A Personal Note

Why I've been quiet.

I spent the last week wrestling with whether to publish, and what to say.

The state of the world has left me heartbroken. The internet is never short on discourse nor distractions, and it didn’t feel helpful to add to the din. 

Then the weekend arrived with an answer: We said goodbye to our beloved dog, Mia, my best friend for nearly 16 years and very fa…