OYSTERHOOD is reclusiveness or solitude, or an overwhelming desire to stay at home.

— @HaggardHawks

‘It’s time to be responsible. It’s time to take care,’ said Rafa about the small crowds after his first-round win at the Australian Open. The Down Under Grand Slam is good for bouts of insomnia. There is always something to keep you occupied after two a.m. …

This morning the light was dancing on my bed and I thought that I should take a picture of it. Is there a better way to start the day than with coffee and poetry and a dancing morning light?

The rest of the day was work, work, work, until it was time for loadshedding at four p.m. I decided to go for a longish walk and buy a few needed things for the house and The Cats. Then I read the last of the Harry Bosch novels … A kind of enforced personal workloadshedding.

We soldier on.

Be kind. Wear a mask. Support local.

“Physical distancing remains one of the key strategies to curb this pandemic.”

— NICD