Quarantine Diaries, Day 30
Apr 14, 2020
Toilet paper and hair clipper shortage will soon be joined by chalk shortage in Amstedam. Our courtyard and pavements are full of children’s chalk
Quarantine Diaries, Day 29
Apr 13, 2020
15:00 Sudden temperature dips notwithstanding, it felt late enough today to wash, dry and pack away my two mufflers1. While folding them, I was
Quarantine Diaries, Day 28
Apr 12, 2020
(Posted 13 Apr 2020, 20:25) 19:00 On the way back from my evening walk, I saw a group of teenagers trimming each others’ hair with an electric
Quarantine Diaries, Day 27
Apr 11, 2020
(Posted 12 Apr 2020, 23:39) 12:15 I didn’t check today, but two weeks ago, our local Saturday market was still operating. While the majority of
Quarantine Diaries, Day 26
Apr 10, 2020
(Posted 12 Apr 2020, 23:02) 21:00 We finished watching the 4 episode mini-series Unorthodox on Netflix. It offered us an intimate look into the life
Quarantine Diaries, Day 25
Apr 9, 2020
21:18 Tall buildings in Amsterdam are beginning to light up their windows in the shape of a heart. Quite possibly in support of healthcare workers
Quarantine Diaries, Day 24
Apr 8, 2020
Dutch swear words are all about diseases. I haven’t personally had abuses hurled at me recently, but if this podcast is anything to go by,
Quarantine Diaries, Day 23
Apr 7, 2020
13:20 Our collective resolve to stay indoors is beginning to fray a little. Life is still very far from going back to normal but I certainly saw
Quarantine Diaries, Day 22
Apr 6, 2020
20:00 Managed to stick to the food time table we made yesterday. Definitely eases a not so insignificant cognitive load during a working day. 15:00
Quarantine Diaries, Day 21
Apr 5, 2020
21:00 Thinking about Cruise ships also reminded me of SAIL - a once-every-five year nautical gala that Amsterdam is due to host in August. Hundreds
Quarantine Diaries, Day 20
Apr 4, 2020
20:00 Stepped out for a quick grocery run. Need to get a bigger fridge and stop treating the neighbourhood grocery store as our pantry. Amsterdam
Quarantine Diaries, Day 19
Apr 3, 2020
22:00 While the worldwide shortage of PPE and ventilators has been well publicised, there is a growing shortage of drugs needed to run an ICU that’s
Quarantine Diaries, Day 18
Apr 2, 2020
19:00 After close to 3 weeks of video conferencing I am getting sick of the constant lag, dropped frames and choppy audio. In person meetings will
Quarantine Diaries, Day 17
Apr 1, 2020
19:20 Went on a grocery run with the wife so that we could divvy up the list and get done sooner. Turns out that under our current social distancing
Quarantine Diaries, Day 16
Mar 31, 2020
22:30 The dishes are done! Was listening to the recent episode of Peter Attia’s Podcast. No matter which way you slice the numbers, Covid-19 is
Quarantine Diaries, Day 15
Mar 30, 2020
22:16 No desire to do the dishes again. When two adults eat 3 meals at home and drink several cups of tea and coffee, it’s a lot of dishes. Today’s
Quarantine Diaries, Day 14
Mar 29, 2020
23:07 Not sleepy and not feeling like doing the pile of dishes in the sink. 18:30 Woke up from strange dreams. Of late I’ve been dreaming of crowded
The old cassette player
Jan 16, 2020
Illustration: the old cassette player The mono cassette player at our home was one of the earliest pieces of electronic gadgetry we were allowed to
2019: My year in music
Jan 1, 2020
This is the fourth year I am sharing my selection of 50 or so tracks that I really enjoyed that year. Like years before, and unlike most mainstream
A day trip to Capri
Dec 6, 2019
Two days into our vacation in Naples, on a relatively sunny November day, we took a day trip to Capri. It was a 40 minute walk from our hotel to the
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