Question Time: What's Your Typical Day?

People often ask me this, and it's a hard question to answer.

Jackson Houser, who has more questions than a three-year-old (that’s a good thing!), this week poses a perennial one: “What is a typical day like for you?” It’s tough to answer because, perhaps to my detriment, my primary and enduring habit is flitting from one thing to another. “Virginia is like a bee, going from flower to flower,” my undergraduate thesis adviser once remarked to Steve.¹ I don’t have a typical day. But here’s a stab at an answer.