November was a full month, personally and professionally. On the personal side, I gained a daughter-in-law on my birthday (welcome to the family, Patience!). On the professional side, I got to explore eight new favorite stories at SmartBrief. I’ve also added the most-clicked story for each brief so you can see what captured people’s interest […]
Make yourself at home
GRATEFUL “Make yourself at home” My sister-in-law has a little magnet on the extra refrigerator in her laundry room that says “make yourself at home.” (I tried to grab a quick picture of it on Thanksgiving Day, but the picture turned out blurry, so no visuals — just trust me!).. The reason I took that […]
Telling Layla’s story
GRIEF I didn’t understand when I volunteered to help write biographies of transgender people who had been murdered in 2020 exactly what the plan was. (I’m sure that had all been explained in a meeting, but I was new to the group.) In short, we were assigned to write a longer biography that would be […]
It was smart not to cancel
CANCEL I started playing Lumosity regularly again a few months ago. I had played it for a few months in late 2016/early 2017, because I felt a strong need to keep my brain engaged. Living with a person who has dementia, as was the case for us at the time, rapidly makes you worried about […]
Geniuses, a better toilet in space and more
I usually write my “favorite stories from last month” wrapup on the first Sunday of each month, but last week I felt compelled to write about voting and common decency. Now that we at least have results from the election, it’s back to regularly scheduled programming with my favorite SmartBrief stories from October. BoardSource I […]
Voting and common decency
VOTE I attended Souls to the Polls here in Tallahassee today. I’ve never been to a Souls to the Polls before, and I’m sorry that’s the case. But they’re on my radar now! Obviously with only one under my belt, I’m not an expert, but the most basic idea is to encourage church congregants to […]