The Great Exhaustion - Womentorship - Medium
What If Beneath The Great Resignation is a Deeper Existential Truth We Are All Ignoring? After nearly two years in and out of quarantine, my husband became the first of us to get Covid. Christmas plans thrown out the window. Fantastical dreams of finishing four books during the break turned into a few chapters here and there. As we all approach nearly 700 days of “unprecedented” pandemic-related events, we have been left with a rupture so great between friends and families that it may take an...
The Great Exhaustion - Womentorship - Medium
What If Beneath The Great Resignation is a Deeper Existential Truth We Are All Ignoring? After nearly two years in and out of quarantine, my husband became the first of us to get Covid. Christmas plans thrown out the window. Fantastical dreams of finishing four books during the break turned into a few chapters here and there. As we all approach nearly 700 days of “unprecedented” pandemic-related events, we have been left with a rupture so great between friends and families that it may take an...
Betty White Wasn’t Too Nice. She Was Just Nice Enough.
It felt sadly symbolic that a year largely defined by its unpleasant moments ended with the death of Betty White, the Nicest Woman In America.When she died Friday at the age of 99 and 347/365ths, Betty White remained what we telescope our mother or grandmother or favorite aunt to have been — a perpetually nice person, always upbeat, never a harsh word about anybody or anything. Without suggesting any negative inside information about Ms. White, that probably underestimates her. It makes her s...
Betty White Wasn’t Too Nice. She Was Just Nice Enough.
It felt sadly symbolic that a year largely defined by its unpleasant moments ended with the death of Betty White, the Nicest Woman In America.When she died Friday at the age of 99 and 347/365ths, Betty White remained what we telescope our mother or grandmother or favorite aunt to have been — a perpetually nice person, always upbeat, never a harsh word about anybody or anything. Without suggesting any negative inside information about Ms. White, that probably underestimates her. It makes her s...
61 Writing Contests in January 2022 — No entry fees
Pixabay This January there are more than four dozen writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and short plays. Prizes range from $60,000 to publication. None charge entry fees. Some of these contests have age and geographical restrictions, so read the instructions carefully. If you want to get a jump on next month’s contests go to Free Contests. Most of these contests are offered annually, so even if the deadline is past, you can prepare for next year. Good luck! __...
61 Writing Contests in January 2022 — No entry fees
Pixabay This January there are more than four dozen writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and short plays. Prizes range from $60,000 to publication. None charge entry fees. Some of these contests have age and geographical restrictions, so read the instructions carefully. If you want to get a jump on next month’s contests go to Free Contests. Most of these contests are offered annually, so even if the deadline is past, you can prepare for next year. Good luck! __...
Invisible: The Fault Lines of Motherhood - Human Parts
This Is Us https://medium.com/@catherinevictoriakapphahn?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Catherine Kapphahn https://medium.com/invisible-the-fault-lines-of-motherhood-3a5cdfdf6535?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Dec 22, 2021·8 min readWe take a few steps from our beds to remote teaching and remote learning, to four desks in three rooms. In our Queens, New York City apartment, we endure lock down, our entry into the pand...
Invisible: The Fault Lines of Motherhood - Human Parts
This Is Us https://medium.com/@catherinevictoriakapphahn?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Catherine Kapphahn https://medium.com/invisible-the-fault-lines-of-motherhood-3a5cdfdf6535?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Dec 22, 2021·8 min readWe take a few steps from our beds to remote teaching and remote learning, to four desks in three rooms. In our Queens, New York City apartment, we endure lock down, our entry into the pand...
Invisible: The Fault Lines of Motherhood - Human Parts
This Is Us https://medium.com/@catherinevictoriakapphahn?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Catherine Kapphahn https://medium.com/invisible-the-fault-lines-of-motherhood-3a5cdfdf6535?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Dec 22, 2021·8 min readWe take a few steps from our beds to remote teaching and remote learning, to four desks in three rooms. In our Queens, New York City apartment, we endure lock down, our entry into the pand...
Invisible: The Fault Lines of Motherhood - Human Parts
This Is Us https://medium.com/@catherinevictoriakapphahn?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Catherine Kapphahn https://medium.com/invisible-the-fault-lines-of-motherhood-3a5cdfdf6535?source=post_page-----3a5cdfdf6535----------------------------------- Dec 22, 2021·8 min readWe take a few steps from our beds to remote teaching and remote learning, to four desks in three rooms. In our Queens, New York City apartment, we endure lock down, our entry into the pand...
