Month: January 2021

Isolation Diary: Sometimes life seems almost normal and I don’t have a lot to say. This weekend was full: 3 different D and D games and hanging out with the family. Of course, when they all leave on a Saturday afternoon and I have no evening plans, well, I find something to do, conscious of the fact that I am finding something to do.

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Holly B.
I so enjoy your posts; you have inspired me to get up and start moving again. I’m really not sick anymore. Just try and do the little things with great love. Best wishes to you always. Love, Holly

Isolation Diary: “I love you all, I really really do.” One of my favorite quotes from “Dracula: A Musical Nightmare” which Jessie and I directed at Sacred Fools back in 2002. (Joe Jordan as Dracula) So Dracula might have meant this in a sly, sinister way, but I don’t. Exactly. Sometimes my love of people is quite particular. But sometimes more broad and encompassing. What a bunch of wonderful people there are in this world! Doing things I couldn’t possibly do. Every night I take a moment to consider with gratitude everyone who has contributed to my dinner (which I am currently eating alone). There is the actual food, then the dishes, some which are gifts, the table (which is usually now the kitchen island built by Jeffer Whitman so he gets a thanks every night), the forks and spoons, the jars and other packaging, the list goes on and on. And nearly every moment of our day is like that. Filled with the contributions of other people.

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Rick C.
that was one of my favorite lines from Dracula……

Karen I.L.
You’re in it, Ruthie, the connectivity whorl! Can’t get to go there without gratitude. You are the best. “I take pen to say I love you and I miss you …” -Mina Murray

Paul B.
Ruth, my old new friend (Also a quote from Dracula: AMN, except for ‘Ruth’, that was not in the play.)


Isolation Diary: Today I spent an hour on line researching and then an hour ‘chatting’ in an attempt to find a way to connect my old monitor with my new computer. This process might have taken me just as long if I researched a bit and then went in person to Best Buy. Why did the time spent today seem so onerous? (I believe a solution has been found, proper cable ordered.) I look forward to the day when I can show up at a Best Buy or a hardware store with a thingy in my hand and say to a person, “I’m not sure what this is but I need something that works with it, can you help me?”

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Douglas G.
It’s always best to have a hand-held thingy…

Isolation Diary: I am having a local reaction to the vaccination. I got the shot on Thursday the 21st. I have a warm, red, slightly swollen patch around the injection site, maybe 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Doesn’t hurt but I am aware of it. And the patch is larger today than it was yesterday. On Monday I will seek some input from my doctor. And I will send in a report to VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System). I feel fine. But I wonder about receiving the 2nd shot which, I’m told, is stronger.
(I neither contacted my doctor or reported to VAERS)

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Richard L.
Mine itched some a week out from the same day as you. Some redness like a little scratch infection..all gone now.

Mars T.
Sorry you have a reaction
I just saw an infectious disease researcher talking about this on Instagram yesterday- apparently it’s very normal! Did you get moderna?

Ruth Silveira
Mars T. thank you, Mars! This reaction may be normal but it’s not good. If it last for weeks, I may choose to get my 2nd shot in my right arm. Makes me nervous, though.(Mars posted a picture and my reaction looked exactly like the photo. And it did resolve on it’s own, did not last for weeks.)

Betsy B.
Did you get the moderna or the pfizer?

Ruth Silveira
Betsy B. Moderna

Susan J.
Good to know it’s not uncommon. Your body is telling you it’s working!

Laura O.
My sister-in-law had the same thing . Seems better now…
for your comfort and well-being

Bruce Y.
no problem here. Had the shot yesterday Bit sore, but that is all. Glad to have it. Look forward to the next one in 20 days.

Ann S.K.
We got our shots a few weeks ago and after 2 weeks my friend got the same large rash on her arm and our Dr. told her that it happens to some people so don’t worry. Our Dr. was in the moderna trials and now has moderna delivered each Monday and she has vaccinated all the Drs and staff in Coronado (except for the hospital) and all patients over 65. My 2nd one is Feb 11th and I can’t wait. I had a headache the day after my shot, went to bed at 2 PM and woke up at 7 PM just fine. Don had no reaction.

Ruth Silveira
Ann S.K. I got a bit of a headache, too, in the evening, nothing serious. So glad you got yours! We will survive!

Bruce Y.
I am just happy to get the damn shot, and ready for the next one in 20 days. Am tired of being chained to my house. Looking to get to Georgia, California, Utah and Sweden to see family Yahoo.

Ruth Silveira
International travel! Yes!

As of September 27, 2021, I still haven’t gone anywhere.