(Picture from here.) With the advent of COVID-19, the state of the farm is intimately connected to the state of the country. So, we’ll start with that. This is the beginning of week 2 staying at home. Draper Labs (my employer) … Continue reading
I’ve started today’s blogpost so many times that, in Australia, it’s already Tuesday. I can’t see why anyone would want to hear about the aftermath of bushfires when we’re all doing the COVID-19 thing. I’m at risk for the virus … Continue reading
I want to talk about today the wonderfulness of endorphins, especially for women of a certain age.
Continue readingI just got a text from close friend in Seattle. Her husband, one of my very close friends, is in full remission from leukemia—and as a result of timing, his transplanted cells have not recovered adequate immunity. She and her … Continue reading
I was twelve, I think, when I discovered Berton Roueche, a features writer who had a column called “The Annals of Medicine” in the New Yorker for something like five decades. I believe the Weekly Science Reader (or something like … Continue reading
Finally, autumn is here. We still have fires, but the ones closest to me blinked out a few days ago and the others will follow them soon. We’re not through the season entirely, but we only have six weeks of … Continue reading
The fires are not yet out. Most of them are, and the air is mostly clear but… the fires are not yet out. That’s why this post is shorter than earlier ones. I’m so tired. I have a new book … Continue reading
It’s Sunday afternoon and in the background on the TV is the charity concert raising money. A whole day of music by big names. One band talked about which members of the band had families who have lost everything . … Continue reading
This week I wanted to give you a bit of an insight into different views of the fires. That means lots of links and some quite scary pictures. I’ll finish on a happier note, I promise. First, a perfectly normal … Continue reading
We were all so sane and calm and efficient until now. An exemplary people doing amazing things in a terribly trying time. My friend Conor, who visited his parents for Christmas and spent the early part of the year defending … Continue reading
