Medical types, esp. if I have any epidemiologists in the house, would appreciate your thoughts on this. For the SLF, there are two activities we’d hoped to resume in-person in the fall: a) the reading series, which typically brings 50-75 people (locals) together in a small bookstore. Chicago, IL. b) the long weekend writing workshop, […]
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Quick note that I was feeling anxious about hosting a birthday party on Saturday after being in Nashville for several days (low vaccination rates, basically nobody masking, airplanes and airports) and the Bay Area for several days (high vaccination rates, some masking, airplanes and airports), so I swung by CVS and picked up a rapid
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Well, this feels like some sort of pandemic milestone. For my upcoming 50th birthday, I decided to bring back our traditional weekend potluck and board games. In pre-pandemic times, we did this at least monthly most of the time; sometimes more often than that. It felt very weird, going through the party invite list —
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Four figures reunite on a balcony, unmasked. Sunlight outlines blurry shapes, arms linked against the ocean, city and hills beyond. The bridge rises in two points and graceful curves, all of it golden, gladsome. The week has been emotional, intense beyond expectation. Voices tighten, tears gather amidst shared laughter — contradictions understood by all. How
The little graduation party we had for the kids on Saturday went reasonably well — I made way too much food, of course, but that’s to be expected. We had about 10 adults and 8 kids; everyone was vaccinated except for Anand and his friend Olivia, both too young. We waffled about whether to ask
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It’s so nice being able to meet in person again. Yesterday, our new Serendib intern, Ethan Yeung, came by to work for a few hours, and later in the day, Darius Vinesar stopped by to try to help me figure out which of my various and sundry random mics would actually work best for recording
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I can’t say Anand is all that excited about graduating from elementary school, but trust me, he is very excited to be on summer vacation now. Mostly, we’re just glad he didn’t drop out. We definitely considered homeschooling pretty seriously at various points, especially once most of his class went back in person and he
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Illinois is fully reopening starting today, as we move into phase 5. I honestly don’t know what to think about it — I’m not sure we’re really at vaccination rates sufficient to justify that step. On the flip side, I think people are kind of losing it with restrictions, myself included, and I’m sure the
Kavi invited a (vaccinated) friend over for pool time, which means I might not actually get the swim in today that I intended, but that’s just fine — it’s SO LOVELY to finally be able to have the kids’ friends over to enjoy the pool. We were glad we’d gotten it last year (despite paying
Working on being okay with my current bikini body. It’s not so easy, folks, esp. because it’s not just about not being thin. In this photo, I’m noticing my port scar (from chemo), the acne scars on my face (worse acne this past year than any other time in my life; I think I might
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