You know things are bleak when you find yourself watching The Secret Life of the Cruise Ship at 11pm with equal parts horror and fascination. Having run through most shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime, this is what captured my attention?? And, oh yes, I watched the entire thing. The teetering stack of books on my bedside tables beckons, but my attention span seems to have vanished along with our collective antibodies. Phone conversations are limited to who has Covid or what we’re bingeing on TV. There’s not much to talk about going into year three of the pandemic. Aaah, but let’s be hopeful that Omicron blows through quickly, and we’ll be spared another variant of concern.

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