reflecting on various topics
Today was pretty good. The people affected by the fires are still on my mind. I read the news a bit. Really horrific things are happening. It’s hard to know sometimes how to process things like that while also taking care of kids, etc. (Here is a list of helping organizations). We played dominos and …
I’m thinking of everyone affected by the southern CA fires, right now. It’s a lot of people that I know. I used to live in that area, as did a lot of my ancestors. A family farm (started a few generations back) in that area burned down completely a few years ago, as did the …
This blog post is holding space. Holding space for bad things that are happening today in the political world. Holding space for the memories of bad things that happened a year ago, today, too. I don’t want to talk. What I want to do is scream, cry, break things. Simultaneously angry and dissociated. Holding space.
ways that I think people are smart – the concept of a social safety net. This was a good idea – all of the effort that has gone into researching and creating vaccines. Very smart. – inventing chocolate – nuclear power plants – Eli Whitney and the cotton gin – stretch jeans – Black Friday …
I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the people who should be acknowledged, and to also not acknowledge the people who shouldn’t be acknowledged. I’ll start with my least favorite male celebrities: I’m imagining an image. I won’t say his name. orange. ok Next: favorite male celebrities: Ryan Gosling via GIPHY First off, …
I thought it would be fun to occasionally write my opinion about random things. Ignore this if it’s weird, I know that it’s weird. ok. so. trees. Trees are good. I’m a big fan of most trees, especially Christmas trees, also willow trees, eucalyptus trees, most pine trees (especially redwoods), Indian Paintbrush trees, and trees …
It’s been kind of hard for me, the past few days, because I know school starts again soon, and I’m really enjoying seeing my kids. There has been lots of snuggling. Today I finally set up a chess board I got months ago, and got to play with my oldest. ♥️ I haven’t played chess …
(by the way- I don’t think I’ve introduced you to my piano- this is it! it’s a Chickering. it’s been in my family for four generations. it’s a player piano and has a pump pedal in the base 🙂 it’s lost some keys, and some have stopped playing- something I’m hoping to get fixed soon) …
I’ve posted random piano clips in a few places; thought I’d centralize them. I’m singing in some of them. They’re all very casual, with lots of mistakes. (will add posts as I find them) August 29, 2022 These ones were originally shared semi-privately on Facebook, as sort of a very feeble effort on my part …
I thought I’d make a post that has my karaoke videos on it, as sort of a centering place. A few years ago, some friends and I started sharing karaoke videos on Twitter with the hashtag #karaokewithcatharine or #weekendkaraokechallenge. It was really fun. I was so happy to see what everyone shared. Some of my …
