Here we go! We’re off to the races.
Joe Biden is the Democratic presidential candidate and Kamala Harris is his pick for V.P.
Neither was my top choice.
Both are imperfect.
Both are also solid candidates.
And I’ll spend the next weeks leading up to the election giving Joe Biden and Kamala Harris my robust, wholehearted support.
One thing I won’t be saying is “I’m picking the lesser of two evils.” ...
Here are the four things we’re doing with our kids for school this year:
1. Trying not to stress the eff out.
2. Remembering there is no such thing as “getting behind” because a) “on track” is a manufactured and ever-changing target based on an imaginary student’s potential for “success” in an outdated world, and b) EVERY student is currently affected by this crisis. ...
Dear Diary,
I have come to this conclusion: if we are not helping our neighbors now, we will never help our neighbors.
If we’re not loving them now, we never will love them.
If we’re not actively looking for ways to make systems more equitable and just, we never will look for ways to do it.
If we’re embedded in and committed to complacency and selfish ambition, this is where we shall remain. ...
Listen, friend. I will give you one — and only this one — opportunity to stop reading. If periods gross you out, you should be done. Right now. Click away. Abort. SAVE YOURSELF. Or carry on. I don’t care — *shrug* — I’ve done what I can. Now it’s on you.
I don’t really know what to say about this other than it’s worse than The Day I Pooped My Closet. And I do not believe Hallmark has made a sympathy or apology card that quite covers the “I’m sorrys” I owe my son-in-law so I’m a little stuck on how to make this right. ...
Dear Diary,
There is so much coming at us these days, it’s hard to keep track. It’s hard to know how to respond. And it’s hard to distribute spoons appropriately.
A few nights ago, United States Congressman John Lewis — a towering figure of the Civil Rights Era and continuing vocal proponent for racial justice — died at age 80. I’d like to use my spoons to honor his legacy. ...
Dear Diary,
I have been doing three things over the past several weeks, and only three things.
1. Taking action for anti-racism in my school district.
2. Reading and rereading Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD.
3. Ruminating on trust. Especially trusting ourselves and why some folks can learn to do it and others, well, can’t. ...
On June 23, 2020, the school board in our little Oregon town passed an Anti-Racism Resolution (see screenshot at the bottom of this post). The vote was 5-1. Five voted yes. One was unable to attend the meeting but sent a message of support. And one board member voted no.
That no vote was from the board member who represents my area of the school district. And I’ve spent every day since trying to simultaneously find out why and also ask him to rescind that vote and support anti-racism in our schools because that’s what people of color in our district are asking us to do. ...
