1 San Francisco's shelter from the storm
Our daughter is in SF with Jesse and hunkering down as the shelter-in-place order kicks in. I like that term - much better than self-isolation.
2 Covid-19 and the Flu
3 Those Winter Sundays
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he’d call,
and slowly I would rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that house,
Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love’s austere and lonely offices?
Robert Hayden (1966)
4 Birth of the cool
I've been enjoying this documentary on Miles Davis - something of a jerk but some great music!
5 Showdown At Yellow Butte
And I've been enjoying this Louis L'Amour western as a break from the serious stuff.
Overtime: Sign off this week courtesy of Seth Godin
Curate your incoming.
Stay off Twitter.
Do the work instead. Whatever needs doing most is better than panic.
Being up-to-date on the news is a trap and a scam. Five minutes a day is all you need.
