Be good to yourself

I still can’t seem to get the right words together for how I feel about This New Normal. Like other strange and scary times I’ve been through, I probably won’t make sense of any of my feelings until months or even years from now. In this moment, I will try to just be grateful for all the blessings I have — I’m healthy, my whole family is healthy, I’m employed, I live with a loving partner — and try not to overthink the fact that my brain feels like the static fuzz of an old TV. And let’s not dive too deep into my psyche anyway, because I cracked open this blog today to tell you about Johnnie Frierson.

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Commitments Day

I realize I'm posting about St. Patrick's Day a little too late, depending which time zone you're reading this in. Even if you're on the east coast, like I am, you might have already committed hard to St. Paddy and started drinking at 11am, which means you'll be taking a nap soon. But if you're a nerd like me who's not going out, and/or you still need evening plans, let me suggest a different type of commitment. Specifically: THE Commitments.

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