The Devil's Arithmetic is a concept found on both sides of World War II's concentration camps; for the meaning to the interned, see the book of the same title by Jane Yolen. For the Nazis, it was a careful calculation of how little prisoners could be fed, clothed, and housed before they died of starvation …
Month: March 2020
Pandemic Diaries: I Need a Schedule
Last week we were meant to be on holiday, so our Social Distancing was more of a long, lazy West Wing binge, with intermittent movies thrown in. Staying in and watching movies, walks, working jigsaw puzzles, and reading is pretty much our jam but it is remarkable how readily we slide into abject sloth. Or …
Pandemic Diaries: Social Distancing Week One
We were supposed to be in Napa, then San Francisco. We would have been in the airport right now and then boarding a steel tube likely filled with COVID-19, having passed through two of the busiest airports in the country, also probably simmering in virus. Fortunately we paid attention to the first stories and followed …
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