Tag: self-isolation
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Relaxing with Language Learning
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today I practiced vocal German and I found it relaxing compared to being with people in person. This pandemic sees the opportunities almost impossible. Learning German with Babbel When I played with voice recognition on the laptop it failed but when I use it on the phone it works fine.…
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The Bike Ride
Reading Time: < 1 minute During a pandemic one of the safest places to be is on a bike on quiet rural roads. The only people you meet are sporty so there is a higher likelihood that they are sporty. Today I had to be respectful when passing two horses. They can often be afraid…
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Justified Self-Isolation
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is important to know that you are in Justified Self-Isolation. Over the last three or four days I have felt like an idiot for self-isolating, but I now see that this is entirely justified. The R number for some canton went from 0.70 or so up to 1.4 or higher…
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Four Hundred And Sixty Eight Days Of Self Isolation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The pandemic is still alive and well and the hope that we might have had that the pandemic would end has been scuppered because governments refuse to work towards COVID-Zero, and they refuse to be cautious. It is disheartening to see with which complacency governments are sleeping back into exactly the…
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Day 64 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – “When I’m 64”
Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier today or yesterday at some point I was thinking of the song When I’m 64, and that I should share it. I’m not 64. Quarantine hasn’t aged me so drastically. I felt the need to make that joke. Recycling For the first time in two months I went to the…
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Day 63 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A 15 Kilometre Loop
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I walked a 15-kilometre loop because I saw people walking two abreast and decided to retrace my steps a short distance before trying a new bifurcation. By the end of this walk, my legs were starting to get tired. I walked non stop for over two hours before a quick…
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Day 60 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Sixtieth Day of Solitude.
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s the sixtieth day of solitude for some of us and if we look at Twitter we see that people in other countries are suffering. One person spoke of the dark dog whilst another expressed distress. A third expresses another emotion. Around the world we see people suffering and trying to…