At 5 PM Saturday, March 21, Governor J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8, aka the Stay at Home order, took effect. Here’s a daily-ish journal of how Reader staff, our friends, family—and our pets—are spending our time.
Day 67: May 26
What we’re reading:
- “They Survived the Worst Battles of World War II. And Died of the Virus.” by Ellen Barry on nytimes.com
- “The Atlantic’s layoffs may sound the death knell for two media revenue hopes: Video and in-person events” by Laura Hazard Owen at NiemanLab
- The previous 66 (!) days of the Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles
What we’re listening to:
- Margo Price’s unexpected live album, Perfectly Imperfect At The Ryman, net profits benefiting the MusicCares Covid Relief Fund
- WFMT (we were worried last week when the great Sears Tower flood and power outage of 2020 briefly took them off the air)
What we’re watching:
- Toy Story 4 and Moana, both on Disney+
What we’re wearing:
- So many hats, pretty much every day, even just around the house v