A factory fresh laptop on the eighteen-month-anniversary of Quarantine? It’s as if the Universe is urging me toward this long neglected space, an open invitation to (try to) write my way through this chapter even though it might not be my favorite part of the story.

It’s been a year and then some, and wow. Just wow.

Which is why I am in desperate need of a good old fashioned creative challenge and so, here we go.