Five Things We Have Been Doing In COVID World.
By Erica and Karen
We read obsessively about the progress of the virus—but we’re finding it hard to make a real plan. So we are:
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Amusing ourselves looking for hand sanitizer—store shelves look as if they were hit by a hurricane. We refuse to pay the prices on Amazon.
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Worrying about our children and telling them to stop worrying about us.
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Wondering just how crazy we will go if we are required to self-quarantine.
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Making sure we have enough wine in the house.
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Reading and streaming to divert our minds from COVID-19 and the governmental response. We are reading:
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The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis. Excellent book—we had no idea what fascinating things some of our federal agencies do—but it did not improve our CoVID-19 outlook.
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No Stopping Us Now, Gail Collins. All about all of us and how great we are. Perfect!
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The Splendid and The Vile, Erik Larson. We read all of Larsen’s books, and Churchill is a wonderful subject.
We are streaming:
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Homeland. Of course. Is it really the last season? What is Carrie going to do with herself? A global virus challenge?
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Shetland. As moodily atmospheric as can be, though sometimes the accents defeat us.
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Mandalorian. Yes, of course we already saw the first season, but that was before CoVID-19. Baby Yoda is just who we need now.
What are you doing?