Since retirement, my home-time is very pleasurable.
I have "stations" around the house for:
Painting • Drawing • Zumba & Exercise
Special Projects • Writing • Reading.
I am grateful for a working kitchen.
This is one time where being an Introvert comes in handy.
My life is less disrupted than are many others' lives.
In my small town the changes don't seem drastic to me,
even though we do run out of toilet paper.
We are lucky that we can afford to be calm & accepting.
We walk outdoors, & passersby are pleasant.
We are still a town of Hello's & waving to strangers.
Yesterday as I was walking the Harbor Walk,
a woman on a bench called out to me:
"We can still do this!" & she did a thumbs up,
& I replied "Yes, we are lucky!"
and raised my thumbs to her.
Kathy at the blog Catching Happiness
has a post about "Staying Positive..."
She mentions "Stress Cleaning."
I've been enjoying "Stress Organizing," like
taking inventory of my colored pencils.
At some point I will do a phone order/roadside pick up
at Fiddleheads,
my local art shop, which is closed...
Temporarily.
Oooh, order & labels for my fountain pen inks!
(the small ones are samples I get from Goulet Pens.)
Writing in my journal remains a daily pleasure.
On this day I was listening to France Bleu radio
& decided to create a sort of dictation & to search words
in the dictionary (Reverso online).
I just started a new Rhodia daily journal.
A new Lamy "Turmaline" fountain pen arrived from Goulet
just before things shut down.
Goulet is a small business with heart,
that is paying its employees during this time.
Voilà.
Nice to reinforce good feelings via online networks
in a time of physical isolation.
How are you occupying your time
in your "confinement" and "sheltering."?
