What is your worst fear? What would be the worst thing that could happen to you? The one thing you would want to avoid at all costs? Ending up in hospital with coronavirus or cancer or some worse disease? Having a cop put his knee on your neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds? Losing … Continue reading Your Worst Fear
My mother thinks the coronavirus is a global conspiracy meant to 1) kill off people (because there are too many of us around) and 2) enable those who unleashed it to profit from it and “rearrange the global order”. I tell her the numbers. I tell her that people are really dying, that this virus … Continue reading Coronavirus Conspiracies and My Mother
When I was a kid, I used to hate Mondays. I used to hate having to get up early in the morning, get dressed, and walk to school. My teeth were often clattering as I got dressed—I was always cold even if it wasn’t necessarily cold in the house. I felt weak and watery and … Continue reading I Love Mondays—Don’t You?
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