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3/19/2020 – Thursday

This is being written later than usual because my day is all wonky. Today is the first day of working from home for me due to the university administration’s reaction to #covid19, so while I got to sleep in a bit it also threw my whole morning routine into chaos. I do...

3/18/2020 – Wednesday

At 50 years old, I’ve lived through some shit — the peak of the AIDS epidemic, hurricanes (many), the fall the of the Berlin Wall and then the USSR, 9/11, two separate and catastrophic GOP coups of our government (ongoing), and innumerable international disasters that...

3/17/2020 – Tuesday

I woke up naturally at 3:45 am for no good reason, so we were out for our walk by 4:30 am. The difference between 4:30 and 5:30 is negligible, because unlike daytime where the position of the sun can drastically change the shadows and atmosphere, night time is mostly...

3/15/2020

It was a perfect and perfectly clear morning for a walk. Keely decided to go down to Lake Ella, which on Sunday mornings at 7 am is empty. There was one Lyft driver lounging about, waiting for a pickup request I suppose, and I wonder about the obvious: virus...

3/14/2020 – Saturday (longform)

Thanks to daylight savings last week, getting out at 7 am still meant “before dawn” which was fine, it was cool and mild and I do like watching the dawn unfold. Nothing seems out of place, for all the panic over covid19. Sidewalks were as empty as they ever are early...

3/13/2020 – Friday

A week for the history books ends on a quiet, misty spring morning. I know it’s spring, despite the mild temperature (60°F) because the thick cloying texture of pollen is in the air. If you see me in a face mask, know that it is not for any damn virus but for the...