Day 9. How about a party?

Day 9. How about a party?

Have you heard of the House Party app? It’s like Zoom or Skype – we can connect and people can come and go. Who would be up for a virtual party with drinks and snacks this coming Friday? All you have to do is download the app – I’ll figure out...
Day 8. Dialing back…

Day 8. Dialing back…

Yesterday was quite a post, took a long while to write and think about. Today I’ve been Zoom-ing and Skype-ing and Whats-Apping a lot. The result is a much shorter post today. But size isn’t everything! In fact, I can put a lot in a small space (you should...
Day 7. Skeered.

Day 7. Skeered.

I was too subtle in my last post. A very dear friend, one of my writing group buddies, wrote to cheer me on for being honest about my fears yesterday. But I wasn’t all that honest. I have been tearing up a few times a day, but even before the coronavirus I have...
Day 6. I now hate these “Day #” titles.

Day 6. I now hate these “Day #” titles.

Ramon doesn’t know all the answers to the things I’m concerned about, which I told him is not very helpful. It would be really nice to have some certainty. Reminds me of that Sheryl Crow song from the 90s, Strong Enough: “Lie to me, I promise...
Day 5. How can it only be five days?

Day 5. How can it only be five days?

Is time intentionally slowing? Are we facing not only viruses but eddies in the space-time continuum? (h/t to Douglas Adams) Has everyone been getting 1000s of emails from the companies where you do business on how ON TOP OF IT they are vis-a-vis the coronavirus? I...
Day 4. Comical Carrefour

Day 4. Comical Carrefour

Made it to Carrefour today! And made a promise with our regular driver, Ibrahim, to go every week. That way we get some time out of the house, and Ibrahim makes a bit of cash. Of course, if we eat everything we bought today in just one week, we’ll be in big...