Hello out there! You have captured the yearning of lonely old age, which swamped so many during the pandemic. I saw it on social media, where people revealed their true quivering selves as never before; in a virtual presentation I gave, where the q&a vibrated with desperation; and in my own writing from that time, which I recently reread. In four years I had forgotten so much. It’s not simply that we don’t understand what happened and what the long-term consequences will be. I don’t think we want to remember.
Thanks, Rona. I agree-- those months have become memory but have not really been processed or understood. Working on this piece brought it all back. I drafted it years ago and wrote it in the present tense. It was tricky to rework it as more of a memory, but still hold on to the feeling.
Hello out there! You have captured the yearning of lonely old age, which swamped so many during the pandemic. I saw it on social media, where people revealed their true quivering selves as never before; in a virtual presentation I gave, where the q&a vibrated with desperation; and in my own writing from that time, which I recently reread. In four years I had forgotten so much. It’s not simply that we don’t understand what happened and what the long-term consequences will be. I don’t think we want to remember.
Thanks, Rona. I agree-- those months have become memory but have not really been processed or understood. Working on this piece brought it all back. I drafted it years ago and wrote it in the present tense. It was tricky to rework it as more of a memory, but still hold on to the feeling.
I really enjoyed this post and found the story about Winston very moving. Thank you.
Thank you for this, in return.
Poignant and revelatory. Very nicely done, Victoria. Thank you for writing this.