“You need to take walks,” said Brené Brown on her podcast at the beginning of the pandemic. “You need to move your body in order to process the stress of these times.” It will bring clarity, she suggested. This seemed like a good idea, if a risky one. At the beginning of the pandemic, when […]
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Lockdown diary, Day 82
Another light day at work. I’m in between projects this week and summer is typically slow anyway, so I’m catching up on other things—books I’ve wanted to finish, admin tasks I’ve set aside for too long. Pulled weeds in the yard and tended the vegetable garden. Summer weather is really here, so going outside becomes […]
Damp sponges: Lockdown diary, Day 81
2 June 2020 A light day at the day job. More work on the new novella coming out in July for mailing list subscribers. Pruned roses, planted seeds. The country is burning down all around me, and I feel like all I have to fight the fire with is a damp sponge. A daunting task. […]