Can you be someone’s buddy if you haven’t agreed, don’t know, and aren’t changing your behavior from what you’d normally do? These are the kinds of questions I ponder while Zadie, my friend’s dog, makes her home-away-from-home with us while her family’s away for several weeks and one of my kids is pet sitting. There … Continue reading Buddy by Default
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The Perils of a Bucket List
Spoiler alert: this is not a typical post. It deals with some challenging and sad or disturbing topics. I don’t blame you if you don’t want to read on. Writing blogs is a way for me to process challenging experiences and emotions. And so, I wrote this one. I never thought about Pettigrew’s bucket list, … Continue reading The Perils of a Bucket List
Tumbling Down the COVID Hole
Like Alice in Wonderland who found herself in a topsy-turvy world when she followed the rabbit down a hole, my family was turned upside down a few weeks ago when first one, and then another came down with COVID. In educational circles there’s a concept called windows and mirrors. Loosely defined it refers to how … Continue reading Tumbling Down the COVID Hole
Ruth Polk 