#Pocalypso | Blowing Minor Things Out of Proportion
2020-04-02 – One of my dysfunctional coping strategies is catastrophizing. I hit a little snag and my mind follows the snagged thread, step by step, to the eventual unraveling of […]
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#Pocalypso | Our House Is a Very Nice House
2020-04-01 – Many years ago, I came up with an idea to have a day dedicated to truth telling. I called it Diogenes Day after the ancient Greek guy who […]
#Pocalypso | A Happy Birthday in Quaran-time
2020-03-31 – Kit “blew” out her birthday candles over Zoom. So, there are ways to celebrate a birthday when you’re under self-quarantine. We took the dog for a three-mile walk. […]
#Pocalypso | The Sounds We Listen To
2020-03-30 – Our dog Rebe makes squirrel sounds! Or that’s what we thought when we were walking her through the sculpture park yesterday. Usually when she sees a squirrel, she […]
#Pocalypso | Hearing Yourself Play Guitar Weakens Self-Deception
2020-03-27 – Yesterday was too cold to bike. So after tele-work we had a dinner of sushi and I got set up form my online guitar class. We did the […]
#Pocalypso | Bridging the Abyss
2020-03-26 – The last step in getting out my client’s immigration petition was FedExing it to the Vermont Service Center of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. With social distancing […]
#Pocalypso | Getting Out When I Can
2020-03-25 – Spring colors were in the trees yesterday on Lake Shore Drive, particularly in the willows near Diversey Harbor. Spring colors in the trees are different from fall colors. […]
#Pocalypso | Overnight Text Message: Preocupada
2020-03-24 – If you see me putting the back of my wrist to my forehead in a kind of woe-is-me gesture, don’t worry. I’m not giving up. I’m just checking […]
#Pocalypso | Brothers Sitting Together in Unity
2020-03-23 – Welcome to ‘Pocalypso. This second Monday of the shut down is not much different from Mondays I’ve celebrated for the last six years. I’ve been a telecommuter for […]
The Real US Head of State Is Mitch McConnell
2020-02-10 – A lot has been said about the excessive power wielded by the senior Senator from Kentucky. I see that concern and would like to raise it to the […]
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