Reading and Roaming
VIEWING My recent screen viewing has run the gamut from social justice to World War II to Hasidic Jews. None of them light pieces, but all a diversion from reading about COVID-19. Dark Waters (Amazon Prime) This film, starring Mark Ruffalo as an earnest, determined corporate lawyer who takes on the DuPont Company, has echoes of Jonathan …
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WISHING AND HOPING…. Like the song, I imagine many of us are wishing and hoping that Covid-19 goes away soon. But we’re probably in for a longer haul and so, it’s more books, more screen time, more curbside takeout, perhaps more cooking and baking, and definitely more walking for exercise. ON SCREEN Happy Valley (Netflix) Set in …
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CONNECTING WITH ZOOM This week I went from never having used Zoom for meetings to having three encounters. I now consider myself semi-experienced! Once you have the Zoom app on your phone, iPad or computer, it’s easy to be invited to participate. The most novel interaction was the birthday party on Monday afternoon that our daughter-in-law organized for …
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COVID-19 & STAYING HOME Other than one trip to the supermarket, we have not left our island neighborhood for the past week. We are fortunate to be having gorgeous weather (sunny and warm) and have walked our boulevard each morning and then gone to the pool in the late afternoon—always mindful of keeping an appropriate distance …
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