I laughed so hard at your description of the young journalist in training because her face really does look exactly like that statue when she's about to cry, down to the smoothness of her face. Laughed while reading this several times: "No one in the room understood the words she used, but we all felt they must be important."
Also I did not know about the bot that converts to audio 😱
Same! I am a full-time faculty member at a university that has quite reasonable WFH policies (3 days/5 office hours per week on campus plus in-person teaching responsibilities), and whenever I bring the almost-3 and 0.5-year-old on a different day, there is much delight.
I laughed so hard at your description of the young journalist in training because her face really does look exactly like that statue when she's about to cry, down to the smoothness of her face. Laughed while reading this several times: "No one in the room understood the words she used, but we all felt they must be important."
Also I did not know about the bot that converts to audio 😱
It's.... amazing. I have to listen to most things these days, so I appreciate all the kinds of audio tech I can get!
Same! I am a full-time faculty member at a university that has quite reasonable WFH policies (3 days/5 office hours per week on campus plus in-person teaching responsibilities), and whenever I bring the almost-3 and 0.5-year-old on a different day, there is much delight.
"Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone."
"If I should be called a stranger, you know it would make me more than sad"
"Met a Ghost of a King on a road"
"people are tender
though they might just seem hard
our shields and protection
guard our tender little hearts"