I canceled my April hair appointment today. But when I tried to pay my hair stylist anyway, she said, “God I love you but no.” Hair salons are not considered essential services. As a result, I have friends who are cutting their own hair. Or they’re cutting their husband’s hair. Or their child’s. Some friends…
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Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Twenty-Four
In truth, my life hasn’t been too inconvenienced by COVID-19. Sure, I canceled plans to go see my Dad in Missouri. Sure, I’m working from home–but I am working. Today, there were a few work-related things that would have been easier to handle if we weren’t sheltering at home. But, really, nothing insurmountable in the…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Twenty-Three
I went to Hanalei this morning to see about some birds. This was official business, green-lighted as essential, because I was checking on the well-being of wildlife at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge. More than 900 acres, and I may have been the only person out there. But there were plenty of birds. Hanalei National Wildlife…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Twenty-Two
The days are running together. Yesterday, while walking Lulu, we heard what could have been described as thunder. But it wasn’t raining. The sky over the ocean was a little dark, a little foreboding, but the mountain in the other direction was clear. Eric said it sounded like a sonic boom. Later, a friend in…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Twenty
I’m reading one poem a day. That’s how I read poetry. Otherwise, if I read poems back to back in one sitting, they all run together, and I don’t remember a single one. I wish I could eat my guilty pleasures that way. But with doughnuts, I have no discipline. Potato chips? Same. So, I’m…
Writing in the time of COVID-19: Day Nineteen
Last week, a friend on a walk along a coastline saw a bird and texted me: Friend: Do shearwaters have a super big wing span? White underneath? Dark brown? Me: About three-foot wingspan. And they nest along the coastline. Friend: I’m watching these huge brown birds fish! I think bigger than 3 feet! Diving and…
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