Monthly Archives: May 2020

We got a phone call from our school system this evening. It was a poll. They wanted to know… If school were to open for the fall, would we need busing? Given the pandemic situation, would we refuse to send … Continue reading →

I am grateful to all the previous generations of human beings that caught and subsequently softened the common cold viruses into the mild diseases that they are now. Novel viruses are a bitch, as we are all learning now. Being … Continue reading →

Our day started a little earlier that usual, because my husband had to go to the school to return some books and also to pick up the stuff our kids had left there. It’s sad that the kids didn’t get … Continue reading →

Tonight I finished the book I’ve been reading for a while, Greenglass House by Kate Milford. The pace at the beginning of the story was painfully slow, but after a while I realized that part of the problem was that … Continue reading →

Some of my book orders came today. I will have to wait to look at them, though, because they’ve gone to quarantine, as most things have to do when they arrive. We also finally got the pulse oximeter that my … Continue reading →

I did almost nothing today. Doing nothing is starting to become the norm for me on Sunday. Some people might say that was a good thing, calling it a “day of rest,” but you only need a day of rest … Continue reading →

All their lives, my children have been told to stay away from the road. Roads are never safe places for children. Ours is a main road, with fast and nearly constant traffic, so it’s worse than some. But, it’s safe … Continue reading →

I still get weekly e-mails from a particular cruise line. Even in the middle of this pandemic, the company is trying to convince me to willingly confine myself and my family on a ship that could become floating death trap. … Continue reading →

We can’t watch the pandemic unfolding in real-time. Coronavirus starts with one person, then spreads exponentially, but we can’t witness the individual catching or spreading it. We don’t even know it has happened until critically ill patients start hitting the … Continue reading →

It’s always been pretty common for people to use the word “well” in e-mails, as in “I hope you are well.” Under ordinary circumstances it’s just polite filler and it doesn’t really mean anything. Wellness used to be the norm, … Continue reading →