Thanks to Deb at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Stop over there or at the Facebook Group to participate.
It’s amazing how much has changed around here due to the coronavirus in the past week. I hope everyone is staying calm and healthy.
Amber’s home. Oberlin pushed Spring Break up and then they’ll be doing remote learning for the remainder of the semester. We’re setting up a corner of the finished basement as her art area and ordered a six foot tall easel, like the ones she uses at school.
As of 9:00 this evening, all the restaurants and bars in the state will be closed for dining, they can only do carryout and delivery. We’ve all seen the flattened curve by this point, let’s hope this social distancing works. It might be a long few weeks though.
Week’s Highlight:
David and I went to see The Chieftains with the Pittsburgh Symphony Monday, before everything was getting cancelled. It was an excellent show.
Reading:
Next weekend is the #24in48 Readathon: The Social Distancing Edition. From the website:
I’ll definitely be joining in. Any excuse to read is a good one.
Last week’s post:
- Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham
- A Shot in the Dark by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
- Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Watching:
I have a feeling we’ll be watching a few movies over the next couple of weeks. Friday we watched Bombshell, which was really good.
On tv, we’ve been watching Survivor and an occasional episode of Father Brown.
Playing:
I like reading challenges, but I also do a couple of boargame challenges. The top one is 100 different games, once each, and the bottom is 10 games, 10 times each. So far I’m on track.
Looking forward to:
Probably a lot of staying at home, hanging out with David and Amber. And trying to not get sick.
This is truly a tough time. We own a small retail business. We’ve made a few changes and are contemplating closing. It’s so hard to know what to do.
It’s tough to decide what to do.
It is definitely a trying time. Good luck with staying well.
I hope we’ll stay healthy. We’re staying home as much as we can, but none of us falls in a high risk group.
It’s a confusing time, a deeply stressful time. I’m glad you were able to get out to see a concert for one last time before everything shuts down. I’m glad that Amber is there with you.
I’m glad that she’s home too.
I’d like to have a better variety of board games but they are so expensive here, between $60 & $120 for anything other than basic family games like Connect 4 or Trouble. I told my son If we have to self isolate her can run a D&D game for the family 🙂
Wishing you a great reading week and good health
Board games can definitely be expensive. We play regularly with friends, so there are three or four of us who buy the games.
Scary times indeed. Whilst being in the group our government here in the UK class as vulnerable I am of course worried about this virus but at the moment I’m actually more worried that we are hearing so many reports of the inhumanity of certain factions of society – of people stock piling foodstuffs and stealing hand sanitiser from hospitals … the list goes on. Thank goodness that we are now also beginning to hear reports of wonderful acts of kindness.
Like many of my fellow Brits I’m also wishing for clear and concise information when so far all we are getting is vague and contradictory guidance.
Hoping you and yours are well, stay safe
Our stores are pretty empty, but the people I’ve talked to while shopping have been really nice to me and each other.
As much as life has been disrupted around here I am thankful for our governor for being proactive and on top of it. Except the election – as a poll worker he really messed that up, but everything else I’m feeling good about. We are lucky we live in a state with solid leadership.
I do think our governor is doing a good job. That back and forth on the election was ridiculous, but I imagine you’re glad they ended up not having it.
It was the right move but should have been done through the proper legal channels.