Just put 'coronavirus my city' into google and wow.

( Incompetence is rampant. The numbers are already scary. )

I wrote Part 16 of my Battling Coronavirus fic series today ( Read more... )

I've never been to this Florida attraction/historical/wildlife etc. place, Bok Tower and gardens is something I'd always wanted to visit but it was never on the family summer route. It's been open since 1929. It's a contemplative garden, bird sanctuary and carillon tower. The tower is over 200 feet tall with a 60 bell carillon that is played every ( Read more... )

Taking a break from mask making I wandered to the front room to look out the window.

YAY, my order of cat food & other kitty necessities had arrived from CHEWY.com.

( Minor whining )

My back is rebelling against ironing, so I had to cut short today's mask making- the Make Masks folks put up a new design that works out about the same, but is more efficient- less ironing for one thing ( Read more... )

I stopped counting, but anyway, it's a good number of masks started and waiting in the sewing room for me to get back to them. Some of them are now earmarked for a cousin who emailed me yesterday & in the course of the convo 'what are you up to, are you ok, do you need anything' the mask making was mentioned & she said a friend of hers made some ( Read more... )

The gist of this story--a train ran full speed off the end of the tracks near the Navy medical ship (it's snow white with huge red crosses and the name 'US NAVAL HOSPITAL SHIP MERCY' in bold lettering). The Mercy is docked at the port of Los Angeles in order to care for non-COVID-19 patients to ease the burden on area hospitals.

( and so it goes )

11:41 AM APRIL 2 ( Read more... )

Not that I'm intending to leave my property any time soon, but I'm practicing wearing one of my homemade face masks. I want to teach my body to accept it as normal before I find myself needing to use it for an extended length of time ( Read more... )

I sincerely hope no one is stupid enough to play April Fool's Day jokes today ( Read more... )