A series begun with the COVID-19 isolations | Sherry Robbins

Social Isolation: Day 12

Posted on March 30, 2020 2 Comments

We get home just in time from our first walk in shirtsleeves. Lightning thunder crashing all around, sideways rain. A little obvious as metaphors go but, as a record of the day, accurate. Divorce rates soar post-quarantine, I read but none of them has the good fortune […]

Social Isolation: Day 11

Posted on March 29, 2020 2 Comments

After a hurricane if there was no power my parents’ yard would fill up with friends and friends of friends and they would grill the contents of the old freezer, size of a car and full of the thawing seafood Harley pulled out of the Gulf. Every disaster was a chance to take […]

Social Isolation: Day 10

Posted on March 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

From a Zen Master: we don’t move toward things. Things move toward us so that we might know ourselves. Real sun today. Real warmth. More of us in the park, but it’s a big park. Rounding the back end of it I veer off into the grass, make way […]

Social Isolation: Day 9

Posted on March 27, 2020 1 Comment

A man under a shelter bellows into his phone “Lord, we ask that you heal him and… . “ Just past him a girl released from her car seat toddles off in sequined sneakers giggling, knees high. It’s almost warm today, coats unzipped and hats stuffed into pockets. Walkers smile and nod from other paths. […]

Social Isolation: Day 8

Posted on March 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

Our governor is out-governing everyone—daily briefings, robust plans. Today he spoke at length on love of all things. A bossy man usually, now exhausted, his voice hides tears and many of us listening tear up a little, too. I Heart NY the old bumper sticker ran and I remember why, of all the places I […]