One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus This month marks year nineteen in my career as a public servant. Although I would never have admitted it at the time, I brought a set of hopes and expectations of what service entails. I wasn’t naïve enough…

In which mysteries are encountered, yet rarely solved. Logic would suggest that I should have begun writing with this post. Kentucky Route Zero is the inspiration for this space, with its breathless mix of magical realism, forgotten geography and southern soundscapes. Much has been written…

It’s been a couple of months since I last visited this space. My original intention was to write every week, or at least two weeks. Intention and reality are often two separate things, however. The good news: we’ve been in school for two months, and haven’t all died in a…

This week marks five months since schools closed in my district. As we prepared to open to students once more, uncertainty is the order of the day. How can schools open safely? Should my child return in person, or online? Given the constraints of personal and professional life, is that…