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Bring back hugging—COVID-19 Alert Level 1 approaches

June 7, 2020

Yes, soon we will bring back hugging! At Alert Level 1 in the COVID-19 pandemic, we can greet each other with hugs and handshakes.

Drawing of child blowing bubbles before lockdown, woman trapped in a bubble after lockdown

Bubbles before and after lockdown

March 27, 2020

Hello out there, outside my bubble and inside your own bubble. Carry on bubbling, inside and out.

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!

Cartoon. Joyful woman saying "Yay! I'm 80!" on 24 February. A coronovirus above. Same woman on 24 March thinking, "Oh. I'm 80."

Accepting the reality of old age in a global pandemic

March 23, 2020

The reality of old age in a global pandemic has sunk in, despite my personal good health.

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 […]