#Pocalypso | Sometimes My Eyes Water and My Throat Tightens
2020-04-07 – Sometimes I cry. I could tell you that I’m getting “it,” but that’s not what’s going on. Sure, my eyes are watering and my throat feels tight. My […]
Tag Archives: Life
#Pocalypso | Dog-Walking Tactics
2020-04-06 – My dog Rebe seems afraid when I walk her past certain spots. She cowers or even lays down to avoid continuing. I’m not sure what she’s afraid of. […]
#Pocalypso | Is it Really Necessary to Spit in Public?
2020-04-03 – So Lori Lightfoot closed the lakefront. The lakefront is one of my favorite places to ride my bike, but I happened to drive by last week and saw […]
#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 […]
#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. […]
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