{"id":3710,"date":"2020-04-27T22:53:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T03:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2020-04-28T11:51:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T16:51:44","slug":"living-in-each-others-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/2020\/04\/27\/living-in-each-others-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Each Other\u2019s Pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s been six or seven weeks now that Mary Ann and I have been in lockdown. It\u2019s not half bad. I did have an adjustment to make, since this is the time of year when I\u2019m usually gone to a convention several times a month.  But, when I\u2019m not in bookseller mode, I\u2019m naturally a hermit.  I expect it\u2019s harder for Mary Ann, since she\u2019s very much a people-person, gaining strength from her interactions with people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, we get along well together.\u00a0 In fact, our fiftieth wedding anniversary is not too far in the future.\u00a0 We had been toying with the idea of a party, or maybe taking a cruise.\u00a0 Things will have to improve quite a but for that to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strangely, this unique in my lifetime event doesn\u2019t even feel all that odd.  You see, we\u2019ve been confined together many times in our lifetime.  We are travelers.  We\u2019ve been on a cruise, been to Africa, been to Europe, and have hit the road in our RV for months at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we were out in the Jeep, touring the West Pasture, only an acre or so, but it was so much like other trips when we\u2019d visit wild life refuges or national park, touring the place at slow speed so Mary Ann could hop out and take pictures of birds or vegetation or whatever is her current fascination.  I admit, while I like piggy-backing on her enthusiasm, my interests are less citizen science.  She identified plants and bugs. I picked dewberries to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a nice way to experience life, living in each other\u2019s pocket. I\u2019ve noticed after many trips that living in interesting times, seeing interesting places, is like having your lifetime extended.  I\u2019d come back from a two week trip and it felt like I\u2019d been gone for months.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the same now.  I\u2019m sure many people are feeling it.  I\u2019ve seen comments, \u201cIs it really still 2020?\u201d  But rather than feeling trapped, this is extra life.  Every day is new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I think I quite like living with Mary Ann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been six or seven weeks now that Mary Ann and I have been in lockdown. It\u2019s not half bad. I did have an adjustment to make, since this is the time of year when I\u2019m usually gone to a convention several times a month.  But, when I\u2019m not in bookseller mode, I\u2019m naturally a… Continue reading Living in Each Other\u2019s Pocket<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[550],"tags":[551,221],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4t90x-XQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3720,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions\/3720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}