Still, every night, I watch a show with Jack before he goes to bed. He wears this green knitted beanie these days. Styles his long bangs out the front of it, across his…

Requiem was written by Eliza Gilkyson after the 2004 tsunami that killed 230,000 people. These days the lyrics resonate. The current COVID-19 death toll is 3 million people and climbing – Brazil is…

It’s a rainy morning, in a spate of rainy mornings. I think April 2021 is the second rainiest April in the history of New Orleans, so far – we’ve had major thunderstorms mixed…

Jack got an iPhone. “Wait until eighth” is the phrase (meaning 8th grade), and he is almost there, and we are letting him babysit his brothers for hours now. It was the right…

G’morning. Update: I am half-vaccinated, soon to be full-vaccinated as of Tuesday. My in-laws are vaccinated. My parents are vaccinated. We are arranging visits where we don’t have to quarantine ahead of time.…