BreathinginBrooklyn

This week has actually been pretty good! These wins are super small, but I am going to take them. Though as I go through this, my goals are getting bigger. My first goal was small–lessen the idling by teachers by my neighborhood school, and I have noticed that some of them have stopped idling. (Yes,…

I have so many songs running through my head right now: “Baby, it’s cold outside,” because it is freezing this morning in New York (but will take a crazy turn later today); the song from the Troll movie, “I’m not giving up todayThere’s nothing getting in my way. And if you knock, knock me overI…

It is a rough start to 2022 (hence the lack of title), with COVID, working in the schools and so many unknowns. But I am SUPER proud of myself for starting this blog.  I mentioned it to a co-worker, who graduated recently from a Master’s program that requires cadaver dissection;  he offered something very interesting…

 I won’t lie. I don’t really understand the world of blogging. My free therapist (wonderful friend) and my paid therapist have both suggested it as a way to a) help me with my climate depression and b) maybe pass on some helpful information to someone. I absolutely believe that the information that I will share…

It has been an entire 6 days since I started writing this blog. I have written three entries and change is happening!! Is it big change? No. I still have not figured out how to convince local government to put traffic cops in charge of ticketing idling cars. I have not figured out how to…

I work for the Department of Education and recently approached my new principal about the excessive idling in front of our Brooklyn school. I was unsure how she would react; most people’s reactions to idling cars is a shrug. Her response was amazing; She agreed that idling had no place outside our school building. However,…

Technology has come such a long way in such a short time. When I watch t.v. with my kids, they can’t fathom that phones didn’t have cameras, you couldn’t just watch whatever movie you wanted whenever and for my youngest, why people are not wearing masks. For me, watching old Law & Order, SVU has…

 I won’t lie. I don’t really understand the world of blogging. My free therapist (wonderful friend) and my paid therapist have both suggested it as a way to a) help me with my climate depression and b) maybe pass on some helpful information to someone. I absolutely believe that the information that I will share…