Yes, the family circle is lovely and cozy here too, Udhay.  I've noticed
how we're all more clued into each other while staying independent. But, I
long to sing with my regular choir - we did two fantastic practices in
parks where we could stand 8 feet apart, facing away as much as was
possible under the circumstances. Our poor choir director is just beside
himself having to manage all this stuff.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 9:37 PM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't have an unusual story to tell, just a parade of illness and
> deaths similar to what many others have experienced. There was one 10
> day period last October when I lost 3 close people. The loss that hurt
> the most wasn't even someone related to me (by blood, at least) and
> has already been discussed on this list [1].
>
> Most of them made me more angry than sad. OK, first angry, then sad -
> because I thought many of them were preventable. Maybe a dollop of
> survivor's guilt as well.
>
> Some groups of friends with whom I made regular plans to hang out with
> over video calls played their part in maintaining sanity, as was the
> extremely welcome discovery that the 3 of us appear to like being
> cooped up together in the house. :)
>
> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg30166.html
>
>

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