Chris Cuomo, born in 1970, is a little older than my son. I wish I could send him chicken soup. I’m sure it would make him feel better! A few years ago, chef Daniel Rose, then running his Paris restaurant, Spring, told me he was coming down with a cold. I brought him a container […]
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How Dogs Help Us Cope
Rocky, who is now 8 months old, doesn’t care about the pandemic. So I watch him…and try to take a page from his playbook. He doesn’t ruminate about how long we’ll be sheltering in place. He stays in “the now,” happy that he has what he needs: food, walks, and belly rubs. I first began […]
5Cs of Pandemic Management: Staying Sane When Home Is All You Have
“How are you doing down there all by yourself?” ask members of my family and close friends. I do a lot of thinking about what’s keeping me sane — and what could make it worse. So far so good. The day is marked by dog walks. One hour, one day, one week bleeds into the […]
Unexpected Effect of the Pandemic #2: Housecleaning
When news of the pandemic sunk in, I didn’t immediately think, “Oh, no! That means I’ll be mopping the floor and cleaning my own toilets. But in the post-apocalyptic world, house cleaning is part of the Zeitgeist. “I’m trying to figure out how clean the toilet without sticking my hand in,” Marge says today, when […]
Unexpected Casualty of the Pandemic: My Hair
People talk about the “new normal.” To me, it’s the New Different. And we have no idea where the stress and anxiety will take us. The virus has already affected my hair. I don’t yet resemble the meme now circulating, but… On Tuesday, March 17, I realized my roots were starting to show, so […]