monicaFeb 6, 20219 minBlog Post From The Edge. "The character of a nation is related to how it treats its most vulnerable citizens." ~M. Gandhi For months--almost eleven months--I...
monicaAug 25, 20205 minOne Hour With A School Superintendent: Staff Forum, YouTube LIVE: August 2020Employees of an Upstate NY school district were invited to a live, one-hour YouTube forum with their Superintendent. Teachers and staff*...
monicaMay 19, 20202 minQuarantine WantsI started writing a draft of this while taking the class Writing and Motherhood, taught by Sally Bittner Bonn, courtesy of Writers &...
monicaMay 9, 20206 minBreaking I am so tired, I said to myself, but aloud, I said I am so tired of this. It wasn't an empathetic statement. It was an accusation.
monicaApr 29, 20202 minHelping Moms in NeedIt's no secret that over the past 7,000 weeks of quarantine I've been struggling. All you need to see is my face in a tiny box in your...
monicaApr 15, 20204 minThe Din WithinThere is a constant hum that is the score to everyday life now. It grows louder when I catch sound bytes of the day's or week's local,...
monicaApr 2, 20203 minGood Happenings at the Grocery StoreThree things happened yesterday that made my grocery shopping experience a fabulous escape from being inside with my kids for four days...
monicaMar 30, 20202 minQuarantweeningPart One My first online class: it was weird. It was done by demand: two kids in one class who wanted to just see their classmates and...
monicaMar 27, 20203 minGolden Hours & Silver LiningsHey! Are you okay? Should we be worried about you? my neighbor called across the Moehle-sized stretch of lawn that separates our houses....
monicaMar 24, 20203 minPuppies & rainbows. Or not. What the everloving hell, SkinnyPop Popcorn Cakes. Your box makes it look like there's oodles of salty rice cakes in there when actually...
monicaMar 22, 20204 minThe Zombie Apocalypse & Signs of LifeMost of yesterday and some of today was about the good things that can happen when we cook, bake, or share food with others in trying...
monicaMar 20, 20201 minDay 3.It was like this: Me: What do you guys want to do about lunch? Hey, everybody? Son #1: Mac-n-cheese. Son #2: I don't know. Daughter:...
monicaMar 19, 20203 minThe first daysDear Lord. Thank you for the internet. And liquor. These are the words I find myself repeating tonight: praise for two of humanity's...