I have a running to-do list of chores that will never be to-done. This list is an elegy to cutlery drawers that will never be organized. There’s never time to do anything beyond what is absolutely necessary, and not just because busyspeak i…
…s the reigning vernacular—I’ve soooo much to do! And yet, I really do have to make lunch for two little people who will not eat it the next day. And yet, climate change is upon us. I should do something, and now! But I have a mortgage, a job, college funds, and a modestly embarrassing dance class that I have to attend in order to stave off insanity.