The Corona saga
Viewing comments for Chapter 31 "Self-isolation"to keep my sanity in time of pandemic
6 total reviews
Comment from Rosemary Everson1
I know exactly what you mean when you say you need space. We live in a big house so there is lots of room. We have spacious outside area so we can social distance. We are getting ready for a change from this virus.....hope it soon comes.
reply by the author on 25-Jun-2020
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I know exactly what you mean when you say you need space. We live in a big house so there is lots of room. We have spacious outside area so we can social distance. We are getting ready for a change from this virus.....hope it soon comes.
Comment Written 24-Jun-2020
reply by the author on 25-Jun-2020
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WOW, you were not kidding:) thank you for reading the old chapters, and I hope we get more freedom soon and courage to start all over.
Comment from Y. M. Roger
Aaaah yes! Kindof amazing the things we notice now that we have time to notice, yeah? :) Loved the hallway triathlons ... sounds like the streets around here! ;) round and round and round... :) Thanx for sharing, my lady! ;) Yvette
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Aaaah yes! Kindof amazing the things we notice now that we have time to notice, yeah? :) Loved the hallway triathlons ... sounds like the streets around here! ;) round and round and round... :) Thanx for sharing, my lady! ;) Yvette
Comment Written 23-Apr-2020
Comment from DeboraDyess
Good morning, Iza!
I may still be groggy (no tea yet) but I'm not sure what you mean here:
small 1 maximum 3 bedroom apartments
building, is having 500 apartments.>>'has 500 apartments' would be a bit smoother read. :)
the sake of ty>>thy neighbor? Are we waxing Biblical this morning? :) It works!
even from (a) distance, they check on you>>I'm in a small town in Texas, so we have much that same attitude. CCan't imagine not knowing my neighbors!
no cup of sugar for you!>>Awesome! lol
and this courtesy to the fact that we were riding the same bus>>What interesting wording! I've never heard 'and this courtesy' before. Is it Canadian or part of Romanian dialogue? It's not a normal phrase here. We'd just say something like, 'and this was only because' or something much less eloquent.
ghostly corridors>>nice!
front of the building, so you need to use other entrances to get inside the building,>>Just a suggestion, but I'd leave off the final 'building'. It's not needed. The location is already identified in the sentence.
my level of crazy went overboard>>Love this!
feel like a lose control,>>I lose control
I was going to single out parts of your 'HQ paragraph' to highlight and like, but it's all just wonderful! I was chuckling at each new sentence, nodding my head like, "Yeah, I get it!" Your tongue-in-cheek humor is spot on!
I hope, somebody ext>>No comma needed here
forgive me, for wishing not so well to, our invisible>>Neither of these commas are needed, either. :)
Oh, my gosh! This is so funny! Thank you so much for writing it.
Blessings and health,
Deb
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Good morning, Iza!
I may still be groggy (no tea yet) but I'm not sure what you mean here:
small 1 maximum 3 bedroom apartments
building, is having 500 apartments.>>'has 500 apartments' would be a bit smoother read. :)
the sake of ty>>thy neighbor? Are we waxing Biblical this morning? :) It works!
even from (a) distance, they check on you>>I'm in a small town in Texas, so we have much that same attitude. CCan't imagine not knowing my neighbors!
no cup of sugar for you!>>Awesome! lol
and this courtesy to the fact that we were riding the same bus>>What interesting wording! I've never heard 'and this courtesy' before. Is it Canadian or part of Romanian dialogue? It's not a normal phrase here. We'd just say something like, 'and this was only because' or something much less eloquent.
ghostly corridors>>nice!
front of the building, so you need to use other entrances to get inside the building,>>Just a suggestion, but I'd leave off the final 'building'. It's not needed. The location is already identified in the sentence.
my level of crazy went overboard>>Love this!
feel like a lose control,>>I lose control
I was going to single out parts of your 'HQ paragraph' to highlight and like, but it's all just wonderful! I was chuckling at each new sentence, nodding my head like, "Yeah, I get it!" Your tongue-in-cheek humor is spot on!
I hope, somebody ext>>No comma needed here
forgive me, for wishing not so well to, our invisible>>Neither of these commas are needed, either. :)
Oh, my gosh! This is so funny! Thank you so much for writing it.
Blessings and health,
Deb
Comment Written 22-Apr-2020
Comment from estory
You speak here of the problems of living together with your spouse in a confined space through the epidemic, and of living in an apartment building with so many people who ignore each other, bent on their own survival. I think you had some good descriptions of the neighbors and their kids, with some good, dry humor thrown in. estory
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You speak here of the problems of living together with your spouse in a confined space through the epidemic, and of living in an apartment building with so many people who ignore each other, bent on their own survival. I think you had some good descriptions of the neighbors and their kids, with some good, dry humor thrown in. estory
Comment Written 22-Apr-2020
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Thank you for your snippet of life in your apartment block and how you are all coping with the lock-down. I rarely see my neighbours, but I do hear them! I look down my street and I know everyone is home because the street it packed with cars! I occasionally spot a human being on a balcony opposite and we clap the health workers at 7pm and I hear horns and the national anthem! Apart from that, I don't see a soul and this has been going on for 8 weeks now. You are fined if you are on the street without a valid reason and you need to keep your receipt if you go shopping to prove where you have been (they can check your phone!). When will it all end? Soon I hope, I enjoyed your story and it is good to hear how others are getting on during this period, love Dolly x
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Thank you for your snippet of life in your apartment block and how you are all coping with the lock-down. I rarely see my neighbours, but I do hear them! I look down my street and I know everyone is home because the street it packed with cars! I occasionally spot a human being on a balcony opposite and we clap the health workers at 7pm and I hear horns and the national anthem! Apart from that, I don't see a soul and this has been going on for 8 weeks now. You are fined if you are on the street without a valid reason and you need to keep your receipt if you go shopping to prove where you have been (they can check your phone!). When will it all end? Soon I hope, I enjoyed your story and it is good to hear how others are getting on during this period, love Dolly x
Comment Written 22-Apr-2020
Comment from lyenochka
Hooray you wrote "holy" not "holly" !!! Sounds like you are totally normal and I'm sure you are working out things well. Kitties will always steal chairs.
"sake of ty neighbor, if" (ty?)
" went over the board. " (overboard)
" Every week end you see people" (weekend)
"you must strategies. " (strategize as a verb but FS doesn't like that word so maybe "you must have strategies.)
"Man I fell so selfish, now! " (feel?)
reply by the author on 22-Apr-2020
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Hooray you wrote "holy" not "holly" !!! Sounds like you are totally normal and I'm sure you are working out things well. Kitties will always steal chairs.
"sake of ty neighbor, if" (ty?)
" went over the board. " (overboard)
" Every week end you see people" (weekend)
"you must strategies. " (strategize as a verb but FS doesn't like that word so maybe "you must have strategies.)
"Man I fell so selfish, now! " (feel?)
Comment Written 22-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 22-Apr-2020
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Good Evening, Helen, thank you so much for another wonderful review and for the correction. Have a blessed day.