Greetings fellow witnesses to history. Today was Easter and the celebration of this holiday has been turned on its head by the pandemic. New York continues to have over 700 deaths each day. We all take heart that the numbers are plateaued rather than growing. That is a hollow consolation. Meanwhile there is great pressure on the president to end our social distancing and make the nation one big petrie dish again. We are seeing results from keeping social distancing. Lacking the universally available tests we were promised over a month ago, those in the high risk categories will have the choice of pretending the monster isn't out there anymore or continue avoiding situations that might result in infection with a disease that shows a high percentage of grisly deaths.
We had our Easter celebration at my house. Sundays I usually bring my mother here so she can visit with the dogs and have a meal away from her home. This allows her to experience a release from her home confinement in a safe fashion. I baked bread and served up bowls of homemade beef stew. These times are important. Besides the dogs get a lot of decadent daddy treats from her that I don't serve.
I have received a shipment of supplies to make masks. I am going to attempt to produce a mask a day. It takes me a long time to produce masks as I must do all of the sewing by hand and I'm not skilled at it. Perhaps with time I shall improve but for now I will attempt muddle through. The masks so far are not pretty but they are functional. I suspect there will be quite a cottage industry in producing masks which are more artful and idiosyncratically expressive.
Find something to keep yourselves focused. Sitting around in pajamas and eating Cheetos will get old quickly.I get fully dressed each day and have avoided the temptations to turn this experience into a lounge-a-thon. Create something, read a good book, learn something new. The internet is bursting with education and entertainment. Make it a tool for improvement. Be good to one another and let's stop giving this fiend access to others. Happy Easter.
We had our Easter celebration at my house. Sundays I usually bring my mother here so she can visit with the dogs and have a meal away from her home. This allows her to experience a release from her home confinement in a safe fashion. I baked bread and served up bowls of homemade beef stew. These times are important. Besides the dogs get a lot of decadent daddy treats from her that I don't serve.
I have received a shipment of supplies to make masks. I am going to attempt to produce a mask a day. It takes me a long time to produce masks as I must do all of the sewing by hand and I'm not skilled at it. Perhaps with time I shall improve but for now I will attempt muddle through. The masks so far are not pretty but they are functional. I suspect there will be quite a cottage industry in producing masks which are more artful and idiosyncratically expressive.
Find something to keep yourselves focused. Sitting around in pajamas and eating Cheetos will get old quickly.I get fully dressed each day and have avoided the temptations to turn this experience into a lounge-a-thon. Create something, read a good book, learn something new. The internet is bursting with education and entertainment. Make it a tool for improvement. Be good to one another and let's stop giving this fiend access to others. Happy Easter.
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