M SCOVID Coping — Tuesday, April 14th, 2020Everyone’s normal brain functions are out of the picture now. Like being submerged in water and dissolving. If I don’t have my usual ways…Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Monday, April 14th, 2020We read “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda for journal club. He begs us to slow down, free ourselves from consumerism, welcome some…Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Sunday, April 12th, 2020The sun is bright enough to hurt a little, now. The mountains on both sides are covered in stark white snow. Sometimes when I look at our…Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Saturday, April 11th, 2020My daughter loves buses (“bah-bah!”) and every time after she’s watched one drive by she turns to me and signs “more”. She thinks that…Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Friday, April 10th, 2020The air is incredibly fresh here. The birds are all over, chattering, socializing in the alley. There are squirrels walking leisurely on…Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Thursday, April 9th, 2020Happy Passover. The store only had the wrong kind of matzo and we’re not going to go back for some more. Last year I tried to get a…Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Wednesday, April 8th, 2020It’s Passover and I am at home reclining. Things are settling down here (I knock on wood for the seventieth time today) and the survivor’s…Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Tuesday, April 7th, 2020A great big pink moon pulls some light up into the night sky bringing some stars with. Have I ever seen stars in Seattle before? I’ve…Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Monday, April 6th, 2020I went outside after bedtime where the nearly full moon was out at the same time as some low sunlight reflecting off the buildings…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
M SCOVID Coping — Sunday, April 5th, 2020All weekend I’ve been listening to the Hamilton soundtrack for the first time. I’m so very much five years late to this, I know, but in…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020