A Better World

Three-panel stick-figure comic. A speaker on a podium says everyone hates springing forward but loves falling back, so they propose abolishing the spring time change only, gaining an hour eve

A Better World

The White Space in Your Calendar is a Service to Your Community

Reframing unscheduled time Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I had a super busy life. During the 2019-2020 school year, for example, I was finishing my dissertation[[1]] and teaching graduate-level teacher preparation classes at the University of Washington. I was coaching novice teachers all over the region,

Culture

How to Rest

Uncomfortable truths that you probably won’t like, from someone who’s been forced to rest a lot. Rest! It’s the best! Or at any rate, rest would be the best if it weren’t so stupidly hard to pull off. Sure, it’s hard to carve out the