My Virtual Reality
My son has a virtual reality system. To play, you put on an eye mask that looks like overgrown ski goggles. Then the headphones come next. Your mind accepts what is not real which is one of the reasons that no one is allowed to play with this system unsupervised. It is a wondrous thing…
Dancing As Fast As We Can
Poet and author Alice Walker wrote “hard times require furious dancing.” I love that image. We have a tradition in this house that when the work is done, or at least paused, whether the work has been challenging or just constant, it is time to dance. So thanks to Alexa, on goes the music and…
Toilet Training
Long ago at our summer cottage, my father posted a sign in the bathroom. It read “this toilet is out to get you” followed by a list of instructions on how and what to flush. Toilet design is better now – and yet in our IOKDS houses we do have some older style toilets that…