Uncertain Together

Dear Writers,

Wow. It’s been one hell of a couple of months. Most of you know most of this, but soon after I created the Patreon page at the end of January, I got sick. Then I stayed sick. Then I thought I was getting better. But I soon wasn’t. I was getting sick again. Then I just sort of stayed sick. Throughout all this, I tested negative for Covid, both rapid and PCR.

Then two days before my husband and I were going to leave for a trip to Palm Springs, CA—where we would stay with wonderful friends, take long moonlit hikes to secret places to make ourselves promises, share poetry, ride electric bikes, lounge poolside, explore Joshua Tree, and more—we got the news that our preschool granddaughter had tested positive for Covid. Uh, oh, we thought. Better test again. And that was that. No Palm Springs. Which was bad enough. But then I got much sicker. Plus hives. Bad hives. And the exhaustion. It went on and on and on.

I am so happy to say that I am now back on my feet almost 100%, and sl…