https://youtu.be/QuysZvtpbeE Day 8 of the mandate: self-repair toilet paper roll count is 33. Two people I crossed paths with today mentioned the phrase “self-care”. In context they shared they are taking care of others and needed to take care of themselves before they got sick. I replied with the phrase “age of grace”. We areContinueContinue reading “Day 8: Figure Eight”
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Day 7: Cherry Blossoms
https://youtu.be/evKZGQ-qwEE It is Day 7 of the Stay Home, Stay Healthy mandate in Washington State. As of the writing of this journal, there is 3166 dead from the virus in our country, 211 happened in Washington, which puts us second behind New Yorks 1342. The cherry, apple and plum blossoms are blooming right now! TheyContinueContinue reading “Day 7: Cherry Blossoms”
Day 6: Zoom for poets & family
https://youtu.be/CDvdqo_R6iY Toilet Paper Count: 23 rolls 1) an observed joy- Shouting “good morning!” across the street to other neighbors out for walks. There is a shrug that accompanies the hello. It’s a subtle “what the hell is all this? oh well, good morning” kind of shrug. 2) a real concern- I’m doing too much stationaryContinueContinue reading “Day 6: Zoom for poets & family”
Day 5: Miscounted Stock of TP
https://youtu.be/8XkcbdSRdO0 The Daily Dose of Internet is one of my favorite chill channels. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. It is difficult to NOT watch too much TV during the lockdown. As a lover of zombie movies, I noticed there are MORE zombie and epidemic movies lined up in my Hulu andContinueContinue reading “Day 5: Miscounted Stock of TP”
Day 4: Stay Home. Stay Healthy.
On March 24th the governor of Washington State declared the “Stay Home. Stay Healthy” mandate. “It’s time to hunker down in order to win this fight. So, tonight, I am issuing a “Stay Home” order to fight this virus. This is Washington’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order. This includes a ban on all gatherings, andContinueContinue reading “Day 4: Stay Home. Stay Healthy.”
How Are You Doing?
Hey, how ya’ doin’? How are you doing during the pandemic? Are you ready for it to be over? Ya, me too. I live about 2 hours drive north of Seattle, Washington, ground zero for the first coronavirus death in America. Whatcom County is locked up. On this day March 19th: restaurants offer take-out orContinueContinue reading “How Are You Doing?”
Poem: Unfinished Basement
Unfinished Basement By Shannon Laws Figure out how I fit in your world as I discover the shape of your heart push me into your foreign form as the chalk line between us dulls Memory foam bed faces north in your cold unfinished basement headboard is bare drywall with taped-over nails primer and mud aContinueContinue reading “Poem: Unfinished Basement”
bohemian
bohemian So, a while back a friend said she could finally afford to buy that bohemian coat she wanted. The use of the word “bohemian” spurred memories. I’ve considered myself a bohemian ever since my aunt gave me a turquoise & silver ring when I was seven. My aunt lived the bohemian lifestyle and gettingContinueContinue reading “bohemian”
Warm Worm
Warm Worm Moss-heavy limbs fall from charge of a warm southern wind rest in a compost graveyard of other arms that have been Once boasted of leaves awarded with weighted sog pray if awarded knees low water releases a fog Time will turn you into swamps breath and a story told around the table AsContinueContinue reading “Warm Worm”
These Things Shall Pass
Do you know what the best day to be at Disneyland was? September 12, 2001. On the day after September 11th, while all planes over the skies of America were grounded, my neighbors loaded up their Subaru and drove like a bat out of hell to Disneyland. They were a young Disney fanatical-couple with earlyContinueContinue reading “These Things Shall Pass”
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