Category Archives: Corona Confinement

End of Confinement – May 20, 2020 The Day in the End of the Daily: This is my last daily post about Confinement. I’ll have plenty to say about the Covid world, but the timing will be different. Beginning tomorrow I’m leaving 24/7 confinement, reentering the workforce and stepping out on a regular basis. AsContinue reading “Corona Confinement – Final Daily: #65”

The Big Quarantine – Tuesday, May 19, 2020 The Day in Modern Banking: I stepped inside a bank today to deposit my sweet, sweet $1,200 government check. [Thank you Uncle Sam for throwing us this mere morsel. It does not hide your incompetence.] Walking inside a bank wearing a mask, my brain kept playing oldContinue reading “Corona Confinement – The Big Q: #64”

The Big Quarantine – May 18, 2020 The Day in Looking for Stuff To Do: A rainy gloomy day and I used the morning portion of it to do some kitchen organizing. I go through my pantry some rainy day in May every year, Covid or not. I picked May because that was the monthContinue reading “Corona Confinement – The Big Q: #63”

The Big Quarantine – Sunday, May 17, 2020 The Day in Cool Cats and Kittens:  A couple times a week during confinement I’ve been getting the greatest postcards from a friend who lives in town. I haven’t seen her since maybe early March and I look forward to her brief notes about how she’s spendingContinue reading “Corona Confinement – The Big Q: #62”

The Big Quarantine – May 16, 2020 The Day in Canceled: This weekend I was supposed to be in North Carolina visiting dear friends, taking part in some spring farming activities on my Friends’ farm*, and seeing Yola at The Cat’s Cradle, a great venue in Carrboro. I’m there in my dreams. In the meantime,Continue reading “Corona Confinement – The Big Q: #61”

The Big Quarantine – Friday, May 15 The Day in the Weather Working With Me (For a Change): I had an interview scheduled for early afternoon, about the time a storm was predicted to blow through. When I’m walking around town I’m as in tuned to the  weather as a farmer. Headed to an interviewContinue reading “Corona Confinement – The Big Q: #60”

The Big Quarantine – May, 14 2020 The Day in Some Days are Easier Than Others:  In Covid time or not, some days are better (or worse, depending on your outlook) than others. The confinement has taken away tools many of us have to combat our down times. Without a lot else going on, myContinue reading “Corona Confinement – The Big Q: #59”