Written on 09/01/20. Today I tried to start over again, just like I do every day. In this case that meant seeing my light alarm…
Written on 08-27-20. When my late husband was alive, he often used to chide me at my constant desire to get out of the house. “You’ve…
Written on 08-25-20. This is the opposite of Oz. I feel like I’ve been lifted by the tornado and dropped in a new land. Not…
Written on 8-20-20. It’s contrary day! Which turns out to be not such a bad idea… So today: I ordered a meal for delivery and…
Written on 08-18-20. This is the column I haven’t wanted to write. The one that tells the truth that I don’t want to think about….
WRITTEN ON 08/13/2020 Months into the collapse of life-as-I’ve-known-it, living in nearly complete and uninterrupted solitude, I sit at my desk and ponder writer’s block….
Written on 08-09-20 This morning I enjoyed housekeeping. It took me two hours to clean the kitchen, vacuum the floors, and dust as I must….
Written on 08-06-20 I have now been writing these COVID-19 Edition Punks The Muse columns for 14 weeks. They are helping me to survive this…
Written on 8/04/2020 I last went to work 147 days ago. Nearly half a year, living in the United States of COVID-19. It has been…
Written on 07/25/20 Today I did yard work by the patio of my rented house. I’m trying to improve it so I can enjoy it…