"Don't you think its strange, things just change."

This isn't what I planned to write, but grief had another agenda.

Drawing by John Rowan.

Last month, I decided to start a new check-in with you on Fridays—with thoughts, recommendations, and randomness.

I’d planned that for last week and this week (I was OOTO the previous two weeks).

But then someone I loved, someone who was once a significant part of my life, died. And it derailed me. I am still processing this, and I…