'We’re suspended in an in-between place. It’s my 'normal' life, but not really. It’s my life, but it doesn’t really feel like it. My whole world has shrunk to what’s on this side of my garden fence.'
in the produce aisle of the supermarket just to say hi in person. We tell each other about our parents and siblings and pets and the series we’re watching to pass the time. Then we close the Skype call and go back to the rest of our isolated lives.on March 8, which means I’ve officially spent more than a month in lockdown.
It was three hours out of the house in the span of more than 30 days, and it seems it will be like this for a while longer. On April 10, Italy’s Prime MinisterLiving in the European epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak feels like one of those dreams where you suddenly realize the movie premiere you’re glamorously attending is actually taking place inside your living room, familiar and alien at the same time.
I like to listen in as my parents do video lessons with their students, and eavesdrop on my brother talking about Wilde and Dickens during his English Literature quiz on Zoom. I think it all reminds me of a simpler time — myyears weren’t exactly nice but I certainly didn’t feel this impending and colossal doom breathing down my neck.
The situation we’re all in weighs on the mind, chipping at it like a chisel would a block of marble, so I try to take care of my
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