On Things I Won't Forget

What I Already Miss

  • Lazy Saturdays at coffee shops

  • Dining in at restaurants

  • Window shopping

  • Hugs. Won’t it be wild when we can touch each other again?

  • Dropping by… anything

  • Concerts and live shows

  • Dinner parties

  • Strong federal leadership

What I Don’t Miss

  • Traffic

  • Long lines

  • Indecision

  • Arrogance

What I Won’t Miss

  • Panic buying

  • Hoarding

  • Uncertainty

  • Hysteria

  • Misinformation

  • Over-scheduling

  • The worst of humanity

  • Greed

  • The jarring sensation of seeing a tightly packed group of people in pre-C19 photos, movies, and shows

What I Won’t Forget

  • Always having a little extra on hand: toilet paper, home cooked meals, a kind word, patience

  • How quickly people stepped up in the absence of leadership

  • Medical professionals becoming soldiers in wartime

  • Small kindnesses — a small wave from a neighbor, a socially distant smile in the grocery store aisle

  • Washing hands for 20 seconds, paying extra attention to fingertips, nooks and crannies, and the backs of hands.

  • The simple power of soap

  • Cuddling with my dog isn’t just a luxury — it’s downright essential

  • Gratitude. Today, it’s perfectly-cooked-can-see-every-grain rice; new orders from customers; hot water dispensers; bananas; Snoh Aalegra’s “I want you around”

  • Lulls and downtime

  • The joy of reading

  • Humility

Inspired by MR: “What I won’t forget: That New York is New Yorkers and nothing else.”

We’re always in need of a little perspective. Pause to have a little cry.

“How are you doing?” “Maintaining” Running out of ways to respond to “How are you”? I’ve got you.

Lazy dinner ideas. Just because you’re doing a lot of home cooking doesn’t mean every meal has to be James Beard-worthy. Some of my go-tos: kimchi fried rice; tamago scrambled eggs; ANY KIND OF TOAST; cheese and crackers a la Lunchables; cacio e pepe pasta, tinned sardines with a little mayo and diced pickles; omelets

Just learned that Dalgona coffee is a thing.

You can color the NYTimes now.

Reminder that Netflix Party is a Chrome extension that lets you watch Netflix and chat with your friends.

“Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would have never begun. We are mistaken when we compare war with “normal life.” Life has never been normal.” - C.S. Lewis, in a speech to Oxford students in 1939.

Nothing to see here.

Jenny Rosentrach’s Project, Pantry, Purpose series is wonderful.

Despite there being so many cancelled events, there’s still a lot to do. The world continues to be our oyster.

Don’t forget to complete the US Census. Everyone deserves to be counted.