From my couch to yours…
Home, as a concept, is taking on a new meaning.
This is much more than rearranging our furniture, sorting closets or cleaning out the basement.
For many of us, this new situational reality is just beginning to sink in.
| We have no control and we don’t know if it is going to be okay. But we never really knew. Especially not now. But maybe this will finally shake us awake and makes us more connected, reverent, and alive. What if we become better people in a better world? But there is something else happening as well. We may realize that the world is more astonishing that we could ever imagine, as well as terrifying, unimaginable and incalculable. But next to this angst, this stage of choice, comes freedom. And with this comes the opportunity to do things you have never had the time to do before, to explore uncharted territories. So change out of your 9 p.m. pyjamas into your 9 a.m. pyjamas, commute to your sofa, and put your feet up. |
| Because here, for your edification and possible debile amusement, are some, if I say so myself, felicitous ideas to help keep you culturally engaged. Oh God, you say. She has entirely too much time on her hands. |
| Figure out what kind of wine goes with granola. Put all your socks into pairs. Knit Iceland earflap hats. Watch cacti grow. Work out why dry spaghetti breaks into more than two pieces when bent. Teach yourself the army alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo…so the next time you have to spell something out over the phone, you’ll nail it. FaceTime your extended family to vote on who has the nicest ears. (Never mind, don’t do that. That was a weird idea.) Remove pesky nose hairs. Find out if woodpeckers get headaches. Make an Instagram account for your cat and write posts as though it is the cat writing them. Organize apps on your phone. Google courtship behaviour of ostriches towards humans under farming conditions in Mali. Paint your keys with different colours of nail polish. Rearrange books by colour. Check drawers for puce coloured sweaters. Remove immediately. Research whether cows with names give more milk that those without names. Calculate the total surface area of an Asiatic elephant. Analyze the side effects of sword swallowing. Say the alphabet backwards. Attempt to like playing Solitaire. Destroy all pictures of you between the ages of 14 and 21. Learn how to spell Worcester, as in Worcester sauce. Discover new uses for attachments of old vacuum cleaner parts. Stack Tupperware in descending order and according to colour of lid. Watch black and white movies in alphabetical order. Count your liver spots. Keep a running talley of new leaves on your house plants. Finish Proust’s entire seven volumes of “Remembrance of Things Past” and NOT bring it up every chance you get. File income taxes on time. Print out this list and use sharp scissors to cut it into separate action items. |
Yes, I’m just a women, standing in front of some red liquorice, tryng to save some for later.
I always knew you had an amazing imagination, but this is over the top! I see you do have plenty of time on your hands. Keep your notes coming, they’re always good advice and often good for a laugh. Look after yourself, I do hope you have enough wine to keep you going.
Susan
Stay well Karen! I look forward to your blogs…..heart heart