Category Archives: Pandemic Days

Day 17: Kakerlakenpoker

Posted on 03/30/2020 by chick

Tonight we played Kakerlakenpoker (Cockroach Poker). Kakerlakenpoker is a card game with cards that feature creepy critters such as cockroaches, flies, and rats. It’s an interesting game, completely based on bluffing, and the kids get a kick out of it. … Continue reading →

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Day 16: Successes and Failures

Posted on 03/29/2020 by chick

The kids never got their last order of books before the library closed. Livia has now gone through most of the reading material she had on hand, and last night she asked me for more books, specifically stories about magic. … Continue reading →

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Day 15: Ow

Posted on 03/28/2020 by chick

This self-isolation time would be less annoying if my foot didn’t hurt so badly and I could walk without pain. I have been trying to wean myself off social media. The nonstop feed of bad news and misery is too … Continue reading →

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Day 13: No Winning

Posted on 03/26/2020 by chick

Yesterday one of my fellow teleworkers found out that the grocery store she’s been shopping at has an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. Her town, though smaller than mine, already has more cases, probably because it’s closer to Boston, … Continue reading →

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Day 12: Things We’ve Heard

Posted on 03/25/2020 by chick

Today I learned from a local news source that my town has not zero but “fewer than five” cases of coronavirus. As if that information is in any way helpful. I looked up the relationship between blood type and coronavirus, … Continue reading →

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Day 11: Death and a Bird

Posted on 03/24/2020 by chick

Today my Twitter feed was full of names of people who have died from coronavirus. It will get worse before it gets better, and I don’t know how we’ll stand it. For the sake of future context, here are the … Continue reading →

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Day 10: Limping into Spring

Posted on 03/23/2020 by chick

Today we had one of those famous New England spring snowstorms. Marshall and I went hiking in the woods as the snow was falling and it was, as always, beautiful. It’s good that we enjoyed the snow while it lasted, … Continue reading →

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Day 9: Trying Not to Think

Posted on 03/22/2020 by chick

I went for a walk in the woods today. I needed the exercise. Exercise helps me not to think about what’s going on in the world. But I still had to come back home, and now I am at home … Continue reading →

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Day 6: Acceptance, Hope, and “Picard”

Posted on 03/19/2020 by chick

Today we heard that Rhode Island schools will be closed for at least two more weeks. My husband doesn’t think the kids will be going back to school at all for this school year. That’s certainly possible. Some colleges have … Continue reading →

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Day 5: Coughs and Sneezes

Posted on 03/18/2020 by chick

It is now our 5th day of hunkering down. My hubby went to the bank today (he still has a business to run, after all), but excepting his one small outing, we haven’t been around other people for five days. … Continue reading →

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