Liza

Well, it’s been a hell of a month, again. When is it not? There is always a good reason not to sit down and start typing. I was complaining about my attention span a few months ago, but it has gotten so much worse. And I blame the American college application process. It has sucked up all my energy and turned my brain into a constant hamster wheel of fruitless analysis and speculation. As a European mother who can’t even remember sending an application anywhere on her own behalf,...

There is an expression in French, derived, it would seem, from a government and administration-centric culture, prone to strikes and work disruptions of all kinds. “Le service minimum”, or “faire le service minimum”, whose meaning is quite transparent, obviously. Maintaining a bare-minimum level of service that doesn’t give an extra inch of time or commitment to the institution you report to, or its customers for that matter.And I’m afraid this is exactly where I am these days, folks....

Things have been on the blah side lately around here.When do I ever NOT say that these days?It’s true that between the punishing winter and the long hours spent at home, I have been struggling to muster much enthusiasm for anything.And then came the war -, or should I say the “excursion”, like an episode of Bombs on the Beach or something? Just when I thought my phone and screen habits were getting better. I spent the better part of last weekend refreshing various news websites and social...