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Quarantine Diary #54 5/5/2020 Be an Ally to the People who were Allies to us in 1620.
May 5, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

On April 2 I wrote about the Mashpee Wampanoag people and the situation they are in right now –this damnable administration is removing them from their land. Read my explanation here.

Quarantine Diary #53 5/4/2020 Why Does the Laundry Always Loom?
May 4, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

I did cleaning and laundry this morning. My fav (not) part is moving stuff from the second floor to the first floor to the basement and then back. Because who doesn’t love a Stairmaster with a dirty bathroom at one end and half-done laundry at the other?

Quarantine Diary #52 5/3/2020"I'm ready for my close-up," said the osprey.
May 3, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

I spent five wonderful hours outside in my own backyard this morning. Dug more garden bed area, finished churning in the rest of the winter compost, covered much of the area that will be vegetable beds soon with watered-in cardboard. I dunno, I think it will make the earth warm and later I can rip the cardboard around the base of plants to help hold down the weeds. Seemed like a good idea.

Quarantine Diary #51 5/2/2020 St. Augustine at Target
May 2, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds it’s rest in thee.”

― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

I read Augustine way back in my college years. I half understood his claim then and I think I still only half understand it. Though it might be a different half.

A forest fire seen at night
Quarantine Diary #49 5/1/2020 A little review & some pix
May 1, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

The Zoom meeting with Tom Palzewicz yesterday was as easy and interesting to listen to as the last time I heard him.

He introduces himself by explaining the three issues he is running on.

1. Health care for all.  As anyone paying attention has realized; tying health care to employment can be and now is a disaster.

Quarantine Diary #47 and #48 4/29 and 4/30/2020
April 29, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

Well that was unexpected. Last night I posted the 4/29 diary and then we ate dinner.

Quarantine Diary #46 4/28/2020 Earth Moving
April 28, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

Do you see their faces?

The beautiful woman who took her own life a few days ago. She was an ER doctor as well as director of the Emergency Department in a NYC hospital.

The little 5-year old girl Skyler, whose mom and dad are EMT’s in Detroit. They must have brought the virus home to her. 

Quarantine Diary #45, 4/27/2020 - Seeds and Meat and Books
April 27, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

I had to do an errand this morning that was in the neighborhood of a Stein’s yard and garden store. I’d already looked online at several seed companies. All seemed to feature whackadoodle high prices as well as warnings about no substitutions and delayed shipments. That was discouraging.

Quarantine Diary #44, 4/26/20 - This Social Experiment that We Are In
April 26, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

Otis and David have 60 just-sewn masks for sale at $5/each plus shipping (which is cheap). Tell him how many you want, what general colors you might like. Such as I took a pale striped one and Len is wearing the only camo he owns.  Or it’s some camo-colored pattern, whatever.  One friend said she is delighted to have rec’d one with a cat pattern.

Quarantine Diary #43 4/25/2020 Stick me, I’m done.
April 25, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

Pretty soon I’m going to need to invent a new title for this Quarantine Dairy.  I don’t want to be writing Diary #273 and #401 – even though I am beginning to understand that in many ways, we are going there.

I read this Twitter question. 

What will go away from here on out?  The answers were things like: