Emotions run high these days. People get upset about little things. They rail against the new limitations. They take it personally that others don’t hold the same beliefs. Sometimes, this negativity spills out in odd ways. Living in a condominium with 419 units, it’s hard to find someone who isn’t nursing a long-held resentment. You […]
Pandemic (Comic) Relief: Author Unknown
I know that many “lists” circulate on Facebook and via email. This one came to me from a friend in Paris. Unfortunately, the author is unknown. Some of her (?) one-liners made think and most made me “laugh out loud.” Can’t we all use a good laugh just about now? Can we uninstall 2020 […]
My Sorority Sisters, Myself
A month ago, 19 of my sorority sisters logged on to our first Zoom reunion. We’ve been meeting weekly ever since. A few minutes before the start of this past week’s session, I happened on an essay about “the Iotas” in a rarely-visited directory on my laptop. The piece, written eleven years ago when Consequential […]
Mask 101: If not now, when?
Eventually, we all might be wearing masks — and not in the metaphorical sense. My first three were gifts. A member of the Board of Directors gave me the kind our workers wear. Friends in Long Island mailed me a non-sterile surgical mask. And a friend who shall remain nameless gave me an N95 — […]
Reckoning with the New Different: People “Get It” in Their Own Time
We “buy” the idea of change — newness — difference — when we’re ready. Whether it’s a new product or an idea, a tech advance, or a “novel” virus, each of us responds at different rates. ♦ How have you progressed along the pandemic curve? Have you heeded some/all of the advice from the “innovators” (“brave people, […]