Putting the OM in OMG
I was hiking with the boys and, as I always do, I greeted a pair of women we passed on the path. We exchanged some pleasantries about the day and the steepness of the hike - we hiked Prairie Mountain, it is straight up and straight down, with zero … [Continue reading]
Okay. We all know that my half-Scottish ancestry, coupled with my somewhat austere Norwegian ancestry, has made a strange consumer of me. Whereas I have more yoga clothes, black footwear, and black sweaters than you could literally shake a stick at, … [Continue reading]
The mask mandate in our city was officially dropped this week; when I went to the grocery store on Wednesday I counted six maskless faces. I will say I find it strange and startling to see actual faces indoors, which goes to show how quickly people … [Continue reading]
Thank you all so much for weighing in on last week's question! I am cautiously optimistic and hopeful, and also clinging to my mask collection. I did take advantage of the Big Reopening in one way, and that was to visit my parents for four … [Continue reading]
Sixty-seven weeks! My friend Steph (HI STEPH) mentioned that at some point soon, she would stop using "Coronavirus Chronicles" in her blog titles, as she has been doing for - probably - sixty-seven weeks, and it reminded me that I, too, must consider … [Continue reading]
Something that I genuinely enjoy even though it's universally considered to be a terrible invasion of privacy is targeted advertising on social media. I find it absolutely fascinating, what social media thinks that I am interested in. I mean, usually … [Continue reading]
All By Myself, No More As of Tuesday this week, the boys will be finished their final exams and this very strange school year will be in the rearview mirror. I am always pretty Landslide-y in June - another year gone, children get older, I'm … [Continue reading]
