nurse. nerd. nomad.
I work both as a faculty person at a university and a clinical family nurse practitioner. This means some days, I have a butt-in-seat job where my presence is required in a certain place— to give healthcare or facilitate a class— and sometimes, my work is self-directed and self-paced. It’s relatively easy to balance the... Continue Reading →
2020 has been a brutal year. It's as if violence is airborne, along with the coronavirus, traveling into all parts of our lives. Work. School. Grocery shopping. Dinner. Bedtime. And of course, the news. I won’t abandon the news because I really believe I need to know what’s happening around me. The news has always... Continue Reading →
In 2020, reading the news has often felt stressful and intense. The events themselves are troubling, but there is an added layer of distress when the truth we observe is contradicted by official reports from authority figures. This is not imaginary-- it’s a result of psychological manipulation used to advance political agendas. It also suggests,... Continue Reading →
You can’t do the thing you wanted to do (thanks, COVID). It's a bummer. Lots of things are bummers these days. But. . . what might not have been on your agenda before that you now have time and space for? For Max and me, it was driving down to San Diego and meandering back... Continue Reading →
In what feels increasingly like a dystopia, a line from The Hunger Games seems like a fitting place to start. Right now, there is a wave of protest spreading deep and wide. It is astounding. All kinds of people, from those on the perpetual protest circuit to those who’ve never been engaged in anything more... Continue Reading →
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