Tonight at 8 p.m. all of Montreal is invited to go to their balcony, or front step, or front porch and sing. SO Long Marianne by Leonard Cohen…
We all need to pull together right now…virtual birthday parties, virtual family reunions.
When did you feel gratitude today.
Here’s how the cookies turned out.
Can you show me how to iron?
I love you. Talk to you tomorrow.
Bye Grammy.
We can still walk outside, and I was shocked to see that so many young people are flaunting the social distancing recommendation. They falsely believe that COV-19 is an illness that fells the elderly, the infirm, the people with lowered immune systems. Or, if they contract the virus it would be a minor nuisance. In time, we will see what was or should be the proper protocol. Angela Merkel predicted that 70% of Germans would get the virus. She is a PhD chemist, and I have faith in her assessment. I’ve been wondering aloud, what does she know that we don’t? Boris Johnson, on the other hand is reluctant to push the panic button, and close down the UK. And our very own PM looks sad every time he steps outside 24 Sussex to address the nation. His wife Sophie tested positive. That means she can’t hug her children. I hope that she and Justin are still having long-drawn-out conversations about the pandemic, and that they are able to carry the national worry on two shoulders instead of one.
I wonder every minute about Italy. The death rate continues to climb in Lombardy region. Mostly I worry because my daughter and her husband are doctors at a busy hospital that has not yet seen the peak of COVI-19. When I see videos of Italian doctors kneeling on the floor in hospital hallways crying, my stomach clutches.
cooking
cleaning
organizing
baking
learning a new language
practice the piano
memorize the words to an entire musical
phone people you are estranged from
iron stuff
meditation and mindfulness
learn yoga online
listen to the opera
sew
do the New York Times crossword puzzle
water your plants
wash your windows
make homemade birthday cards with magazines and glue