The last few weeks, I am challenged to assemble the words to express my feelings.
Tag: COVID Times
some sort of a golem
I can relate.
The loss and his continued isolation from others has left him feeling like “some sort of a golem,” he says, “a creature designed to continue to function, continue to write, create, to live — but each part slowly replaced with something artificial and mechanical until there is nothing left but engines and gears.” What you’re feeling is grief - Vox
The activities I pursued in March — like hiking and nature photography — to maintain my mental health don't work anymore, and I’m full of anxiety and lethargy. Surviving the pandemic has required a Sisyphean effort: hopeless and painful. I miss lunches and after-work pints of beer with friends. I miss photo walks with local photographers. I cry more than I used to.
I’m fortunate not to worry about basic survival, like feeding or housing myself, but still, I find myself exhausted.
Tomorrow will be no different than today.
First Brew - Blue Bottle Coffee Ethiopia Sidama Shantawene Natural
- Coffee Name: Ethiopia Sidama Shantawene Natural
- Region: Sidama
- Country: Ethiopia
- Producer: Shantawene Village
- Processing: Natural
- Cultivar: Heirloom
- Elevation: 1,900-2,100 meters
- Roaster: Blue Bottle Coffee
- Brew Method: Chemex With Able Cone
- Roast Date: January 19, 2020
- Brew Date: January 30, 2020
About This Coffee
We can say that coffee comes from a fruit until the cows come home. But one taste of a coffee like this does more to illustrate that fact than a thousand words can. Such fruity perfection has everything to do with careful harvesting and sorting of heirloom arabica cherry. By paying attention to every last detail, producer Faysel Yonis and his team at the washing station in Shantawene Village give hyperfocus to the ripe and juicy fruit flavors that are a hallmark of the Sidama region’s finest.
