It’s that time of year againWhere we can see Cassiopeia overheadThe lazy W tightly orbiting the North Star all yearThen we find Deneb sinking lower […]
Adoption Training
My adoption education today, a seven-hour training at MATC (we were a small group, we all wore masks, it’s required by the state to be […]
A Favorite Poem
I’m attending an all-day (required) adoption training tomorrow, so my boss (who also adopted her kids) shared with me her favorite adoption poem this evening. […]
Go Kick Something
Sometimes people are the worst. And I feel it in how my heart can’t catch a steady beat and my body tenses up and my […]
I Complain About Being Busy In A Poem
I ask, with a hint of desperationHow do you do it . . . all of the thingsThe assignments, the tasks, the impossibility of timeThe […]
Monday
Reply to all the emails. All of them. Okay, well, most of them. Some of them might go away if you leave them unread forever. […]
I have a type
Was everyone else as obsessed with Danny Phantom growing up as I was? I’m mean, I’m still kind of obsessed. Apparently, teenage superheroes with secret […]
Winter Fireball
There are a few fail-proof ways to warm up during January in Door County. A hot tub soak. An afternoon or evening by my indoor […]
Shut Down
My brain starts to shut downThe adrenaline dropAfter a week of planning and meetingsAnd presentation and trainingsZoom, zoom, zoom It was all okay, I hopeThe […]
For the Love of Alex
I want to highlight a nonprofit today: For the Love of Alex. They help low-income families with emergency vet care. My company recently made a […]