In the time of coronavirus: Seattle, 4/19/20

by | Apr 19, 2020 | Uncategorized

I want to write entries in this diary about Tom Petty, my fridge magnet collection, and a solo trek I intend to make on foot from my house to downtown Seattle. But my best-laid plans keep getting waylaid by all the shit hitting the national fan. It happens that today...

In the time of coronavirus: Seattle, 4/16/20

by | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

I’m proud of my wife. As I start writing this, Jenny’s on Zoom teaching her 8:30 a.m. ENGL105 class to University of Washington graduate students who will have to demonstrate English proficiency in order to qualify for teaching assistantships. She’s in what she calls...

In the time of coronavirus: Seattle, 4/14/20

by | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

You might remember that last Friday I woke up early feeling shitty, so I sat down to try to write myself out of my funk. I’m glad to report that it more or less worked. By noon I was feeling that I had written something true – since it was true that I had woken up...

In the Time of Coronavirus: Seattle, 4/10/20

by | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today is Good Friday. It’s not even 7 a.m. yet as I start writing this, and it’s already one of those mornings. I got out of bed around 5:15 because I had been just lying there, wakeful but unrested, since about 4:30. I felt shitty last night for the obvious general...

In the Time of Coronavirus: Seattle, 4/7/20

by | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized

From the Seattle Times, April 6: Washington state appears to be flattening its “curve” – the impact on the hospital system at any one time – according to the latest analysis from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE). The...