According to the New York Times:
[As of this morning] 175 million people in 17 states, 26 counties and 10 cities are being urged to stay home.
Those of you who are not yet under a stay at home, shelter-in-place, or other such official directive likely are doing it anyway. Limiting the time you spend out of your house to work (if you are required to be onsite), shopping for food, medical care, solo or socially distanced outdoor walks/fitness, or emergencies. This is leading to people spending more time than ever with immediate family [note I am NOT saying ‘quality time’, ‘good time’, or any value statement, because dayyum, all day every day is a loooong time! :)]. We’re cooking more (or at least eating a lot more takeout at home), and we are discovering that the time to do all the things we said we’d do “when we had time” … is now.
Grab whatever beverage you have at home, taking note of how much more of the good beverages you have before it’s time to send your Outdoor Point Person to the store, and hop across the story break!
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There are three of us hunkered down at Casa Brillig — K1 is riding this out at her offcampus house near her University, which began Online Learning yesterday. K2 is doing his school enrichment work and lots of solitary soccer drills, and Mr. Brillig seems to be working more, not fewer, hours thanks to having a 25 second commute from home to office — a full minute if he stops to pet the pup on the way upstairs. As the normally at-home parent, my day hasn’t changed toooooooo much except that all these people are making more dishes and seem to want to eat multiple times a day at home.
But since I’m not going out for volunteer work, errands, etc, I too have extra time. And I’m trying to do one thing every day that I often don’t find the time for. Yes, some days that’s going to be “read for so long my eyes cross, and I have to nap”. But today, it was something I should be doing every year or so, but in reality can’t remember the last time… treating our soapstone kitchen counters to a fresh coat of mineral oil. It brings out the grain and I love the difference it makes in how our countertops look.
It’s a lot of work, so I usually do it in sections… there are essentially four surfaces in our kitchen, and I got one done today. After taking everything off and thoroughly cleaning the surface, I poured a little mineral oil on and rubbed it all over in a thin coat, let it sit a bit, and wiped off the excess so everything I put on that counter doesn’t soak up oil. The lead photo up above shows what it looks like ‘after’. I’ll do the rest tomorrow and Thursday, so by Friday I’ll have everything back in place. Then I’ll look for the next Quarantine Task!
Are you doing anything new or outside your usual activities in this weird time we’re in? Are you walking or reading more, doing puzzles or art, painting that room you keep meaning to renovate, or something else? Or are you sticking more or less to your normal activities? Share in the comments!
BeninSC are doing exactly what we do on Monday and Tuesday nights: sharing the writing and formatting duties to lighten the load (which is NOT like flattening the curve!) and have a bit of companionship!
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From inkstainedwretch:
In drybones’s diary, Trump killed this man, there is this great comment by LaPinturaBella. Every word rings true. Another very similar diary is up at same time. That sometimes might lead to good diaries and very good comments sinking to obscurity before people see them.
From peregrine kate:
I hope my message finds all of you in health and stability.
Today I'd like to make an unusual nomination. I really would like to nominate the whole discussion thread beneath the story by TheFatLadySings, "Contagion Meets the Milagro Beanfield War."
The post itself has elicited an extraordinary array of personal, thoughtful, and funny comments. So much humor and generosity of spirit manifest among the entire thread, I think it's all worth lifting up.
Thank you all for the steady work you do to highlight wonderful community participation! Virtual hugs and blessings to all.
From northleft:
I'd like to recommend this comment by ToddBC for tonight's Top Comments list.
ToddBC wraps up the nutsiness that is our time.
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Top Mojo for yesterday, March 23rd, 2019, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.
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Top Pictures for March 24, 2020! Thanks so much, jotter!
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