Was it our imagination or did the stars even seem brighter? Nature felt stronger with us at rest. Summer swept in and the night sky looked different. We made gin and tonics every afternoon and watched the sunset over the golden forsythia, while tracking the rising death-toll graphs on our phones. We viewed videos of forklifts moving bodies into refrigerated trucks in New York City. We walked along trickling waters in mist, in birdsong, in a dream. We marveled at the infinite green shades of the spring mosses, freshly revealed by the melting snow. We took extravagantly long hikes in the muddy forests. While so many were suffering, it was a strangely happy time for our family. Every night, candlelight flickered on the groaning board. We cooked elaborate meals with our stores of food. There was panic and death down the mountain, but we lived like gods.
We abandoned a neighborhood that, within weeks, would turn out to be among the most ravaged in the United States. My husband, the kids, and I left the city the very next day for upstate New York, holding our breath in the elevator on the trip down to the car. Others would end up sick with fevers within weeks-by which time the idea of standing within breathing space of anyone but immediate family members already seemed unthinkable.Ī few days after the last normal thing, our kids were sent home from college and high school. Some invitees didn’t come, but a surprisingly large number of us showed up. The hostess assured us all that there would be plenty of hand sanitizer around.
Covid-19 was already causing moderate to severe panic among our crowd, but no one we knew was dying… yet. MLS does not verify the information and disclaims any responsibility for its accuracy.My “last normal thing” (as such activities would come to be called) before the first pandemic lockdown was to attend a birthday party in New York City in March 2020. There is no express or implied warranty by HAR or MLS as to the accuracy of such information, which should be independently verified by Buyer/Tenant or such other person.
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