In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy time of coronavirus and pandemic, of social distancing and self isolation, of lockdown and quarantine.
We’re thrilled to announce that these stories have been gathered in Chronicling the Days: Dispatches from a Pandemic (Guernica Press). To learn more and buy the book, please visit https://www.guernicaeditions.com/title/9781771836579.
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This piece is by Sylwia Bielec, writing in March 2020.
Day 14. You think it’s about the isolation but it’s not. I work at home already, and with my daughter home, I am less alone than before. It’s almost fun, like a weird, tense vacation. I don’t have any face to face meetings that should have been an email either. As a GenX latchkey kid, I am well equipped to handle both aloneness and boredom, although I am rarely afflicted with the latter.
Addendum: Cooked two meals, and made one snack. We took two walks, did a workout from YouTube. A full day of work, including a meeting where people just needed to talk about their new lives. Sent a bunch of follow-up emails. Texted my mom. Bought a gift online. Everything is normal and nothing is.
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