Isolation Diary: butterflies, bees, little birds, and me, enjoying the garden. Maybe 8 years ago, Maybe 10, I have a very poor sense of passing time, I asked myself, “Should I go on a longish cruise or transform my side yard into a garden?” I chose the garden. Tonight I heard from someone on TV…an expert?, a pundit?, a comedian?…that our ‘stay at home’ life might last through May. Whoa. That’s a long time. We are not in a holding pattern, we are in a temporary adaptive way of living. So structures must be made. What to do every day? To maintain mental, physical, and spiritual (if applicable) health. By the way, I think all payments, debts, and taxes, should be either forgiven for this time or held in abeyance for the duration of this shut it all down policy.