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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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.