Isolation Diary: With Maggie, Adam , and Fig back East on an extended visit to Adam’s parents, I have been alone more than usual. And this is a fraught time. To protect myself from anxiety (not a healthy state) I continue to practice Tai Chi every day. Today, while working in the yard, I listened to the On Being podcast. Very helpful in staying centered. And I’m having work done on the house so I can direct my stress that way. And then there is preparing for the next D and D segment. And tomorrow may be bake cookies night. And I take delight in the coincidence of my reading in the paper about our encounter with an asteroid. Not plummeting to earth! No, a NASA space craft, Osiris-Rex, collected samples from the asteroid Bennu. And then, randomly, turning on the TV while I washed the dishes, there was a NOVA report on the whole thing! Current! Sample collection successful. To be returned to the US in 2023. Looking ahead. And the asteroid the Japanese are investigating is shaped similar to Bennu but is different in other ways. So fascinating!! Gotta love that science.