My mother thinks the coronavirus is a global conspiracy meant to 1) kill off people (because there are too many of us around) and 2) enable those who unleashed it to profit from it and “rearrange the global order”. I tell her the numbers. I tell her that people are really dying, that this virus … Continue reading Coronavirus Conspiracies and My Mother
When I was a kid, I used to hate Mondays. I used to hate having to get up early in the morning, get dressed, and walk to school. My teeth were often clattering as I got dressed—I was always cold even if it wasn’t necessarily cold in the house. I felt weak and watery and … Continue reading I Love Mondays—Don’t You?
Many of us are spending these days at home, locked away from the world in our own private spaces, where other’s people sorrow and suffering is an external reality that reaches us only through media stories and the statistics of infection and mortality. Maybe you’re with your family. Maybe you’re with your kids. Maybe you’re … Continue reading 16 Things You Can Do While You’re Stuck At Home
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