Wednesday, 25 March

Wednesday, 25 March

This morning light snow is falling, big lazy flakes drifting down to melt away on contact with earth or object. ...

Tuesday, 24 March

It’s either Day Five or Six of our quarantine period.  My husband arrived Mondovì station last Thursday at 9:30 am...

Monday, 23 March 2020

Monday, 23 March 2020

Today the Italian government issued a revised form of the auto-dichiarazione (self-declaration) we must all carry when we leave our...

Quarantine

Quarantine

My husband and I have been going about life under quarantine much as we would under normal circumstances.  We spend part...

High anxiety

High anxiety

18 March I realized yesterday that going to the supermarket makes me feel anxious.  Going indoors almost anywhere except home...

20 March 2020

20 March 2020

We are at home together.  We both feel well although we each need a haircut, a situation we’ll just have...

19 March 2020

19 March 2020

Numbers of new virus patients are rising; the numbers of dead in Italy are staggering and continue to mount here...

18 March 2020

18 March 2020

I realized yesterday that going to the supermarket makes me feel anxious.  Going indoors almost anywhere except home makes my...

New Year’s Day

New Year’s Day

New Year’s Day, Capo d’Anno, the first day of 2020.  Probably I ought to have finished yesterday: reflections on the...