Illinois' shelter-in-place order has only been in place for about a week, but ever since my office told us all to start working from home the week prior I've been adhering to the recommended social distancing/isolation guidelines, and believe you me: IT'S GREAT I LOVE IT I DO NOT RUN ON HUGS AND HUMAN INTERACTION!!! After the jump: ok so what have I been doing with my time?
March 29, 2020
March 20, 2020
Gloss Angeles
Without a commute every day (and with an abruptly curtailed social and collaborative schedule after working hours) I've finally had some time to tackle some long-delayed projects.Well, let me rephrase: I've tackled some long-delayed projects while being kind to myself. As some smart folk have pointed out, we've been habituated to believe that we must always be Making The Most Of Every Moment and Producing Content and Knocking Out Projects and Achieving Accomplishments, and that's always been a little bit bunk. So while I'm trying to use my former commuting time thoughtfully, I'm letting everything else be driven by what I feel and need in the moment. Sometimes that's reading a book, sometimes playin' games, and sometimes getting little creative projects done. Hopefully you're being kind to yourself too and letting it be okay if you don't, y'know, write King Lear while under quarantine. (That play is a drag, gang.)
As for me, when I feel the "make a thing" impulse, I've been sewing, writing, web-designing, and yes, taking the creaky trunk filled with video files out of the attic, wiping off the dust of the past year, and crowbarring it open to get at our 2019 footage. After the jump: let's talk about Los Angeles, and why I was there almost a year ago, and what I thought about it! What could be more essential and important in this historical moment
As for me, when I feel the "make a thing" impulse, I've been sewing, writing, web-designing, and yes, taking the creaky trunk filled with video files out of the attic, wiping off the dust of the past year, and crowbarring it open to get at our 2019 footage. After the jump: let's talk about Los Angeles, and why I was there almost a year ago, and what I thought about it! What could be more essential and important in this historical moment
March 15, 2020
Travel in an age of pandemic
After the jump, some tales of this very unsettling moment! Just a handful of vignettes from me and the people closest to me. I don't think there's a larger point to this post! It's just what this moment looks like from my perch.
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