Death Becomes Us

The number of deaths in New York City skyrocketed today as they adjusted their numbers to include 3,700 additional likely deaths - those who did not pass away while under medical care (which were what were counting). For the ones who died at home, on the street, with family or alone. A sad day here in NYC even though overall the daily numbers still seem to be decreasing overall.

For myself, after a good nights sleep I got back to my normal schedule, and again it was a busy day. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel though - one of my major projects is nearly complete with development and the additional logistics associated with going live will lessen.

Home

At 7pm we participated in a "reading" of Emily St. John Mandel's new book, "The Glass Hotel." Instead of being able to go on tour to promote the book from local bookstores the industry, like all industries, had to adapt and hosted it online. The turnout was good (there appeared to be at least 400 users logged in, which certainly represents many more people) and the conversation was engaging and exciting. Amusingly her 4 year old daughter kept crashing the video session which has been a common issue with all parents of young ones during this "stay at home" lifestyle. Obviously, since Stations Eleven was about a global pandemic and such a popular book many of the questions returned to her prior book, but it was a balanced conversation overall. I look forward to reading the new book which is required anyhow for our next book club session.

The Glass Hotel online book reading

Still making great progress on Ronan Farrow's book, will most likely finish today or tomorrow.