kitewithfish

Semi-functional arms are overrated: The husbeast has ordered a leash that can be turned into a belt, and yesterday experimented with taking the dog on a walk with the end of her least looped thru his belt. I think this could be a reasonable solution to the issue of having me doing all the dog walks - which I can do, but it means I can't use my breaks in the day for much else.

I started reading KJ Charles's Magpie Lord this week and it's fun and sexy and has interesting integration of magic into Victorian England. It's a good book - I'm looking forward to finishing it.

I am also reading Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant for my book group - since we're reading it in pieces, I have stopped myself at the end of the Accountant section, but it's been a very thrilling read that has made me fascinated by imperialism thru trade. Content warning: a section of the book refers to plagues deliberately being used to subdue a new trading ally.

I'm listening to the podcast Overinvested talking about Moonstruck (1987) and how Nicholas Cage has a strange and narrow set of skills but MAN, this is a good use of them.

So, this post is at least partially about covid19. Sorry. Skip this part if it's not to your taste just now.

As the weather gets better, and people start to talk about 'reopening', I'm feeling more dissatisfied with the staying in the safety of my home. I went for a longer walk the other day to a park about a mile away and the reality of having that be sort of my outer limit made me tired and a bit irate. The act of sitting under tall old trees was soothing - and then I went home and read an article about how now I'm supposed to avoid shared public furniture like the bench I had just been sitting on.

I am afraid that politics of this situation will make it difficult to get public funding for bike paths and park benches after this. It's not a well fleshed out fear, but it's there.

In other news, my husbeast will be getting an X-ray - time and date to be determined. We have checked in with several friends who work in hospitals and they have a clear set of precautions and guidelines. We think this can be done safely, or at least with minimal exposure, and then we'll have some clearer sense of how to treat his arm.