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After lockdown we want safety and freedom—a poem

June 9, 2020

We did our duty. We did our best. / We played for our team
of 5 million and now / it’s our turn. Safety and freedom: / this is our reasonable request / our bidding, our behest.

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Training for life in isolation

April 11, 2020

We all need training for life in isolation. And who will train us? If we’re adults, it must be self-training. We’re both trainer and dog.

COVID-19 lockdown for the poor or homeless or abused

March 27, 2020

This too shall pass. Who remembers that? The old and the almost old remember, that’s who. Lockdown for COVID-19 is sweet for some, bitter for others. “This too shall pass” does not console the homeless, those in dreadful conditions, or those being abused. That’s why I wish you as happy a weekend as possible, either […]

woman before lockdown doing 5,312 steps daily and after lockdown doing 488 steps. Drawing.

Walking for well-being in lockdown

March 24, 2020

Walking is great for well-being in lockdown for COVID-19. Think cabin fever, fitness, health and happiness). So check your step count!

You Live Here — a poem about self-isolation for a broken heart

March 22, 2020

Yesterday I read this poem aloud for you and today, here it is in writing. It’s about self-isolation for a broken heart. Feel free to share it in full or in part. You Live Here A view with a room, pale blue which does no harm. A window darkened with much looking. In this room […]