Sorry-ology

The New Yorker April 6, 2020 Jose Antonio Rodriguez. "Shelter". 48-49.      "In that illusion of shelter, though perhaps        They were closer to poetry's pursuit, that edge of oblivion        Where words begin becoming insufficient [...]"

The New Yorker (Jan 20, 2020) Menand. Louis. "How Affirmative Action Has Evolved". 62-68. The New Yorker (Mar 23, 2020) Dyer, Geoff. “Existential Inconvenience: Life in the Shadow of Coronavirus”. 17-18.  Gawande, Atul. “The Blight: How Our Economy Has Created an Epidemic of Despair”. 59-63. (Health Insurance; suicide rate of white working class; USA problem) The New Yorker (Mar 30, 2020) Leprechaun, Jill. “Don’t Come Any Closer: What’s at Stake in Our Fables of Contagion?”. 22-25. (Literature of pandemics) Gopnik, Adam. “Abundance of Caution: Entering a Time of Containment, New York is at its best and its worst.” 38-55. (Pandemic, social class) Denby, David. “Chain Me UP: Harry Houdini and the art of escape”. 67-70. “Houdini evoked actual cruelties - slavery and imprisonment, people cast into filthy cells and tormented for years. [...] He burrowed into the unconscious of the human race, evoking types of public sadism that had been suppressed, only to r...

Christie, Agatha. Cat among the Pigeons . (1959) (7/Apr/2020)   

Hall, Sarah. Mrs Fox. (2013) (26/Jan/2020)

PE with Joe  here Music Lesson with Lindsey here here Lunch doodles with Mo Willems  here CBeebies:Andy’s Wilde Workout  Animation  The Land Before Time Dinosaur Train

Hellman, Lillian. The Children’s Hour. (1934) (finished reading on 31/Mar/2020)       Film adaptions and other information here here

To combat morning sickness this time, I have tried many remedies. As I still haven't fully recovered from a small cold, which had went uncontrollably destructive to me because of the pregnancy, I now have to avoid sugar and possibly all kinds of sweeteners. It is difficult, as the tastebuds have gone crazy because of pregnancy, I do crave sweet taste. However, the consequences are dear. A few days ago, I happened to try some ginger ale in a mountain-top cafe and was immediately thrilled at the taste. Commodified ginger ale often comes with sugar; therefore, I decided to make it by myself. After some search for sugar free ginger ale, I laid my hands on one recipe which substitutes sugar with date nuts (紅棗). If I were my normal self, maybe I would not appreciate the taste that much. But now, the strong and spicy flavor of ginger is just right, let alone the fact that ginger is highly recommended to women in the early stage of pregnancy. Hopefully, my body will appreciate and t...