3-21-20

I joined a group on Facebook where everyone is making face masks for the public to wear. Even some medical groups want them because they want to extend the life of their N95 mask. The research says that cloth masks do not protect you much, but they are better than nothing, and they will keep a cough or sneeze from going into the air.

3-19-20

My student challenged me to make a hexaflexagon with positive messages. Next to it is a red bracelet. Yiddish/Jewish custom is to wear read thread or yarn to protect from the evil eye. I think I'll wear this from now on.

3-18-20

Getting into the coronavirus spirit, I made bread from the Joy of Cooking recipe book.

And made some mugs...

And took a walk in the quiet quiet town. 

3-17-20

So here we are mid March in what I suspect will be months of homebound quarantine. Months. What will I do for months.... There are work projects I can engage in, but no teaching per se. There are doc students to work with on dissertation drafts... some research I can get going on, some curriculum I can write. I hope, like Isaac Newton, that I discover or invent something interesting and useful during this time of separation.

Headache, sore throat, cough. That's what I have. We shall see if it gets any worse. I opted not to go to my mom's house for dinner tonight because of this potential. From what I've read, this virus is ALL OVER and just not tested. There are only three documented cases in my county, but I seriously doubt that's all there actually are.

Time to really plan out the next three months. Mid-March to Mid-April, Mid-April to Mid-June, and Mid-June to Mid-July. Yikes. I'm really hoping that the heat and humidity of July helps things here. But then, the virus will ramp up in the southern hemisphere.

Lots of people will get sick. Getting sick, like the flu, is ok. But lots of people will die alone in a hospital bed surrounded by masked and gowned strangers. I do not wish that on my friends and family.

3-11-20

It's almost here. Today is Wednesday during spring break week. My conference in Oregon was cancelled (we were supposed to leave tomorrow). I have a sore throat today after going to the dentist two days ago, and fear that I have the virus. So, I'm not going to choir practice tonight. I'd been asked to play piano at my friend's funeral Friday. She died on Monday after being in a terrible car wreck. Needless to say, there is a lot of anxiety. We do not know what will happen next.

3-3-20

I cleaned my art closet today!

2-29-20

Back home, we had a birthday party today for my mom. I made the cake. Sta is here also... she flew over for the party.

2-23-20

Me and my sister!

Some paintings I did today...

2-22-20

This is the teacher at the painting class. Below are some things I worked on today.

2-21-20

Today we got up early and drove to Atlanta to a Subaru dealer and bought this car.. I then drove to the airport and flew to Dallas to see my sister and take a painting class with her. So, in this week I have been to the hospital, been to Atlanta, been to two airports, and been to Dallas... at the very beginning of the coronavirus crisis in the US. 

2-17-20

Teensie and Grayson!

Below is a photo of the intersection where I had my accident. Today we went to the police station to get the accident report and went to see the car at the junk yard. The police report indicated that a witness stopped at the red light northbound on College saw the car run the red light and strike me... that was a relief.

2-14-20

I was on my way to an 11:00 meeting at school when I was struck by a northbound car while crossing College Street. My side airbag inflated, I spun around 180 degrees, and ended up back where I started turned around. My knee was bleeding and it felt like my uterus was falling out of me. I got ahold of Dan and he came up and sat with me on the sidewalk. He ended up taking me to the ER where I was scanned. All was ok. We were there all afternoon. I was very shaken up. I just noticed that my windshield wipers are in the up position. I wonder why that happened. My glasses flew off my face, so did inertia knock the wipers up?

2-6-20

Just some things I've made lately.

2-2-20

Working with a kitten snuggled in...

Dan and I went for a walk today at the nature preserve.

1-30-20

These are some of the best ocarinas that the elementary education students made!

1-25-20

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER!

1-20-2020

This is our living room... Dan in the reading chair with his feet on the footstool, a fire going, light streaming in.

My sketches below getting ready to teach an ocarina class!

1-15-20

Teensie investigating some mugs I just finished making.

View from walk in park today.

1-11-20

Dan gets me out on walks sometimes... the only way I seem to go nowadays. We went and saw this old house around the block from where we live, and it has a barn in the backyard that would make a great pottery studio. Dreams!

1-10-20

I was asked to make six steins for this brewery in town, and they are all made... waiting to dry so I can fire and glaze them. This semester has not gotten off to a good start.

1-6-20

Getting back into clay is a good thing to do. School started back today and I need to find joy in my work, and also joy in making with clay.

1-5-2020

I am getting off another medicine, T. It too acts on my GABA receptors, and I'm not having a good time getting off it. I hope to get a reward when my brain has healed from all these years of taking benzos.

1-4-2020

This is the lady whose granddaughter found Grayson. She came over today to see him for the first time since rescuing him. He didn't want to sit in her lap!

1-2-2020

We drove Jes and Jef to the airport today. First we dropped Jef off in the rain, and then we went with Jes to tour the birthplace of MLK Jr and the church he preached at. It was cold and very very rainy. We had lunch in a German brew pub that only served beers from Georgia.

1-1-2020

I felt great today. Jes and Jef were here and I baked cinnamon buns this morning, and made pretzels in the afternoon.

We went for a walk and tried to rescue a cat trapped in a crawlspace.

I felt great. So happy. So energetic. So full of life.