PAWS Moments by Magnus Pym: March 2020

Mom posted my Winnie the Pooh impersonation
TEN TIMES at
www.donateaphoto.com
during a FUNdraising surge
for cancer survivors.
Please join her in posting there!

Life is full of slippery slopes...
places where you think
you are safe,
but are not.
Mom found it out
the hard way recently
by slipping on the stairs.
She got banged up pretty badly.
Ice, meds, and rest are helping her recovery.

Of course the majority of our world
has had to STOP their normal activity.
The Covid 19 virus pandemic
has really made life as we know it
dramatically different.

Be careful where you get your information.
There are people doing bad things online
by creating virus filled links under headings
you may think are safe. They are not.
So only go to the CDC for your information!

⁠Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)⁠⁦‪cdc.gov

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I hope you have enough supplies
and not too much.

⁠Family accidentally orders 12 years' worth of toilet paper — Fox News⁠⁦‪apple.news‬⁩

Take advice from Barbie.
Just sit quietly and breathe.
As it is when water flows over rocks,
meditation may have bumps and ripples of difficulty,
but just keep trying to find the calm.

Thank you to those
serving on the front line.
We are thankful.

Are you taking some time to be creative?
Even if your work has ramped up
take some time
to express yourself with art!

For an art related podcast listen to

Babbling Bohemians

⁠An interview with Mark McMahon⁠May 1, 2019⁠Podcasts

Are you using Zoom for the fist time?
Mom has been chillin' with her peeps on there.
Check it out!

If you have a pet
in quarantine with you
use this time to SNUGGLE more!

Wear your comfiest and craziest clothes!
Get fur and hair all over them!

Take some extra naps during this time of shelter.

If you take a walk do it close to home
and maintain the 6 feet between others rule.
(Some photos on the blog were taken before the quarantine.)

We are looking forward to the CUBS and other sports coming back!

Look up! Look down!
Are you noticing the little things around you?
(Let Mom know if you find her other earring...)

You may have more time to make your eating choices

are you making healthy ones?

(But are you also gifting yourself with some treats?)

Home cooking can be tasty.

But not being able to
relax inside a restaurant is hard.

Let's hope we can get back to eating out
and supporting our economy again soon.
Support any places with take out opions!

Mom misses thrifting.

It's been wet here.
Lots of mud.

But Mom is glad because than more people are
STAYING HOME.
Please people.
Short walks-close to home!
Away from others!
NOT side by side close to a neighbor
or someone you don't live with!
⁠This video from quarantined Italians urging Americans to pay attention should scare you⁠⁦‪fastcompany.com‬⁩

Mom had plans to travel earlier in the month
but the coronavirus pandemic cancelled that adventure.

Her bags were packed.

She was ready to go.
Her Traveling Pants were excited.
She wanted to buy some touristy swag.
She was going to wear these necklaces
on St. Patrick's Day
after being beachside with her parents for a week.
That didn't happen so she gave the
blinking light jewelry to some neighborhood kiddos.

Mom was going to use her visit

to ask her mommy

questions about her life.

It's hard to remember others' stories

so Mom was going to use her

computer and phone to document

what she heard.
Hopefully the trip can be rescheduled.

After her first plans got the kabash

she made some new ones.
And guess what?

They got cancelled too!
No tourist shopping.
No restaurant hopping.
No chilling with friends.

Well, if we have to be home,
we may as well find new ways to connect and learn!

Check out this option:
⁠Quarantine Book Club⁠⁦‪quarantinebookclub.com‬⁩

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There are things you probably shouldn't do while sheltering at home.

Maybe try an old family recipe!

It's time to remember family.

Are you reading some good books?

Make sure you are getting some vitamin D!

Is your neighborhood putting out things for children to see?

When you go out for your walk
are you seeing some chalk?

Exercise at home.
Put on some tunes and dance!

⁠LIVE At The Arcada Theatre!⁠⁦‪arcadalive.com‬⁩

⁠Storyline Online

Are you drinking enough healthy liquids?

Mugs Matter
Check out BigMikesBowls on etsy.

Are you listening to uplifting podcasts?

Good Life Project

⁠Morgan Harper Nichols | The Ultimate Love Letter⁠March 4, 2020⁠Podcasts

Are you watching shows that empower and charm you?

Before this crisis is over BILLIONS of dollars will be lost.
Think of how YOU can make a difference to help others.

You would normally be "out there" spending $.
DONATE IT
to a cause,
to artists of all kinds,
to a food bank.
GIVE what you are able.
And if you NEED HELP - ASK!!!
Look what my author buddy
Jen Pastiloff
(author of On Being Human)
has been doing.
And the musician Steve Moakler!