Living in a Time of Covid

We are anxious and fearful because we don’t know how the coronavirus will affect us or change our world. The normal pattern of our life has been disrupted, and we don’t know for how long. We feel unprepared to deal with something as large as this, and we’re tired, angry, and scared. 

 

We know that people are getting sick from the virus, and some are dying, and they are having to die alone because loved ones aren’t allowed to be with them to offer comfort. We worry about our health care workers who are putting their lives on the line to take care of the sick, working extra shifts until they're exhausted, and doing so without adequate protection.

 

The Freedom of Walking

Walking is an act of freedom.

Taking a break from writing, I go out for a walk. This time I’m not heading into the woods. I’m walking on the streets of the neighborhoods around me. Literally. Some have no sidewalks. Some don’t even have a shoulder, and I have to step in the ditch when cars approach. 

Empty Journals

The mother of writer Terry Tempest Williams left Terry her journals but said she could not read them until after she died. When it was time, Terry opened them and discovered the pages were blank. Why would her mother take such care to nicely bind her journals yet leave the pages empty?