My dreams lately haven’t been barrels of laughs, but it’s been a while since I had one of my usual night terrors—until a few nights ago. Boy, was it a whopper. Here are events that I suspect precipitated it: A week before, I’d learned I’d been exposed to Covid during one of my rare social visits outdoors. (Luckily I dodged that bullet, but man, were the ensuing days filled with waves of anxiety.) A week […]
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Amazing Grace
It’s been 22 years since I’ve had an elementary school calendar plastered onto my icebox door. Fourteen since I had a curious little companion to explore the world with, and the same since my daily ritual included getting a groggy, reluctant child to school each morning. (Actually, it seems twice that long: another lifetime, really.) Bet you already know where I’m going with this. It’s time to dust off my dormant child-tending skills. What’s in […]
Read moreHour of Decision
This will be short. I just wanted to note here for posterity, with great relief, the election of Joe and Kamala. Never has the blaring of horns cheered me so. Yesterday, over on the avenue a few houses down, waves of passing cars—big American ones with deep, loud voices and wee imports with mosquito-pitched ones—celebrated Biden’s victory. Even today there’s still the occasional joyful noise of human whoop and holler. It was a long five […]
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Polling will begin in some places in just over twelve hours. Like millions of Americans, I’m terrified. For one thing, Trump is determined to declare an election winner by end of day tomorrow, before all the results are counted. If I got my wish it would be for a landslide for Biden, but even if he does win big—which is a hard thing to have faith in after 2016—I imagine there will be uprisings from […]
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