Remember back in September when I was scared because the covid cases had jumped from 200 to 700? Today was around 6,500. I had no idea then that things would get this bad, and right now it seems like we're on track to keep getting worse, perhaps much worse.…
My wife had Juneteenth off, and I had some PTO days burning a hole in my pocket, so we decided to get away for a long weekend and we went up to our family vacation home in Maine. Maine has pretty strict quarantine policies, so we drove straight up and…
My daughter's school starts every (virtual) day with the pledge of allegiance. I find this problematic. I don't think children should be reciting a loyalty oath, particularly not now under this administration. I've been skipping past it when I show her the videos, but it still bothers me that it…
For as long as I can remember I've been afraid of the police. I probably don't have a lot of reason to be - I'm white, affluent, and obnoxiously law-abiding. I am well aware that many others do not share my privilege. Privileged though I am, the police scare me.…
We've been working with my daughter on anger and worry, and since she's such a reader we found her some books that might help. They seem really good but she's not too excited about reading them. No big surprise since she generally doesn't want to do the things we ask…
We were so discouraged about my daughter and schoolwork last night. It had not been a good day and we were feeling really defeated. This morning we had an idea. Maybe my daughter would be more willing to do her schoolwork if she had her own place to do it.…
They are supposedly beginning to reopen the state this week. This seems awfully premature as the death rate continues to climb. Today's news said that only five countries have death tolls higher than Massachusetts, which is pretty scary. I generally think our governor is doing an ok job with all…
My daughter wants to know what that headline is about, she says that the slow news should be that it is taking forever for school to start back up. She's right, but that's not what I meant. I've been having a lot of pain in my knee, and my PT…