On Uncertainty

I have been feeling a sense of unease over the past few weeks. I don’t really know where it’s been coming from. Is it because of the…everything? Or is it something more concrete? Who’s to say? I mean, there are definitely stressful things going on. I have been trying to learn to sit with the idea of uncertainty. My therapist…

Embrace Change

When this whole thing started, The Inside Times, I didn’t want to embrace the stretchy pants life. I honestly thought that if I resisted the idea of wearing elastic waistbands and sports bras I could either A) Hold the depression at bay or B) Hold the pandemic at bay. Spoiler – neither of things things happened. I fairly quickly fell…

Comes and Goes

Our dishwasher seems to have died. This means the mountain of dishes, which of course is never-ending, just keeps coming. We take turns washing and putting away, but at least when there was a dishwasher there was a place to put them and it was as though you could hide the dirty things you didn’t want to think about. Sort…

We’re Still Here.

We’re still inside. We’re still in a pandemic. Things are still, on a while, kind of shitty. I mean, they are if you’re paying attention anyway. I have managed to snag a temp job, which had ought to last for a few months (at least). I feel lucky in that I’m working – from home (!) – but also distressed…

Radio Dispatches from the Inside Times

As we all know, it’s now the Inside Times, the Quarantimes, the After Times, the Whatever Times. It’s affecting and effecting us all and there’s really no way around it. The world came to a sudden stop and for some it’s starting up again and for others it isn’t. I’m one of the others. I got laid off in early…