I’m currently experimenting with the increasing my apigenin intake from both food sources (parsley, chamomile) and supplements. I’m not sure what the ideal dosage is (probably somewhere between 300mg and a gram), but the potential benefits are intriguing.
This too shall pass.
Sounds like a Biblical phrase but its origins are Persian, popularized by Sufi poets.
It’s been on my mind a lot recently.
Referring to the pandemic, of course. Which feels like it might go on forever. Maybe Omicron is the last, most contagious, least lethal wave. Or maybe it’s just one more wave in the middle of a dozen or more.
But eventually, and I’m guessing sometime in 2022, the pandemic will be over. There will still be Covid, but it won’t be any more lethal or notable than any other infectious disease. And at that point we’ll have to figure out what “normal” looks like.
I’ve left so many activities behind: playing racquetball at the Y, playing tabletop D&D, hosting parties at our house, going to parties, eating indoors at restaurants, seeing movies in the theater.
I don’t think we’re going back to the movies anytime soon — we bought a huge OLED TV and it looks incredible. The San Francisco Y doesn’t have racquetball courts. My D&D friends have dispersed to different cities. Some of my regular weekly activities may now just be part of my past, like DJing at clubs and hosting huge dance parties.
I’m reflecting, not complaining. The pandemic has been gentle to us. We survived getting Covid, and only a few friends have gotten seriously ill. My family relationships and friendships are still strong. We have a roof over our heads and we’re in good financial shape. Mental health could be better but we’re hanging in there.
But it’s strange to think that there’s no going back to the way things were, even when the pandemic ends.
Not entirely, anyway. I’m sure I’ll still play D&D and racquetball again, sometime and somehow. And we’ll go out to the movies once in awhile.
Slowly, a sense of normality will pervade our collective consciousness (unless the United States plunges into civil war or a fascist dictatorship).
This too shall pass.
I’m in good spirits despite probably having Covid, as does my whole family. I was exposed a couple weeks ago, but thought I had dodged a bullet despite having some minor cold symptoms. I tested negative three days in a row via home tests, then on day five after exposure got a negative PCR test. All clear, right? You would think. But a few days later Kia came down with symptoms, including a fever, and tested positive for Covid. Our kid is sick too, though she has yet to test positive.
We’re all vaccinated and Kia and our daughter are already feeling somewhat better. My symptoms are 90% gone. Of course it’s possible that I actually just had a cold and am about to get Covid, but that seems unlikely. My suspicion is that Omicron can spread even if a person is testing negative. But if I do/did have Covid, I’ve had colds that were much worse.
I’m sad that we have to quarantine and won’t be able to celebrate Christmas with the grandparents, but we’ll doing something in January to make up for it.
Treatment plan has been C, zinc, bromelain, black seed, and lots of garlic.
This and That
- Finally started The Witcher on Netflix. How did I overlook this show? It’s so good (at least for a D&D/high-fantasy fan such as myself). Might have to read the books and play the videogames as well.
- I have a new music release out today, a single from the forthcoming Momu album Moons of Jupiter. Momu – Io (Remixes) opened at #16 on the Beatport Breakbeat releases chart and the Jondi & Spesh Remix is featured at #3 on Beatport’s new Hype releases. The other remix is from Nosk, one of my favorite breakbeat production teams.
- I’m freelance consulting more than I have in a long time, doing Salesforce config and project management, and well as maintaining Access and SQL Server projects. That’s only leaving me a couple hours each morning for writing, but making good progress nonetheless on some new short fiction. The project management work is harder to batch than I’m used to, but I’m building up the skills and discipline to silo the consulting work into blocks and protect my deep work/creative time.
- As always, a reminder that my new novel The Last Crucible published by Flame Tree Press is available for sale. And a huge thank you to everyone that has read and/or reviewed any of the books in the series, or mentioned one to a friend.
I hope you are having a great winter holiday. And if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas to you and yours!