Several years ago, I worked with a woman who was very annoying. She micromanaged everything. She insisted on seeing every memo that I sent out that might possibly be implied to reference her department. I made the mistake of sending them to her and then she edited them by printing them and writing changes until …
This morning I woke up before the alarm went off. I do this sometimes. I generally wake up and get out of bed at 5 a.m. because I like the silence of the early morning, before the traffic increases in the streets outside my windows and my husband gets up and puts on the TV …
“Are you ok?” My boss asked. “You sounded kind of heavy on that last call.” I was surprised. I hadn’t realized I had let it show. I go through these phases, I explained, where I am trying to integrate new information and figure out how to navigate with this new information. Much of the time, …
It’s rainy this morning and a little bit cold. Very much like it often was when I was in high school in the Pacific Northwest. But, although rainy and a little bit cold perfectly describes most of the mornings when I was in high school, the chill and the sound of the rain here now …
I walk out my front door and around the corner. A jogger passes me, socially distanced in the street, no mask; and then a series of recreational cyclists, some without masks. They’re at least 6 feet away and pass me so quickly; I don’t worry about it. A homeless person is crouched by the Wi-Fi …
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