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3/31/2020

Out by 6 am, and while it was already 70°F, it was not humid so felt rather nice out. Clear on the the ground, although there was a light layer of clouds up high. That tends to make mornings brighter since the cloud layer reflects the light pollution. Not quite as...

3/30/2020 – Monday

It is weird to try and judge what is going on in the world around me when traffic and business is a flat line — just as busy at 6 am as at 6 pm. While Circle K on the corner of 7th and Monroe remains, as always, a bustling hub of activity, everything else is in stasis...

3/29/2020 – Sunday

This has, unintentionally, become a “life in the time of plague” blog, but I cannot write about what I see on my morning walks without commenting on the oddities I notice that are directly due to covid19 — the lack of traffic, the lack of people, the “closed” signs on...

3/28/2020 – Saturday (long form)

Today is Saturday, right? I had to check. I’ve gotten used to getting up and then “going to work” by wandering into my studio and powering up my computer and thus have become victim to calendar blindness. Not that I ever kept track of that well, to be honest. This...

3/27/2020 – Friday

Out by 6 am, and the birds were quiet again. (I guess they don’t wake up until seven?) Spring has hit hard, and the weather was a harbinger of mornings to come: damp, humid, and warm. [this is a photo I took yesterday of the amaryllis outside my front door, they only...

3/26/2020 – Thursday

Today was another very late start for us thanks to antihistamines. I appreciate antihistamines because I am grateful to be breathing during this extended pollen attack, and I appreciate the sleep, but…yeah. Running late. Interestingly when I got out (at 7 am, whoa, SO...