Done Since 2020-03-22

(See yesterday's s4s for a quick guide to online filk events.) I spent most of yesterday chasing down the mic stand accessories I'll need to join in the online fun, but didn't actually do any singing.

We now have the cookbooks back on the newly-reinstalled and -reinforced shelves. 2" deck screws into four studs ought to do it. So there's that.

Apart from our housekeeper, L' and Colleen's caregiver, V, we've been well-isolated here; we've decided to make tomorrow V's last day until the peak has passed, and L' will be doing yard work until then. Hate to do it, especially V because her presence means so much to Colleen, but Colleen decided she didn't want the additional risk. Purely her call, not mine, but I'm relieved that she decided to go that way.

Too many links.

( Notes & links, as usual )

In other news, another antarctic glacier is retreating.

COVID-19: covid 19 episode 6 grief in the time of corona

Last Wednesday, Pocket, which populates Firefox's new tab, pointed me at an article in Harvard Business Review titled That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief. It goes into some more detail about what grief is and some of the things you can do about it. ("Just get over it" is not one of those things.)

You don't get to my age without having done a fair amount of grieving, and any discussion of it is likely to attract my attention for some reason. Probably Dunning–Kruger effect if truth be told -- simply having done something a few times doesn't make one an expert. Nevertheless, I'm available for hugs if needed, and advice of dubious quality if wanted.

I was going to say something else here, but it seems to have fizzled and I want to get this out there so that it doesn't sit in my drafts folder and get moldy.

( Notes & links )