What I’ve learned About Researching My Grandmother
Regina, my mother’s mother, was not very nice. I have no warm, fuzzy memories of her. In fact, she was just downright mean. Regina was 5’ 2“ with dark brown hair and deep blue eyes. She was the second eldest daughter, one of eight siblings.
read moreWhy Multitasking Reduces Quality and Intelligence
For years, the term “multitasking” was the thing to do. Do more than one job at a time, and do them all very well. That’s what the experts told us and how we would get ahead. Experts define it this way: Performing two or more tasks simultaneously Switching back and...
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My Pandemic Brain
It all started with the onlaught of Zoom meetings. I called it the Zoom Apocalypse. Zoom meetings were busting out all over my inbox. It got to the point where I couldn’t keep them straight. I was worried I’d miss a meeting; not sure which one was in what group? What time? They began to run over each other.
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We Are Not All Getting Through This together and I’m Not Ready to Get My Hair Cut
We keep hearing that “We are all in this together.” I’m betting there is a large segment of society that would not agree: They have lost their jobs. They’ve lost their business. They lost their home. They’ve lost a friend or family member to the virus. We are...
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Zoom Gloom – Or How I Survived the Zoom Apocalypse
When all this “sheltering in place” began here in Northern California a month ago, going online for my writer’s group meeting was a novelty. We are fortunate to have a Zoom guru at our club who set it up, and she helped our speaker show their slides for the presentation.
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Distraction in The Time Of The Corona Virus
Like everyone in Northern California on physical “Lock Down,” all that was a familiar part of my day is now gone. It didn’t happen all at once, but drip by drip, my life grew smaller and smaller.
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