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  • Sick Day Ponderings

    I’m sick today. Not deathly so (so, probably not flu?) and afebrile, so I definitely did not meet (unspoken) criteria to stay home from work, but I’m wearing a mask in the patient rooms…

    January 27, 2026
  • life Reading

    Follow Up

    Thank you for all of your wisdom (applied gently and thoughtfully!) related to yesterday’s post, including the reminder that I will probably be sad when life isn’t so full of parenting duties. I don’t…

    June 26, 2025
  • life Reading

    State Wake-Up Call

    Literally . . . Someone accidentally woke up our entire state (well, anyone with an iPhone and the emergency alert system activated) at 4:45 am with an emergency broadcast system notification (ie, that blaring…

    April 20, 2023
  • COVID19 Reading

    Books & The Passage of Time

    I have read 2 books this month which rank among my favorites EVER: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai and this one which I read in 3 days (it’s very readable and not long):…

    June 16, 2022
  • 4000 Weeks and our Very Finite Lives

    I just finished Oliver Burkeman’s 4000 Weeks. I thought it was excellent. Even though sometimes I felt judged (in a gentle way — as he argues effectively that the idea of ‘controlling one’s time’…

    November 18, 2021
  • life Reading Work

    Call & Staying in the Present

    YESTERDAY I didn’t post yesterday because Tuesday night had been a very interrupted night of sleep (night #1/7 of call), and at 1 AM I committed to sleeping in as long as possible. (It…

    January 28, 2021
  • Reading

    Reading Life Etc

    Life was feeling really out of control last week BUT I feel like I have been able to corral everything over the past few days. And I feel about 1000x better. I still have…

    October 27, 2020
  • COVID19 Planners Reading

    Day 152: 5 on a Friday

    Have not used this format in a while! Here we go . . . 1– Pen ratings from The Imani Michelle. I follow Imani on instagram and I love her planning style (“lawyer and…

    August 14, 2020