We are zooming through the month of May, and I’ve written nary a word on Without Obligation. Time to rectify that. The title of today’s post, “The Impossible Corner,” sounds like it could be describing the constant existential threats U.S. democracy is facing at the hands of Donald Trump, his sycophantic enablers, and the billionaire monopolists. While I could shout at length about all of these topics (like Trump’s outright theft of $1.776 billion from…
In March, I had to go to Chicago for a work conference and Erik came with (he is the BEST traveling companion!). While there, we were fortunate to be able to visit the Field Museum at an after-hours party hosted by one of the conference vendors. I had never been to the Field Museum before, but it’s one of those museums that is spoken of with awe in the museum community. They are known for…
I have written about notebooks before on my blog, specifically my calendar journals here and here. I’m surprised, however, that I’ve never discussed my three notebook system for writing and staying organized. At any given time, I always have three notebooks going. One is the aforementioned calendar journal, which contains enough space for me to jot the important happenings of each day of the year. I’ve been keeping a calendar journal for decades now, so…