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…
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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…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Three
The bread turned out decent enough. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have attempted to bake bread if it weren’t for the “shelter-in-place” mandates that come with COVID-19. But I’m sure we’re all learning new things during these times. Like not to leave the house without our hand sanitizer. But also things like whether we possess…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Two
I’m baking. Well, trying to bake. The first batch of flour had mites. Apparently, that’s a common problem for dry goods in warm, humid places, especially deep in the back of my pantry. The second package of flour appeared mite-free. At least, baking them, if there are any, will kill the little buggahs. All it…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day One
Finally, there’s sun. So much sun. Its rays are blinding me where I’m sitting on the lanai. So much sun that the long shadows of palm trees are being cast across my yard. So much sun I want to get up, get out, and do something. Oh, wait, we’re sheltering in place. Honestly, sheltering in…
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