A colleague's mother was admitted to a French hospital this morning. She was diagnosed with Covid-19 and having difficulty breathing.

I met her once, when she dropped by our office last fall.

This is the first person within my sphere of acquaintances who has been confirmed with the virus.

I hope she improves.

I've made some progress on Verum in the past few days, working on the blue upholstery, trying to capture the shimmer and shadow.

One or two more passes should do it, and then I will turn my attention to the cobra.


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I know I had dreams last night, but they were lost upon waking.

I'm trying to document as many dreams as possible, to keep a clear view on my subconscious as events unfold.

When long-held structures break down and patterns are disrupted, the ensuing chaos provides a vehicle for synchronicities, meaningful coincidences and flat out paranormal ( Read more... )

I have a small frilly fowl and it is rapidly duplicating in size, getting larger. It is about the size of a basket ball when it stops growing. A sweet bird, it lets me pet it. It is then a tortoise, and I give it a peanut, which it eats happily.

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I am with my ex-boyfriend C and it is 1994.

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There are benefits to the whole social distancing thing.

Travel by bicycle to Kiddy's home in the west of Berlin was so much more pleasant than normal with fewer cars on the street. And when we visited his new studio and had the entire complex to ourselves it was magical, a strange, beautiful paradise. There is a small pond for wildlife there, and ( Read more... )

Dreams last night:

Mice were in my home, living on the back of the toilet, lined up neatly on a pipe.

I noticed my bird seemed to have an injured foot; I picked him up and flipped him over to get a good look. His foot was clenched, so I prised it open gently. There was a lot of blood but I couldn't determine the cause, or what I could do to help ( Read more... )

Went to the grocery store for some odds and ends. Eggs, mayonnaise, oranges, cheese and prosecco.

I wore the thick, reusable cloth mask I got in Vietnam. I have to admit I felt like a freak the whole time, but there were some Asian shoppers also wearing masks, so that helped. And anyway, there is evidence that mask wearing can actually help.

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I spent yesterday fixing up my studio, transforming it from an art studio into a mix of art studio and home office. A lot of furniture was moved, dust was vacuumed, and the desk was moved to a sunny place.

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Trying to stay off social media, but finding it difficult. Everyone is frightened, everyone is a know-it-all, but no one really knows anything.

I should jump rope. Sitting on the sofa for long stretches like this can't be good for me.

I finally got through to the unemployment agency (Arbeitsagentur) on the telephone and completed my "online" ( Read more... )

We received the message today: Work from home. I'm relieved they did not wait longer; it would have been socially irresponsible, ignorant and cruel to demand employees to continue coming to the office, and I would not have complied.

Things here have gotten bad, and it's time to batten down the hatches. My plague shopping was completed earlier in ( Read more... )