I thought you might enjoy this shot that Don took of his studio. It gives the impression of a very tall window and the view outside. I love this picture.
• Yesterday, I witnessed a car pulling into my neighbor’s driveway. Two young people – teens – emerged from it and walked to the front door. There was no social distancing. They knocked on the door and someone, I assume it was one of our neighbor’s kids, opened the door, whereupon all involved hugged each other and went inside.
Are you kidding me? I was dumbfounded by this apparent lack of concern for any of the rules put into place by our Governor, by the government, or, for that matter, science and facts. I told Don and he was stunned. What is with people?
• I didn’t do any work on the dollhouse yesterday. I needed a break. Using the trim or not using the trim was discussed in some of the comments yesterday. In the case of almost every dollhouse I’ve ever seen, we’re talking gingerbread trim. Remember that my intention for this house is not that. It isn’t a Victorian house. It’s meant to be my version of a Cotswold cottage, which is why I am spending hours upon hours making stones for the exterior. I’ve done a lot of research and I rarely, if ever, see a Cotswold cottage with any decorative trim. The beauty of those cottages lies in their simplicity. Truth be told, I eliminated much of the decorative gingerbready trim on Hummingbird Cottage – my first dollhouse rehab. There is one section of the remaining trim that I’ve never been happy with but removal was too complicated and potentially damaging, so I left it.
I’m not a dollhouse historian – some builders out there make everything to period and the intricacy of their designs is incredible. I so admire them. But I do like to make my houses more real than are the standard dollhouses I see out there, which are designed, remember, for children. It’s also why I’m a stickler for scale.
Now, if I was going to do a Chautauqua-like house, and I loved those Victorian cottages and took scads of pictures of them when I was working there, then I would wholeheartedly embrace gingerbread. But it would have to be to scale and often, the trim included with a kit is not.
Anyway, I think some more stone making is in order today. Back at it!
• Reading Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson and last night’s feel-good watch was Field of Dreams. I love that movie.
• Heads up: I have a book review scheduled for tomorrow.
• Yesterday, we lost the great playwright Terrence McNally due to complications from the coronavirus.
Terrence wrote the books for Ragtime, Master Class, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Love! Valor! Compassion!, The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Full Monty, and many others, including the book for Anastasia, which is why I have this photo of us together. He wrote about the AIDS crisis, he championed plays with gay characters. He wrote beautifully and from the heart. He won multiple Tony Awards for his work.
I am honored I had the chance to work with him, both in Hartford and on Broadway. We chatted about food, about becoming vegetarians, about when we quit smoking and about our mutual friend, Jim Parsons. In fact, he had someone take this picture of us so he could send it to Jim. He was a kind and good man.
He was a lung cancer survivor living with COPD and that he was taken by the coronavirus is so breathtakingly sad. He was 81.
Don was in a production of Lips Together, Teeth Apart right before I met him and it remains one of his favorite experiences in the theater. Terrence had a way with words that was unmatchable and his death is a tremendous loss to the American Theater.
And they can’t even dim the lights for him on Broadway.
Happy Wednesday.
I love the picture Don took. When I first saw it, I thought it taken from a life sized house.
I am always amazed at how little respect people have for this virus and the harm it can do. I guess I am always surprised at the inability of people to care about how their actions can hurt others.
Keep safe,
Eileen
I know. Such self-absorbed, and apparently, clueless people. Stay safe, Eileen!
Aww, so sorry to lose such a kind and creative man. And just when we need so many more. Sorry for your loss of a friend, too.
I do love Don’s studio shot! It so reminds me of my beloved loft in San Francisco. That window makes it so real! It took me a beat to realize that it wasn’t.
Be safe, be well, everyone.
Thank you, Shanna. Stay safe in beautiful Florida.
Hi! I have been following your blog for a while, but have never commented. I want to let you know how much I enjoy reading your daily commentary. Especially in these times I really look forward to my daily dose of you!
I am listening to lots of music as I work on my computer in my new office (my former dining room) and deal with our new reality. I have rediscovered the Dixie Chicks! Stay safe!
Best-
Pam
Thanks so much for commenting, Pam, and for your kind words. Love the Dixie Chicks!
My grandchildren are in quarantine here in Atlanta, which means no contact with their friends. It isn’t easy for them or for my daughter and son-in-law to all be quarantined together. I don’t understand what parents are thinking when they break the quarantine rules. It is a total disregard of the value of human life. Stay safe. xo Laura
I agree. Where are the parents in all this? The parents of those two kids in the car and my neighbors? Stay safe, Laura.
I am so saddened that you lost your friend. My thoughts are with you. Hopefully we will all be back to our lives soon. My husband and I have been in the house for two weeks except for a trip each week to the grocery. I am learning, once again, how lucky I am to have someone quarantined with me. Being alone would be so hard. The younger kids are putting so many people in their families and friends families at risk. They get lonesome and decide isolating is just too hard. It is hard, but we all must do it and I hope they will understand that “too hard” doesn’t give them a pass. They need to build their character by isolating and doing it well. You and Don stay healthy and happy.
I agree. I could handle it alone, but it so much better being with someone you love. I agree – time to isolate, young ones. You’re not exempt.
Take care of yourself, Tana.
I’m sorry for the loss of your friend, and I’m glad you have this photo. You both look happy.
I’m glad to see a picture of Don’s studio house. I like all your houses, but this one always gets my attention. I’ve looked several places for a modern dollhouse—beginner level, but haven’t had much luck. Do you have any sources to share? Is something like this too hard for a first time project? Thanks for any help—Sue
Don’t really have any sources. I made this one. It came from a one-time-only kit. Finding modern dollhouse kits is very hard. If I find a source, I’ll list it in a post. Take care, Sue.
I’m so sorry about Terrance McNally. He was such a great gift to the theatre with powerful plays that held even more powerful messages. The loss of any friend is hard; in the case the sorrow is shared by an even greater community. That photo is a joy and I’m so glad you had the opportunity to know him better and thought so highly of him as a person.
At first glance, I thought you’d discovered yet another way to photograph the studio doll house! I love Don’s area — it’s just wonderful, so light and lovely. It is a terrific pic.
No words for the neighbor boys. I had my telephone appointment with the infectious disease doc who basically told me to stay in for longer than Michigan’s Stay Home period and monitor, monitor, monitor. I’m learning to live with the anxiety but actions like your neighbor teens raise my ire and I’m sure my blood pressure. I’m glad you two are doing all the right things. Stay well.
It sure raised my blood pressure, Jeanie. And today seems to be a day for my anxiety to flare up. Thankfully, I have all of you to respond to and that helps enormously. Thank you and take care of yourself. STAY HOME!
There are so many clueless people Claudia. I was shocked and dismayed to find was my cousin. He and the small community of people that live near him believe this has been blow out of proportion. They continue to have communal meals, and game day or nights. I told him that since they all know more than the experts I wished good luck to that part of the state. I think they are all idiots!
That’s unbelievable, Trudy. What are they thinking? Or not thinking? You’re right. They are acting like idiots.
Take care, Trudy.
I spoke with him again this morning. He told me that for this week anyhow they have cancelled all of their plans. He said they were taking this as seriously as they could. I told him it was not seriously enough. He is quite upset with me. I don’t care.
It’s too important to care if he’s upset with you. Good for you, Trudy. xo
So sad to hear about Terrance McNally. Read an article today about all the memorials and funerals having to be postponed until it’s alright for people to get together and hug each other. Those of us staying safe at home with our spouse at least have each other. I think of those living alone – especially those who may have a family member ill or who has died – and worry how they’ll cope if this goes on for several months.
Even those of us with another in the house with us need to escape and thank goodness for our hobbies. I am fascinated with your little houses since I’ve always enjoyed miniatures. Looking at only though, I haven’t the patience to actually fiddle with them. You may also be following one of my favorite Instagrammers, a 13 yr old who designs them, sometimes using a 3D printer. It’s called “life.in.a.dollhouse” and she does stunning interiors.
It’s supposed to hit 54 here today! Hoping to get out and take a long walk.
Take care.
Kay
And now his husband has to stay in quarantine, I suppose. So he has to be quarantined and mourn the loss of his life partner. So sad!
Yes, I follow her. Love to see the younger generation getting into dollhouses and miniatures. I know 3D printing is the rage in miniatures, but I don’t like the texture of the plastic. Ah well. Thank you, Kay. Stay safe!
I’m sorry to hear of the loss of your colleague, Claudia…
I’m enjoying the progress on the dollhouse and find your work exquisite!
Here, in my community on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, many of us are “staying home”, and I have to say that opening your post each morning really helps to begin the day with hope and a challenge to find the joy in our new normal. Thank you so much! You are appreciated!!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Val. I’m happy to be here. It goes both ways; I love hearing from all of you, as well.
Day 12 here also…facetime and home school helps…however, as I have said, I have so many hobbies…do my five miles a day inside…days fly by. So so sorry about your friend…I know the real fear of this…so far so good…although part of family still in self isolation…of course I am at my age…others coming in the apartment building and going…so how does that help. I am funny when I go to the mail…I take a wipe with me plus won’t ride the elevator with others…’
Love the doll houses…you and your husband have a charming home…keep blogging…as you have brought together folks who want to connect.
You just walk from room to room or do you have a treadmill?
I grab a piece of paper towel to use when I pull the mail from our mailbox. Then I put it inside the bench for 24 hours!
Thanks so much, Brenda! Stay safe.
I must add that I am home schooling on Facetime…not doing it in person.
Of course!
That’s a great picture that Don took. It looks like a life size room that you could walk into, sit down and enjoy the beautiful view out those spacious windows. Love it!!
He didn’t even notice how good it was until I pointed it out to him, Cathy! Take care.
Quarantined with 11 year old boy. We take at least one daily walk with our dog. Sometimes he rides his bike. Chatted at safe distance with workmen pouring concrete on nearby driveway, then on to observe heavy equipment digging new sewer line at another house. Neighbor children playing outside. Grandson understands reason cannot join them. But is tough. We gave up on 1000 piece puzzle, 300 piece working much better. He checks Google classroom for school assignments, love that the teachers are sending encouraging notes to the students.
I enjoy your dollhouse pictures.
My brother had open heart surgery this morning in North Carolina; hospital allowing absolutely no visitors. Tough on his wife and other family members. He is out of surgery, in ICU, and we are grateful and relieved.
Thank goodness your brother came through the surgery! I know it must be frustrating not to be able to visit, Jan. Take care!
to janl …
prayers for your brother to have a full, speedy recovery and for him, you and the rest of your family to be well.
kathy in iowa
I can’t believe how real that picture looks. Miniature residence is not my first thought. Kudos to Don.
Sorry to hear about your friend. He sounds like quite the man. I’m sure he will be missed.
I really don’t understand some people’s (both younger and older) blatant disrespect for these temporary stay-at-home orders. I guess they don’t care about themselves or others?? I just don’t get it. We now have stay-at-home orders from our governor, except for essential services, etc. I am happy to report that all of my kids and their loved ones are able to work from home.
Our state parks now have free admission, and as long as we practice social distancing, we can go to exercise. So we thought we’d take our walking poles and head out. BTW..,my homemade hand sanitizer was a bust. Couldn’t get my alcohol and aloe vera gel to mix…grrrr. Take care! ;)
So sorry about the hand sanitizer! At east you tried.
I agree about those people that seem to think rules are for everyone else but them. If they were arrested for disobeying an order by the Governor they’d be singing a different tune. Thanks, Donnamae!
Donnamae,
Not to worry about the hand sanitizer because it isn’t so effective anyway. I’ve been reading that warm water and regular soap (NOT antibacterial soap because this is a virus, not a bacterium) are the most effective killers of this virus. Apparently the soap strips a fatty outside layer of virus and the water washes the disassembled parts away.
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/03/23/best-hand-soap-for-frequent-hand-washing.aspx
I found that article very interesting and informative, and most of us have soap on hand (and soap bars are better for the environment, too).
I heard a doctor say the same thing just the other day. Thanks, Cara.
Thanks Cara…I was making it so we could keep some in our cars. At least it kept me occupied for a bit! Have a good evening! ;)
Dear Claudia, I am sorry about the loss of your dear friend. His face reflected his goodness and intelligence. A mensch.
As for stupid, I always say, “You can’t underestimate stupid.” It knows no bounds! Just because people can walk upright, speak and even read, does not mean they have sense. Universal education has not been able to overcome that.
I agree. I wanted to open the front door and shout at them. It was shocking! Thanks, Leslie.
The last/final time my husband went to the grocery store, he had NO PROBLEM with telling someone next to him to stand back and keep their distance!
Neither would I!
Fantastic photograph of the music studio. That is such a work of art! So very sorry about the loss of your friend. I read about it yesterday, and it sounds like he was such a talented man.
He was. A major force in American theatre in the 20th and 21st centuries. Thanks, Jenny!
Oh, the idiocy that abounds. It is stunning. And where are the grown-ups??
Again, your photo makes me believe I am in a “real” studio.
So sorry to hear of your loss. This is all so mind boggling. As your Gov said this morning, if we would all follow the rules, it shows that it is actually working! Now is NOT the time to boast that one never liked rules and pride themselves in being rule-breakers. They are akin to killers when they disregard what we all need to do right now. So selfish.
They are indeed ‘akin to killers.’ And that should be punished. I’m not kidding. It’s a deliberate disregard for the health of others.
Thanks, Chris. Stay safe.
I am so impressed that the stones on your dollhouse are made of egg carton. I used to stockpile egg cartons for children’s projects but something about trying to cut them up was so frustrating and nerve wracking that I eventually gave up on them. What patience you must have!
Thanks again for this pleasant place to visit once a day.
I can’t use all of the egg carton. I have to look for flat areas that I can cut up. So that can get frustrating! Thank you, Chrisy. Stay well.
The dollhouse is fabulous. I am sorry to hear about the death of your friend. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune left a lasting impression on me. Gratefully, his body of work will be enjoyed for a long time. He was blessed with the ability to write beautifully and with compassion.
He certainly was. Thank you, Nancy.
I started to cry on your line- they can’t lower the lights for him.” So very sad in every way.
As a crafter and quilter, I sincerely think that the person who is putting their heart and soul into a project should do exactly as they please and ignore the peanut gallery. Easy to pick on other people’s “errors” too. I had someone tell me she didn’t like the way I finished the edging on a crocheted afghan. I pulled out the blue ribbon I got from our local fair! :) First time I ever entered anything and was shocked that I won.
Stay well in your cozy house!
Oh, no one meant any harm; it was more about personal preferences. But I rarely ask for advice here as I’m pretty clear on what I want! So maybe I should insert a disclaimer! Just kidding.
I hope you’re doing well, Betsy. Stay safe!
I love the Cotswold cottages! maybe a thatched roof next? :)
I can’t imagine how you would do it. but know you… you’d find a way.
and
yes! it’s STILL my favorite. Don’s studio says it all.
and if that doesn’t look like a real room I’ll eat my hat!
it’s simply beautiful. but then… it was created with LOVE!
and
the loss of that beautiful man. one of the great ones of Broadway.
to have had him for a friend and colleague must have been special indeed.
Thankfully, most of the Cotswold cottages I’ve seen don’t have thatched roofs. Because there’s no way I’m going to go through that!
Thank you, Tammy. Take care of yourself.
LOL!!!
xo
Saddened to hear of the death of your friend from Covid-19. I almost feel a little like I did during the AIDS crisis–waiting to hear which of my friends I will lose next. Many of my friends are over 60 with underlying health conditions. By this time in life who doesn’t have underlying conditions? And we now know everyone is in danger. I hope your neighbors stay away from your house!! On another more pleasant subject, thank you for clarifying your vision for the Cottage. I think of them as having thatched roofs and climbing roses which don’t need gingerbread. Keep well.
I lost so, so many friends from AIDS.
Many Cotswold cottages have roofs that are not thatched, instead, using slate or shingles, etc. As I told Tammy, there’s no way I’m going to do a thatched roof! Thanks, Nora. Take care of yourself.
I hadn’t heard Terrence McNally had died. Very unfortunate, and I’m sorry. I’ve seen several of his plays and he was so good.
Claudia, did I offend you with my remark about the slates? I apologize if I did. I wasn’t criticizing your house. I was just mentioning what I’d noticed last year. As I wrote, Dove Cottage is so charming, that accuracy matters not a whit. It’s your own creation!
Again I apologize for any offense I may had given.
Oh no! Not a bit. Just thought I’d clarify what I was going for in terms of the trim, etc. Don’t worry, Cara xo
Sorry for the loss of your friend, Terence McNally. He was a talented man. May he rest in peace. Claudia I am looking forward to your finished project on the house.
Marilyn
Thank you so much, Marilyn.
Claudia, I don’t know as much as I’d like about the theater, being out here in the West (I guess I should say NY theater) although, over the years, I’ve tried to see plays and musicals at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles. (For a lot of years when I was younger adult and single, I had season tickets to the theater season and it was a real highlight in my life. But even in junior high and high school, we’d journey to the city with field trips. How lucky, for small-town kids!)
When you wrote today of Mr. McNally, it made me think back and review with such gratitude of how my brief exposure to ‘live’ theater enriched my life (even going back to childhood when Mom would play her cast albums on the old ‘record player’ such that besides Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse, my brother and I were also singing with Mom to “Oklahoma” and “Carousel” and “Brigadoon” and “Camelot”). I feel so fortunate that I got to be part of an audience who could see the talents on a theater stage like Lauren Bacall, Topol, Katharine Hepburn (L.A.’s Music Center was going strong in those years, late 1960s thru the 80s, and my good friend STILL has longstanding season tickets to this writing, a 45-year ticket holder). Also, Charlton Heston, Anthony Hopkins, Elizabeth Taylor, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Lemmon, Richard Chamberlain, Tyne Daly, Maggie Smith, Lou Gossett. As ‘young folks’ still in our teens, in school but then also beyond, we were introduced to Shakespeare in a new and relatable way; there were a few Neil Simons in there; even Chekhov.
When I’d heard of the passing of Mr. McNally, I instantly thought of you, “I wonder if Claudia knew him.” And, so you did; I’m so sorry for your loss, and the theater world’s loss; his loved ones’ loss. With COPD, in a similar way like my asthma or with any other already-existing and chronic lung disease , we don’t have much of a chance against this horrible virus/lung infection, or so it seems (we’ll hope for exceptions, and be very-very careful).
I had another nightmare about coronavirus last night and this is so highly not the norm for me. I dreamed that a mean & cruel stranger was purposely mocking me for my cautions and trying to grab me to spread germs. My husband suggested when I have a bad dream like that right now, to wake up hard and say, “Get out, get out, get out!” (banish the dream monsters). Again, no dream expert, but it’s clearly demons that come to me in sleep which represent my fears of getting the virus, and of course the troubling news with knowing that MASSES of people are suffering, in Spain and Italy (please God, not soon here to that degree, but it seems an inevitability). This THING coming to ‘get us’…
My husband showed me a youtube video of Bill Gates doing a TED talk from four or five years ago, when he spoke of the dangers of pandemic. How the U.S. could be so unprepared for it is mind-blowing.
But I’ll pray for a miracle for everybody. Maybe the physical distancing will still help to a large degree despite the violators. Similar to you, I watched yesterday from my window (heard the car door slam), as an older couple came to visit the younger couple next door to me, where there is Mom, Dad and 2 young children. I think the older couple are the grandparents. They went inside the house, and these are small houses. Maybe they didn’t hug. Maybe there were disinfected surfaces. Perhaps they sat across the room from one another. But that was still six people in a small space. The car was there for several hours. Do people STILL not understand?
CNN) “Here’s an indisputable fact: President Donald Trump is as popular today as he has been since his first day in office. In a new Gallup poll, 49% approve of the job Trump is doing as president while 45% disapprove, matching the highest his approval rating has ever been in Gallup surveys. A Monmouth University poll released on Monday showed Trump at 46% approval, again the best he has done in that poll in more than three years.”
And how, possibly, can this be?
I have to change the subject. Please congrat Don on the photo of his studio. When you look at it, there’d be no knowing this is a doll house; rather, a real (human) house. Love the photo; love the house! It’s one of your masterpieces for sure, Claudia!
Well, what a day it is out there at 4pm here in SoCalif! Blustery March wind after the rains, bluest sky and huge puffs of white clouds; we’re bathed in sunshine and 70 degrees (F) in the past hour. I’m about to go climb up our hillside staircase and see, from up high, something of the near world besides the inside of this house!
Two things more:
Item #1. About the necessary physical distancing at present, I remember when I was a little child that my age 60-something grandmother, who was a babysitter (she needed some extra income), was exposed to, gosh let me think, was it scarlet fever(? … yes … ) from one of the kids. (An infectious disease; I don’t know what kinds of antibiotics to fight it were around in those 1950s years. But we weren’t allowed to be around her at all. [What they’re calling ‘mitigation’ right now, right? {Hearing that word a lot!}] In my youth, I recall kids being stricken with rheumatic fever, too, which apparently could be a side effect of scarlet fever; don’t hear too much about it these days. Those children would be isolated for weeks/months on end. My best friend’s sister, Nancy, had rheumatic fever and, to pass the time as she healed, separated from other children and feeling so lonesome, her mother bought her a guitar, and she self-taught on it. I also had a kid on my block who got rheumatic fever and months later after she was feeling better, we’d talk about the fact that Carla was left with a hole in her heart; as innocent children, we thought it was funny to imagine that ‘hole’ but of course there was nothing funny about it at all; was instead a very serious after-effect, permanent, of that disease. As they’re saying, it will be interesting to find out eventually [hopefully not] if those who survive Covid-19, have lung damage that shows up as they age; it’s one of the first things my sister-in-law mentioned to me some weeks back, and she’s a former surgical/ER/trauma nurse who we’re hoping won’t have to go back to duty in this current outbreak, as she’s age 69, which is one upfront risk factor of course.)
Anyway, Grandma having had this exposure, would walk from her house to our house, never interacting with another person along the way, and we could only talk to her through a closed glass window, even my parents. As a tyke, it was hard for me to understand, like what was wrong with Grandma. And that we’d take her things she needed, but could only leave it on her front steps. Again, this was like 60-ish years ago. Wow. I’ve only just thought of this!
Item #2: Cotswold Cottage. I owned one once (human house), built in the 1920s, California. Or so named by the renovation architect. Essentially, an English cottage with a French (Norman) roof/steep roof (shingled). I can assure you, no gingerbread. The only ‘trims’ were decorative shutters on a few windows; not sure if they were added later. Although the front door, arched, had an elaborate door handle of black ‘lacy’ wrought iron (hardware) and black iron ‘strapping’ on the wood of the door … which spoke more to whimsy, because there were Fairytale elements to the home in general (more on the inside; popular ideas from the early-1920s Hollywood film era, like little-cottage-in-the-woods-with-elves sort of thing; mythical elements), but that was simply due to its custom nature and whatever the original homeowner who built it seemed to like (i.e., we had some blends of past & present accoutrements; one stained/leaded-glass window was considered Mission period, an era which predated the house, more like 1915).
I think you’re spot-on with your ongoing work on this particular doll house, but it’s no surprise because we know you research your work and know what you’re doing!
Physical distance is a must. I can’t believe there is anyone who doesn’t understand that! Whether family, friends, or strangers. We keep away. The people who do not see that as an imperative will be risking their health and the health of others. God knows there are enough stories out there about people visiting grandparents and talking through the window so that they won’t infect them. I have no patience with people who don’t get this! I know you understand.
Thanks for your insights on the Cotswold cottage look. It won’t be exact but it will certainly be a homage to that style. xo
We still have these other choices where we CAN feel empowered, to where we do NOT need to feel a loss of control: WE CAN STAY HOME. Reduce exposure. Be a hero to save somebody else.
Claudia, how is your sister doing in Florida with Little Z? Someone else here had just mentioned Florida … was it Shanna? Don’t both your sister and brother-in-law work in the healthcare industry? Are you having worries about them? I hope they’re all doing fine!
She’s been working off and on, which I’m not happy about. I worry about her. Everyone is home. Her son is working from home, so is her husband. Z is doing fine! Thanks, Vicki.
Thank you, Vicki. Take care of yourself!
You’re up late, girl. Get on to bed and have a very-good sleep tonight!
Yeah, I had to respond to a dumbfounding comment. I am continually stunned by the fact that people do not get it. Re:the virus.
Do you mean that you wouldn’t hug your own mother if she came to your door today? I love your blog, but don’t be too quick to judge.
No, I wouldn’t – precisely because I loved her and would want to keep her safe in case I was carrying the virus. (Though she passed away 4 years ago.) And she wouldn’t hug me – because she loved me. We would do our utmost to keep each other safe. That’s what people who care do for each other. They respect the rules and the very clear warnings about this virus in order to keep each other – whether family, friends, or strangers – safe.
And if you’re NOT doing that, well, you should think very hard about that.
If you had read the post correctly, you would have known that these weren’t family members. They were high school friends, who were not quarantined along with the family.
sorry for the loss of your friend and colleague. what talent, together! glad you have that lovely photo.
don’s photo and your work on his studio are great, too. thought i was looking at a life-size room.
i hope those neighbors all stay away from you and don! what are their parents thinking?!?
my news is that finally (FINALLY!!!) my office is cutting hours starting next monday … to the point that i will work three hours every other day. my boss and i are alternating the days we will go in. i wish it was 100% closed (because i want to reduce the risk as much as possible), but still … i am RELIEVED to be away from so many people. and angry that it’s taken this long … but i am going to focus on the relief part.
hope everyone stays safe and is well.
kathy in iowa
Wonderful news, Kathy! Thank goodness! Stay safe, my friend.
Hello Claudia, I really like your blog, it makes me feel good, my country is almost completely quarantined, here at home it’s just me and my son, we both work at the hospital, he works in the human resources sector, so I I have siblings who are considered at risk because they are diabetic, I worry about them a lot and I haven’t seen them for two weeks because, if I get infected, I don’t want to contaminate them either. It is very sad, but I hope we can win this battle. Stay at home.
Please take care of yourselves, Edis. Bless you for the work you are doing. XO
Claudia, a very late night note purely to express my sorrow for the loss of your dear friend
Terrence. The photo of the two of you is radiant with the obvious pleasure of relating to one another’s passion for your talents and endeavors. May life treat you kindly as you embrace fond memories of shared moments.
Thank you so much, R.
The studio looks so much like a real, life sized room!
Thank you, Cheryl!
My post got lost, somehow. The book sounds interesting, especially in these troubled times. It sounds like it celebrates the goodness or the finding of goodness – those books I go back to frequently, sometimes just for moral support.
My area sewers are making masks by the hundreds. They are following the guidelines to produce functional/safe masks. That’s part of the goodness we see in times of such need.