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  • Notes from a Pandemic: Uncertainty

    Notes from a Pandemic: Uncertainty

    I’m feeling uncertain today about a lot of things, inner and outer. Whether to go further inwards into books, meditation, yoga and writing or to engage and ‘stay outside’ with video calls,social media and news. The instinct goes towards both; swinging wildly back and fore; the desire to sleep a lot or the anxious ceiling…

  • Notes from a Pandemic: Outside

    Notes from a Pandemic: Outside

    Going out. I’m going to leave the flat for the first time in three weeks. I can’t believe it has been that long; between working online, checking in with loved ones, reading the news, reacting to the news and sleeping a lot it has all gone by in a surreal, sometimes peaceful often anxious whirl.…

  • Notes from a Pandemic: The Beginning

    Notes from a Pandemic: The Beginning

    It’s day 7 of the national ‘lockdown’ here in Andalucía, Spain. Life changed overnight as the rise in cases of the Covid-19 virus caused the government to act quickly and announce legislation for new national measures to protect citizens and residents. Even typing that sentence feels surreal. I’ve lived in Andalucía for nearly seven years…