The creator of this image has been writing letters, by hand and with the pictured typewriter, to friends throughout this time of isolation. A recipient sent him an amaryllis plant.
I have been reading Shakespeare with Ian Doescher’s Shakespeare 2020 project (https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/) and was inspired to write a pastiche sonnet.
This came as I found myself caught up in the world’s constantly growing numbers of covid19 cases back when they seemed horrible, but were really slight compared to today. Even as I looked with strange fascination, I kept reminding myself that these…