The forecast called for more rain and another thunderstorm overnight, and I kept waking, feeling for Lulu, raising my head to listen for thunder—it was Eric, snoring—and slipping open my eyes to watch for lightning. But we made it through the night with no dramatics from nature and none from Lulu, either. This weekend was…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Eight
Shortly after midnight I realized the bed felt really spacious, particularly by my feet. I kicked my leg one direction, nothing. The other direction, the husband. It felt great to be able to stretch my legs completely. Then, it dawned on me. There was no dog on the bed. We started letting Lulu sleep on…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Seven
Eric left for work at 7:00. My work day got started at 8:00 with a conference call. About when the call ended, I heard the garage door opening. It was Eric. He popped in with a dozen eggs that someone had dropped off at the shop. I’m not sure why, whether it was from a…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Six
Another gray start to the day that stayed with us through the evening. I listened to an interview with novelist Max Brooks on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. When news of COVID-19 started making headlines and people weren’t quite convinced about its deadly potential, Max and his father, comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks, produced a video…
Writing in the Time of COVID-19: Day Five
It’s a gray morning but a sound pulls my head up and away from my phone, and I step onto the lanai. It’s a pair of nēnē flying overhead. My mom used to do this, get distracted by nature. Growing up in the Midwest, it might have been the distant cousins of nēnē, Canada geese….
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Four
Today is my Grandma Steutermann’s birthday. She would have been 110, if she were still alive. I spent many childhood summers with my grandparents. Grandma taught me how to crochet, quilt, and, importantly, how to make her signature coffee cake. It looks a lot like the bread I made the other day, but it tastes…
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