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my heart came around, chasing out the old
I do not know what to say about the coronavirus; I live in Santa Clara county, all our schools have just been closed and many other things as well, but my family is safe and at home (except for my spouse who is travelling but will be home tomorrow, I confidently hope because what is the point of being without confidence now?) and we have a plethora of books and games and music and are well stocked with food and water. No one in my family is elderly or otherwise at high risk, so my fingers are crossed that we weather this well and do not add any load to the medical system. It is both terrifying and not, my emotions cannot figure out how to feel, nor can my children, who are excited to have several sudden weeks off school but also concerned about their friends who are higher risk and confused by the sudden shift in priorities. I am feeling the uncertainty of it, and also how much easier it is for my family than for so many others.
In the meantime, I thought I would collect some of the ways I plan to keep myself pleasurably distracted:
I am sure more will arise, although really, with all the books I have in my home, I do not worry about my own boredom, but that of my children -- it is supposed to be wet all week, so harder to spend much time outside, and playdates are not recommended in this time of social distancing, nor are playgrounds and such, and of course all their favourite indoor spaces are (I hope) closed. But it is something to worry about another day, right now it is a Saturday after a busy week and they are happily recharging in their own ways, and then in a little while we will make brownies and eat pizza.
I hope you are all safe and as well as can be expected.
In the meantime, I thought I would collect some of the ways I plan to keep myself pleasurably distracted:
- The Berlin Philharmonic is offering free access to their digital archive for the next month -- so I have registered and enjoyed Karajan conducting Beethoven from 1966, with much more to come.
- The Met Opera is launching free Nightly Met Opera Streams from their archive starting Monday 3/16 -- the first week's schedule is up and includes many things I wish to see, including the performance Eugene Onegin with Renee Fleming that I remember watching on Great Performances when my daughter was tiny.
- Twitter comics school by comics writer Gail Simone looks fascinating and fun.
I am sure more will arise, although really, with all the books I have in my home, I do not worry about my own boredom, but that of my children -- it is supposed to be wet all week, so harder to spend much time outside, and playdates are not recommended in this time of social distancing, nor are playgrounds and such, and of course all their favourite indoor spaces are (I hope) closed. But it is something to worry about another day, right now it is a Saturday after a busy week and they are happily recharging in their own ways, and then in a little while we will make brownies and eat pizza.
I hope you are all safe and as well as can be expected.