Re: checking in (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:07:29 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Lizzie <http://www.sbcglobal.net/~l>
 >  > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:56:27 -0700
 >  >  
 >  > Thanks so much for your newsy email Noelle.  Glad to hear you,
 >  > Robert, your dad and Gail are all well.  The news is
 >  > overwhelming of course, I’ m finding I need to stop
 >  > looking and listening to maintain my sanity.

I'm finding the news repetitive and boring, frankly.

 >  > I wonder how this
 >  > will all come out in the end, and worry that it will affect the
 >  > November election negatively.  Perhaps that is when Trump will
 >  > put the entire country on lockdown, just before the vote!

President for life.  For pro-life?

 >  > I
 >  > voted for Warren.
 >  > 
 >  > Give  my  best  to  Robert,
 >  > 
 >  > Love,
 >  > Lizzie
 >  > 
 >  >  >  On  Mar  26,  2020,  at  10:49  AM,  Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  wrote:
 >  >  > 
 >  >  >  On  Thu,  26  Mar  2020,  Lizzie  wrote:
 >  >  >>  Hi  Noelle,
 >  >  >>  
 >  >  >>  I’ve been thinking about you and Robert and
 >  >  >>  wanted to check in.  I  imagine  you
 >  >  >>  are  both  still  working  remotely,  you  may  in  fact  be  very  
 >  >  >>  busy!  Are  you  both
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  yes.  it's really not much different from what I've been
 >  >  >  doing for the past several years, me and the cat hanging
 >  >  >  out.  But now
 >  >  >  Robert has been working from home since 3/12(I think?).
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  I must say it's nice to see all these people walking around
 >  >  >  the neighborhood, the streets with fewer cars(nicer for
 >  >  >  cycling), less pollution.  I drove down 880 this morning to
 >  >  >  go to Niles Pie Co in Union City(a worker owned
 >  >  >  co-op---which should do better in this recession than
 >  >  >  regular businesses) I wanted to support them since they
 >  >  >  stopped selling at local farmers mkt.  and hardly any
 >  >  >  traffic, I have only seen that around midnight or something.
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  Heather is teaching her STanford students via Zoom and she
 >  >  >  hosts 5pm virtual happy hours for her friends(let me know if
 >  >  >  you want to join, she can send an invite!).
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  Last night we had my neighbor join us, and Heather's friend
 >  >  >  who now lives in Arkansas.
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  Also my yoga teachers are offering streaming yoga classes
 >  >  >  live, some for free so that is so helpful.  I went to a yoga
 >  >  >  retreat in Jan and wanted to start going to more classes so
 >  >  >  I was trying to and then this virus appeared.
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  I'm trying to see the positive things(without sugarcoating
 >  >  >  anything).  I really am impressed with Gov.  Newsom.  I get
 >  >  >  too angry at the White House briefings which have turned
 >  >  >  into campaign rallies for you know who.  They should no
 >  >  >  longer be broadcasted, unless they let the experts talk.
 >  >  >  http://www.Nextdoor.com can be a cesspool of negativity but
 >  >  >  now for the most part I see people want to help out.
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  the hyperindividualism that capitalism encourages has shown
 >  >  >  how bad this is for community, and with this crisis you see
 >  >  >  that people do want to cooperate, so I am hoping for a huge
 >  >  >  awakening for the good.
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  I did go to the March 1 Bernie Sanders rally here.  If you
 >  >  >  look that up you can see me behind Bernie above his head(my
 >  >  >  friend and her husband somehow got to be in the behind
 >  >  >  Bernie group but he could not go so she randomly picked me
 >  >  >  to join her since we couldn' t find the other people we came
 >  >  >  to the rally with!).  It was very exciting, with Eve Ensler
 >  >  >  who gave a rousing speech as well.
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  I wanted to vote for Warren as well but the Bernie
 >  >  >  volunteers came to my door and were so adorable(my ideal
 >  >  >  would be Bernie/Elizabeth copresidency)but also I have
 >  >  >  become even more radical politically and Warren is more of a
 >  >  >  reformer vs.  Bernie a revolutionary( but who knows if he
 >  >  >  could get anything done with the other politicians in
 >  >  >  Congress)
 >  >  > 
 >  >  >>  okay?  How  is  your  dad  and  Gail?
 >  >  >  
 >  >  >  they are fine, but don't like having to stay home.  "I hope
 >  >  >  Trump gets the virus and dies!"  proclaimed dad.  How are
 >  >  >  you guys doing?  Say hi to everyone for me
 >  >  > 
 >  >  >>  I  am  well,  as  is  my  family.
 >  >  >> 
 >  >  >>  Love,
 >  >  >>  Lizzie