“And will we go for a walk? And look at all their gardens, and the houses, and the empty roads - and hear it all getting quiet and loud again. And wasn’t it so quiet then? And isn’t it so loud now?”
I can’t choose just one quote as my favorite. You captured every nuance of the nightmare.
Thnks Margaret. Yes reading back now there were so many little banal bits that made up a day in the life of the whole thing. Happy to hear it resonated with you!
Yea wouldn't want to go back to that tbh. There was so much sacrificed that we are still paying the price for now - kids with school experiences, college goers who never really knew what it was like to "go to college" and people who've never worked in an office or anything like that... its crazy the impact of it all even now.
“And will we go for a walk? And look at all their gardens, and the houses, and the empty roads - and hear it all getting quiet and loud again. And wasn’t it so quiet then? And isn’t it so loud now?”
I can’t choose just one quote as my favorite. You captured every nuance of the nightmare.
Thnks Margaret. Yes reading back now there were so many little banal bits that made up a day in the life of the whole thing. Happy to hear it resonated with you!
'Just one hug'
Great piece David. What a time it was. Virtual, and oh so real. 40 min paywall. Cancellations. Walks. Maybe go for another walk. Oh Jesus...
Yea wouldn't want to go back to that tbh. There was so much sacrificed that we are still paying the price for now - kids with school experiences, college goers who never really knew what it was like to "go to college" and people who've never worked in an office or anything like that... its crazy the impact of it all even now.
Yes but, I'd probably never have started walking, and therefore writing. So maybe I will thank it for that.
That, and waking up!