by Jenn | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Chronicles, Current Affairs, Decision Making, self esteem through art
Hello there! Man, oh man—I miss you! How are you doing? That’s not a rhetorical question, I seriously want to know. It’s been a series of ups and downs for me the past 4+ months. Some days, I feel like I am drowning in loss and grief and trauma, and other...
by Jenn | May 25, 2020 | Current Affairs, Decision Making, Life, Nature, Pandemic Ponderings
I’ve spent the past 22+ years marking time by what’s happening in my yard. I have these daffodils that grow along the foundation in the front of my house. They typically start to shoot up out of the frozen ground by early February, aided by full-day...
by Jenn | Mar 22, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Chronicles, Pandemic Ponderings
Well, here we are. Unified at last, because there is one common enemy we are all trying to protect ourselves from. 🦠You can’t marginalize or dehumanize this virus. 🦠 COVID-19 doesn’t care who you are or how much money you have. 🦠 It doesn’t care how...
by Jenn | Mar 14, 2020 | Blog, Pandemic Ponderings
At the end of February, I remember looking at my husband after a mind-numbingly exhausting weekend of volleyball for one daughter, basketball for the other, basketball and meetings for him, and my head on a swivel and I said, “I simply can’t help but...
by Jenn | Mar 12, 2020 | Blog, Pandemic Ponderings
Observation: our American-ness is showing right now. And it’s kind of gross. We have people stockpiling supplies for the end of days, not giving a shit about people in the community who might actually NEED those supplies (aka first responders, hospitals and...