Thank you for nominating me Jenn Smukler for this 5-fact challenge. Here are mine:

1) I, too, really love humans, especially young ones.

2) For over a decade, I’ve made it a habit to smile at people, hold my smile just a bit, then see what I get back. Most people smile back, and I have actually found people more responsive than ever over the past year. My gut is, we need uplift and each other more than ever.

3) My backyard abuts a farm with two giant willow trees who have seen a lot more than I have, and who help me feel grounded.

4) I walk the same woods each day with my dog, and I treasure being part of a community of people who do the same.

5) I love food, especially cheese, but I just can’t make friends with mayonnaise (even when it dresses up and calls itself aioli).

I challenge Shalini B Bahl, PhD, Hanna Siegel, Ryan Rose Weaver (she/hers), Missy Sherburne and Amy Blankson :)