And I'll breathe the dust of cosmos and wild rosebud
Today is my father's birthday. There have been years when I did not celebrate it with him, but I was in grad school at the time, or in different countries. I've called him and sent e-mail. I should have put a card in the mail last week, but I had not yet adjusted to the new timing.
I would hate to be confined to my apartment and immediate environs for eighteen months. I would hate to be without museums and rehearsals and trips to D.C. to see my godchild. I would hate to be in these levels of pain. I have lost so many years out of my life already, I feel most of the time as though the majority of my life has been a waste of waking up; it would hurt very much to add to that. I would rather lose as much time as it takes to make sure of a vaccine and treatments that are not wishful thinking or snake oil than pretend it's safe when it's not. I appreciate my governor being one of the people who don't want to jump the gun. I still wish I'd been able to replace him with an ethical artichoke in 2018, but he might be working his way up to, as![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
phi aptly identified, a turnip with common sense.
Today's installment of the New Decameron is Lila Garrott's "The Prudent Traveller's Guide to Venice (Excerpted), 1872," which I adore. It's so beautifully worked out and so matter-of-fact about how it reveals it.
I would hate to be confined to my apartment and immediate environs for eighteen months. I would hate to be without museums and rehearsals and trips to D.C. to see my godchild. I would hate to be in these levels of pain. I have lost so many years out of my life already, I feel most of the time as though the majority of my life has been a waste of waking up; it would hurt very much to add to that. I would rather lose as much time as it takes to make sure of a vaccine and treatments that are not wishful thinking or snake oil than pretend it's safe when it's not. I appreciate my governor being one of the people who don't want to jump the gun. I still wish I'd been able to replace him with an ethical artichoke in 2018, but he might be working his way up to, as
phi aptly identified, a turnip with common sense.Today's installment of the New Decameron is Lila Garrott's "The Prudent Traveller's Guide to Venice (Excerpted), 1872," which I adore. It's so beautifully worked out and so matter-of-fact about how it reveals it.
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Absolutely.
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I'm hoping that with added measures like massive testing and contact tracing, it may be possible to (at least) have periods of time when it's relatively safe to go out, until there's a vaccine and treatments. Meanwhile, I'm glad your governor is displaying good sense.
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I will tell him!
I'm hoping that with added measures like massive testing and contact tracing, it may be possible to (at least) have periods of time when it's relatively safe to go out, until there's a vaccine and treatments.
I hope so, too. I just know we don't have either of those things in place yet and I worry. People want quick fixes. Our government guaranteed there will be no such thing.
Meanwhile, I'm glad your governor is displaying good sense.
I should probably send him a card, too. Positive reinforcement is important.
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I can't figure out why he still belongs to the party he belongs to, unless he has some idea of dragging the Overton window back (I think that glass has shattered), but I approve of his ability to engage with reality. I wasn't confident he would.
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A commonsensical turnip is a good evolution!
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I also hope so! I'm miserable! I just don't know what would have to happen to make things better, and even if I knew, I'm not sure this country will be allowed to pull it off.
Happy Birthday, Sovay's Dad!
I'll tell him you say so!
A commonsensical turnip is a good evolution!
Deeply surprised me, but I'm not complaining. People rising to the occasion is always better than the alternative.
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Everything I have been reading (and I've probably been consuming too much material on the pandemic for my own good, but there we are) indicates that there are several things other than a vaccine that would improve the situation. As far as I can tell, all of them are in progress to some degree. It's just a matter of doing enough fast enough and in a adequately efficient and coordinated way. I'm hopeful that these new coalitions of governors can help provide some of that (and also show the way for the rest of the country).
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I am glad to hear that. I hope the "enough fast enough" can be accomplished.
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(I applaud turnips of this kind.)
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I just want it to do some good.
(I applaud turnips of this kind.)
Better than the other kind! Unless the other kind are non-sentient and edible, in which case I am quite fond of them, for different reasons.
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I've been having similar thoughts to yours, although I think my space is less constrained and I have only intermittent chronic pain of a minor variety. But the depth of time in which so many necessary, desperately needed or desperately wanted things cannot happen, is daunting. I hope they will find a good anti-viral. I would feel so much better if we had a real federal government and not a sabotaging arbitrary mass of nonsense.
It's cheering that governors on both coasts are banding together to do sensible things. It's just all so slow.
P.
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I shall convey your well-wishes to him!
I feel for people whose birthdays occur during this mess. Mine was just before, and I don't know what things will be like next year for the next one.
I'm glad you had yours before. My mother's, in hindsight, was just about the last date we could have had a party. I have told my father IOU him many books.
I would feel so much better if we had a real federal government and not a sabotaging arbitrary mass of nonsense.
Oh, God, yes. I'm hoping we can get one in November.
It's cheering that governors on both coasts are banding together to do sensible things. It's just all so slow.
It's the worst combination of slow-motion and constant alert. I was working very hard on not running my body on cortisol. This isn't helping.
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I have sent both of these messages on!
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*hugs*
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I'm glad you can see photos of him, but I hope it will be safe for you to hold him soon.
*hugs*