COVID Information, Updates, and Commentary
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I See the Moon
After nearly two years, I was able to sit on my roof deck. I'm deeply appreciative of my progress, yet still dream of so much more.
Even before I got sick, I’d wonder about people in airplanes. I live in DC, and they’re constantly overhead...
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Missing the world, missing my health, missing political allies, and missing my mom
March 15, this past Sunday, was Long COVID Awareness Day.
The ghost of loss gets into you
Most days I still think of calling my mother.
Today, for example, I imagine ringing her up, telling her I’m back at work on The Gauntlet, writing away. She always loved to hear that.
“Yes,” I’d tell her, “I’m writing about how devastate...
2025 is ending, my mom is in the ICU
Last year at this time, I posted my 2024 annual wrap-up.
This year, I was planning to do this same.
Instead, I want to take a minute to acknowledge this newsletter’s first and greatest supporter, the person who has encouraged and praise...
Uneasy Peace
Two years in, I find moments of gratitude and happiness between Long COVID crashes
I’ve had Long COVID for over two years now, and I’ve been homebound for well over a year.
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