were told we could be anything. What we […]
