Yesterday, we expanded our quaranteam to include the family across the street. It has been 70 days since their son (age 11) and our boys (12, 9, 6) saw each other, or anyone…

Jack and I are watching an episode (or two) of Rosemary and Thyme every night. We have made our way through Father Brown first, and then Murder She Wrote, and then Magnum PI,…

I’ve been somewhat at loose ends all day. Reopening is causing me much more anxiety and insecurity than closing did. It makes sense – we are all already weary from two-plus months of…

Cinnamon muffins are baking, sausage is frying, I’m about to make scrambled eggs with green pepper and cheddar for the Prof and me (our children do NOT eat eggs, except Craig on occasion).…

I keep track of the weeks on our kitchen white board (an item that Current Me thanks Past Me for daily. Way to go, 2-months-younger-RG! That was a solid panic-buy.) Otherwise they’d all…