Last week, during a rare lighthearted exchange in an otherwise understandably serious and sadly often contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Senator Hirono of Hawaii asked the Judge how she tended to the creative side of her life. Judge Brown Jackson, the first African-American Woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court,  replied that she had …

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Lee’s Apron for Rebecca Rebecca went back to DC over Labor day to see her family for the first time since March.  Keep in mind she used to travel back there every two weeks so it was surreal that what used to be incidental felt overwhelming.  Would it be safe in the airport? On the plane?  Should she take an …

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Handout on Coping During COVID First, this newsletter is dedicated to the frontline folks–doctors, nurses, EMT’s, police officers, transit workers, grocery store workers, sanitation workers, community leaders–who are out there keeping us safe.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Second, it’s dedicated to you and your wellbeing at this surreal and challenging time. This was a difficult newsletter …

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Rebecca–The Project We’ve been struggling over the best metaphor describe the collection of strategies that we use to feel renewed and revitalized.  This dilemma arose after we read one of Lisa Sonora-Beam’s newsletters where she quotes Jason Bourne (from Robert Ludlum’s Bourne Supremacy) that “Rest is a weapon”.  We love the message–rest being so essential to restoration and rejuvenation–but then we …

Arsenal, Fountain, Toolbox, Kit? Click to Read Post »