...blog?

Today is March 20, 2020. It is 8:45 am PST.

And it is an unprecedented time. 

Individuals all around the globe are mostly shut away from the outside world due to an invisible virus sweeping through our world, countries, cities, towns, neighborhoods. Taking victims mercilessly. 

With no clear indication of when these shelter-in-place orders will end.

And as I spend hours sitting at my dining room table, frantically creating an online course for undergraduates (face-to-face teaching is my day job and the show must go on), something began to stir up inside of me. Perhaps the small sprout that had emerged from a tiny seed within me--one that has always been there, planted from way before I can remember, one that has been able to grow in some ways but is thwarted in others--started to sprout new branches. 

I'll call this plant my muse (can imaginary plants be muses?). A metaphor for creativity. For building, making, creating. Generally, it inspires me to write--poetry, books for children, short stories. But with the quiet of my window-side, make-shift desk during this moment of stillness, the plant is growing. It's urging me to do. Branch out in my creating, building, making.

So, I started this blog, which I am calling "in a time of need..." Because in this time of need, it is urging me to be creative in ways that my regularly scheduled, day-to-day life does not usually afford. 

Thus, my plan for this blog is to reflect, which is a practice I think is good for the soul anyway. 

to 

reflect

to 

play

to 

build 

and make 

and create

and share 

some insights 

about myself.

to journal

to share

to use as a 

tool to heal 

during

this time 

of need. 

For me.

And to grow.

Join me?