Please change Gallery view so that my own image is really tiny in the corner of the screen, the way it appears in Microsoft Teams, while everyone else’s image is full-sized. I’d like my Hollywood Square to be…
I’ve learned that on Zoom, reading glasses are a good substitute for eye makeup. Makes sense, right? They make your eyes look bigger. Plus reading glasses are much faster to remove. Extra hint: if it’s a business meeting, go for…
In April, when the CDC announced that masks were a good idea, after all, probably, my younger daughter and I went full-on Little Women, stitching supplies for the beleaguered Union troops. Our first…
Despite the devastation of the pandemic, we are all, always, looking for the silver linings. Yes, there is illness and death and mind-boggling economic dislocation – but look how many people have discovered the joys of baking with sourdough!!
Last week, I received a fat envelope, postmarked from Arizona, from the Department of Economic Security. Never having heard of the Department of Economic Security, I nearly tossed it; but opening it on a whim, I found the cutest little…
Song of the Plague #3! Featuring the inimitable Julia Ansolabehere on the clarinet. Other stuff done by me. Special thanks to Steve Ansolabehere for filming the action sequence.
It is unseasonably warm day in late February. It’s been a mild winter, but a long one: November brought bitter cold and snow typical of January, and while we haven’t had much in the way of snow or ice since…