A week that felt like a turning point, almost two months into shelter-in-place.
Tag: frustrations

Pandemic journal: Day 46
Tuesday, April 28, 8:26 AM Day 46 of voluntary social distancing, Day 43 of county shelter-in-place, Day 40 of statewide …

Pandemic journal: Days 43 & 44
A trio of frustrations: pandemic friendship, my parents, my non-fluency in Mandarin.

Parenting journal: Reversals
I'm typing this on my iPad, with difficulty, from an awkward position on the bed, because it's the only place …

The difficulty of trying to talk to people
One person's "politics" is another person's life-or-death.

Two very different practice paintings
I go from the freeform to the meticulous, and both leave me simultaneously pleased and dissatisfied. I feel I should …
What stresses me out
I'm sitting here eating chocolate and fretting without knowing why. I feel stressed this afternoon and there's no good reason, …