Category: Love in the Time of Coronavirus
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Day Eleven: The Letter and the Spirit
I’m really good at rationalizing things. I’m like a contortionist of justifications. I earned these Jelly Belly by going for a run (in a mask, no less!) I can stay up for just one more episode because I slept a little later than I meant to this morning, and I’m more likely to sleep if…
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Day Ten: Is This Really Necessary?
Colorado has now been told to wear masks in public. I don’t say ordered, because enforcement isn’t clear, but it also isn’t a suggestion. We’ve been told to use t-shirts if we must. T-shirts. In the richest nation in the world. Sit with that for a moment. Today I went for a walk in a…
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Day Nine: Victory Garden
We started some seeds today. It’s gray outside again, and it was good to remind ourselves that spring is not just something we made up to make ourselves feel better. On Sunday, I’ll see if I can rejuvenate one of my old raised beds and get some lettuce going. I’ve been craving salad, but can’t…
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Day Eight: Controlling Your News Diet
I spent part of my day looking at ourworldindata.org’s fantastic COVID19 coverage. It’s a phenomenal breakdown of the data coming across the news broadcasts. And, honestly, the news isn’t good. It was an alarming dive into a giant pool of information, explained and graphed out in far more depth than the media can typically produce.…
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Day Seven: Class in America
Articles in the Times and the Buzzfeed are good reminders of just how privileged we are. I include in this statement everyone who is reading this on a computer, or has the option to. I’ve been thinking a lot about the folks I worked with doing supportive services in low-income housing. Even those who joined…
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Day Six: Socially Distant
There is something very strange about living through this global crisis in a relatively small, semi-rural community. It feels very far away. It feels like something that is happening to other people. This is dangerous, and we must all be on guard against not taking this seriously enough. My town is incredibly fortunate. Most of…
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Day Five: Spooky
I went for a long walk today. I went to places that are usually lively. Empty places. The low angle might get a little monotonous, but I felt like it might convey how haunted these hubs of Evergreen life felt. Signing off. Stay safe, everyone, and take care of each other.
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Day Four: Big Numbers
Dr. Anthony Fauci said today that we may lose 100,000 to 200,000 people to this. It strikes me that this is a rather large +/- window. It also made me realize that I desperately needed some context. Humans are bad at comprehending large numbers. It just wasn’t relevant when we were evolving. This article has…
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Reassurance on the Trails
As so many of us, I am hunkering down for the duration. I live with my 81-year-old mum, who has asthma. I may not be at such high risk, but I sure don’t want to bring anything home to her! But it is in times of crisis when we, as humans, are most in need…